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  May 23, 2018

  Trump Quotes Jeremiah 1:5 at Pro-Life Gala, Says 'Every Life Has Meaning'

  President Donald Trump assured a prominent gathering of pro-life leaders and activists Tuesday night that the pro-life movement will "never fail" as long as "we keep trusting God" and quoted the Old Testament to argue that "every child is a precious gift from God."

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  May 22, 2018

  Parents Outraged Over Transgender Book's Inclusion in Statewide School Reading Competition

  Parents in Oregon have voiced outrage after a book about a transgender boy was included in a statewide reading competition for third through fifth grades, and at least two school districts have opted out of the competition because of the pro-LGBT book's inclusion.

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  May 22, 2018

  Netflix's '13 Reasons Why' Shows Rape of Teen Boy With Mop Handle; Watchdog Demands Cancellation

  A leading family television watchdog is calling on the online streaming service Netflix to pull its series "13 Reasons Why" as scenes in the show's second season show a teen being sodomized with a mop handle and the same teen plotting a school shooting in revenge.

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  May 22, 2018

  'Miracle Girl' Walks Again on Her Own After Doctors Declared Her 99 Percent Brain Dead

  An Australian girl who doctors said was almost completely brain-dead just over eight months ago has defied the odds by walking again on her own power. She's now known as the "miracle girl."

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  May 21, 2018

  Boko Haram Burned Pastor's Dad Alive for Choosing Bible Over Quran

  A Nigerian church leader who fled persecution and is now living in the United States recently shared the horrifying details of how his father was killed for simply standing by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how terrorists aligned with the Islamic State burned down his church building.

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  May 21, 2018

  Eric Metaxas: 'Sacred-Secular Divide' Is From 'the Pit of Hell'

  Conservative Christian radio host and best-selling author Eric Metaxas called out Christians who feel they don't need to share Christ with others just because they are not leaders in the Church.

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  May 20, 2018

  Johnnie Moore Says Evangelical Leaders Criticize Trump Behind Closed Doors

  One of President Donald Trump's informal evangelical advisers has assured that the group of evangelical leaders who advise the administration do in fact criticize the president behind closed doors but don't necessarily do so in public.

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  May 18, 2018

  Christian Persecution Watchdog Group Hacked Same Day It Exposes Human Rights Violations in Turkey

  The United States-based persecution advocacy nonprofit In Defense of Christians says its website, employees' social media accounts and email accounts were hacked Thursday by someone they have good reason to believe was acting "for or on behalf of the Turkish government."

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  May 18, 2018

  Black Radio Host Compares Defenders of Controversial Alabama Church Sign to KKK

  A black radio host in Alabama has spoken out against a controversial sign in front of a black church in Birmingham by saying that those who support the sign are no better than the white supremacists who justified the actions of the Klu Klux Klan.

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  May 18, 2018

  Pence Meets Leader of Indonesia's Largest Muslim Group Days After ISIS Church Bombings

  Just days after the spate of deadly suicide bombings targeting three churches and a police station in Surabaya, Indonesia, Vice President Mike Pence met with the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization to stand in solidarity for religious freedom and peaceful coexistence.