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Actress Melissa Joan Hart travels to Zambia with her family, 2023 | World Vision Actress Melissa Joan Hart says prayer has deepened her faith walk with Jesus exponentially and described a Holy Spirit encounter as her “born again” moment. In recent years, Hart has linked arms with World Vision to be a part of the […]
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images The New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Roman Catholic school can lawfully fire a teacher because she violated Church teaching by having sex outside of marriage. New Jersey’s highest court ruled Monday in the case of Victoria Crisitello v. St. Theresa School that a Catholic elementary […]
Elizabeth Francis | Screenshot: KTRK-TV A Texas woman marked her 114th birthday surrounded by five generations of family and friends. Known as a “supercentenarian,” she is the oldest person in Texas, the second oldest in the United States, and the seventh oldest in the world. Despite her age, she feels young at heart and attributes […]
“The Chosen” creator Dallas Jenkins, 2023 | Screenshot: Christian Post The creator of “The Chosen” is pushing back against criticism from an influential Evangelical leader that the hit show is actually in violation of one of God’s Ten Commandments. Dallas Jenkins, in response to a Babylon Bee podcast with author and pastor Voddie Baucham earlier […]
A country singer and rising star from Farmville, Virginia, recently went viral after his new song “Rich Men North of Richmond” was shared on social media. Last week, the YouTube channel Radio WV posted a video of Oliver Anthony performing his original song. The video has been viewed more than 12 million times on the […]
Media outlets slam working class country anthem as ‘right-wing’ Oliver Anthony sings “Rich Men North of Richmond” in a screenshot. | Screenshot: YouTube/ OliverAnthonyMusic A Virginia singer-songwriter who became an overnight sensation for his country anthem “Rich Men North of Richmond” read a passage from the Bible about the fate of the wicked in his […]
Summerville-based Dorchester School District Two executive session, Aug. 14, 2023. | Screengrab: ddtwo.org A prominent atheist organization is again demanding that a South Carolina school district halt its practice of opening official meetings with prayers from board members. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the Summerville-based Dorchester School District Two to discontinue its practice […]
Franklin Hodge is a devout Christian living in Dallas, Texas. | Courtesy Lance Rhodes/Lance & Liz Photography Reflecting on his past, Franklin Rivas Hodge, once a gang member but now a committed Christian, believes God pulled him out of profound despair and guided him through a transformation beyond his wildest dreams. Born to a community […]
L.U. monogram overlooking the Liberty University campus, Lynchburg, Virginia. | Liberty University A medical examiner has revealed that 19-year-old Liberty University football player Tajh Boyd died by suicide. Boyd, a freshman offensive lineman at the Lynchburg, Virginia-based university, joined the team in January and was known for praying before every game. As WTVR reported Saturday, the […]
Burned houses are seen adjacent of Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, on Waine street, in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. A wildfire that left Lahaina in charred ruins has killed at least 99 people, authorities said, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the U.S. state’s […]