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11/22/2012Southern Baptists Provide Over 1.2 Million Meals to Hurricane Sandy Victims
As families across the nation prepare their Thanksgiving Day dinners, victims of Hurricane Sandy can be thankful for the more than 1.2 million meals that have been served to them by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers since the storm hit.
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11/22/2012'Merry Christmas Charlie Brown' at Center of Elementary School Controversy
The theater adaptation of a classic Christmas cartoon is at the center of a controversy in Little Rock, Ark., where an atheist group has complained about an elementary school's plans to take its students to see the production of "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" at a local church.
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11/20/2012Authors Ask: 'What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?'
Best-selling Christian authors Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo say discussions about Christian doctrine are important, but believers today have gotten away from living out the simple, practical life-teachings of Jesus Christ.
- 11/19/2012
Bible Bee Contestant Wins $100,000 After Three-Way Tiebreaker
The top three senior division students in Saturday's National Bible Bee finals took turns quoting passages of Scripture from memory for over an hour without making a single error, causing the contest – and the winner of the $100,000 grand prize – to be determined by a tiebreaker.
- 11/16/2012
Christian Wins Court Battle After Being Demoted Over Gay Marriage Comments
A U.K. judge has ruled in favor of a Christian man who was demoted from his job as a housing trust manager after he expressed views against gay marriage on his private Facebook page.
- 11/16/2012
National Bible Bee Qualifiers Memorize Hundreds of Verses
Hundreds of young Bible scholars are now gathered in Tennessee to compete in the 2012 National Bible Bee, an annual event where $260,000 in prize money is up for grabs.
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11/15/2012Blind Surfer Rides Dream Wave in Upcoming Documentary
The father of Brazilian surfer Derek Rabelo prayed that his son would become a professional in the sport, but when Rabelo was born blind it seemed that dream would never be realized. A new documentary by Walking On Water Films shows how, as a teenager, the blind boy's faith and determination helped him accomplish his goal of surfing one of the world's most challenging and dangerous waves: the Banzai Pipeline.
- 11/13/2012
Veterans Day Is Every Day for Military Ministries
This past Sunday churches across the United States honored those who have served in the armed forces in observance of Veterans Day, but some ministries never take a break and provide year-round support for our nation's military heroes.
- 11/12/2012
Leading Audio Bible Ministry Creates App for the Deaf
The Apostle Paul once wrote that "faith comes by hearing," but what about those who can't hear? Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), the world's leading audio Bible ministry, announced Monday that it has added to its collection of audio recordings a video-based Bible application for the deaf.
- 11/09/2012
Over 100 Million Bibles Have Been Printed in China
The only printing company authorized to print the Bible in China announced Thursday that the nation has now printed over 100 million copies of the Christian scriptures.
- 11/08/2012
Ariz. Candidate Could Become First Openly Bisexual U.S. Congressperson
Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, may soon be the first openly bisexual member of the U.S. Congress. Early voting totals are still being counted by the Maricopa County Elections Department, but Sinema's campaign announced in a statement from Wednesday that she had taken a lead of over 2,700 votes.
- 11/07/2012
Ousted Ala. Ten Commandments Judge Elected Chief Justice Again
Judge Roy Moore, who previously served as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court until he defied a federal order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state's judicial building, reclaimed his seat Tuesday in a tight election race.
- 11/06/2012
German Chancellor Wants Catholics, Protestants to Emphasize Common Beliefs
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants Protestants and Catholics to emphasize what they have in common as the nation prepares for celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation.
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Middle School Apologizes for Gay Youth Organization's Inappropriate Talk
A middle school in Maine has issued an apology to parents after representatives of a support organization for young homosexuals spoke about sexual topics that were deemed inappropriate during the school's fifth annual "Diversity Day" event.
- 11/02/2012
Well-Known 'Fallen' Church Leaders Meet to Discuss Restoration
When a pastor or other church leader falls into some kind of moral failure, how should the church respond? Several prominent and formerly prominent evangelical leaders sought to answer this and other questions during a recent Life-Giving Leadership Round Table event.
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