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The Detroit Lions destroyed the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High last night with a 45-10 mauling. The damage wasn't done there, however – the Motor City team also stalled Denver Quarterback Tim Tebow's momentum by sacking him seven times in front of Colorado fans.

It was a rough night in the Rockies for Tebow after a much-celebrated 18-15 upset of the Miami Dolphins Oct. 23. Detroit's determined defense shut down his passing options, holding him to just 18 completed passes out of 39 attempts and a meager 172 yards. When Tebow did land a big pass, it was to enemy territory, and Lions player Chris Houston ran it 100 yards for a humiliating touchdown.

"Tebow's performance wasn't good," said Zac Snyder, lead blogger for the Lions fan site SideLion Report. "A few more like that and even the most pro-Tebow Broncos fans won't be able to argue that the team should keep him in a starting role.” more >>

The Colorado Girl Scouts have said they would allow a 7-year-old boy to join after initially rejecting his application.

The boy, Bobby Montoya, wants to join his sister in the group. According to a Daily Mail report, he also dresses like a girl and loves playing with dolls.

A troop leader initially told Bobby he could not join because he was a boy and rejected his application. more >>

New Life Church Pastor Brady Boyd is in the hospital after undergoing openheart surgery Friday.

Boyd, the pastor who took over Ted Haggard's Colorado Springs church, had surgery to replace a pulmonary valve. He endured two pre-surgeries before the June 10th procedure.

“Brady has asked for prayers today for pain in his chest and neck as he recovers in ICU. He sends his love to you all,” a Saturday posting on his Twitter account says. more >>

Are churches becoming more and more like fast food restaurants today?

Megachurch pastor Brady Boyd asks readers the tough question that has plagued many pastors and congregations alike, touching upon a rather sensitive subject for most religious leaders.

“Have we, as American pastors, given up our calling as shepherds and unknowingly become fast food entrepreneurs who are building a religious business and not a church?” the Colorado pastor posed on his blog. more >>

Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard will appear in a Christian sex comedy that is being developed in Colorado Springs.

Haggard, who resigned from New Life Church in Colorado Spring following a drug and sex scandal in 2006, makes a cameo as himself in a film called "The Waiting Game" that promotes abstinence before marriage.

The movie is about a guy who saves himself for marriage but later becomes determined to lose his virginity after his fiance dumps him at the altar on their wedding day. more >>

How does one bounce back from a tragedy that threatens to crash your whole career, break up your family and end your faith? What may be a hard question for some has been the defining question for Brady Boyd, pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

Four years after a church shooting killed two of his members, Boyd is encouraging those facing life’s dark valleys to stand strong in their faith, in his latest book Fear No Evil. The senior pastor explained that no one is promised problem-free, valley-free lives but stressed, “The valley is not your home. It’s certainly a part of our story and a part of our journey, but it’s not our home.”

To survive trying times, people have to be honest about the pain and hurt, and cling to God, he said. more >>