Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 27, 2015

  Ex-Creflo Dollar Church Member Claims Preacher Gave Away 2 Flat Screen TVs in Church After Jet Debacle, Perhaps Out of 'Guilt'

  A former member of World Changers Church-New York, pastored by popular televangelist Creflo Dollar, claims the prosperity preacher pacified his congregation with two flat screen televisions after the backlash over his appeal to the public for $65 million to help him purchase a luxury jet for his ministry.

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  Apr 27, 2015

  'My Relationship With God Drives Every Major Decision in My Life' Says GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

  He hasn't announced a bid to run for president in 2016 yet, but Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a Christian and the son of a Baptist pastor said this weekend that his relationship with God "drives every major decision" in his life.

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  Apr 22, 2015

  Creflo Dollar Slams Critics: 'If I Want to Believe God for a $65 Million Plane, You Cannot Stop Me'

  After coming under heavy criticism for asking the public for $65 million dollars to purchase a luxury airplane for his ministry last month, popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International Creflo Dollar responded in spectacular defiance in a recent message to his church declaring: "If I want to believe God for a $65 million plane, you cannot stop me."

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  Apr 22, 2015

  Christians Can Celebrate Earth Day by Making Lifestyle Changes That Cut Waste and Save Money

  More than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, and one student at Harvard Kennedy School of Government believes Christians and churches in general can help protect the environment by promoting and adopting lifestyle changes that cut waste and save money.

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  Apr 21, 2015

  'Marriage Was God's Idea, and He Will Preserve It, With or Without Us;' Ted Cruz Asks Pastors to Preach, Pray Against Gay Marriage

  As the U.S. Supreme Court readies to hear arguments in favor of same-sex marriage on Tuesday, April 28, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged pastors across America to preach and pray against it because "marriage was God's idea, and He will preserve it, with or without us."

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  Apr 20, 2015

  Christian Refugees Formed Human Chain to Escape Being Thrown to Their Deaths in Mediterranean by Muslims on Migrant Boat

  Christian refugees fleeing war and poverty in Africa to seek a better life in Europe recounted how they formed a human chain last Thursday to avoid being thrown to their deaths in the Mediterranean along with 12 of their brothers during a clash over their faith with Muslims on a migrant boat near southern Italy.

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  Apr 20, 2015

  Megachurch Preacher Creflo Dollar Says 'There's No Such Thing as the Prosperity Gospel;' Says 'Money in My Pocket … It's God's'

  After coming under fire for asking 200,000 people to donate $300 or more each to raise $65 million to help his ministry purchase a luxury jet last month, popular televangelist Creflo Dollar, who is widely reported to be worth an estimated $27 million, has declared that "there is no such thing as the prosperity gospel" and the money in his pocket belongs to God.

• Apr 19, 2015

  Christian Football Star Tim Tebow Expected to Sign One-Year Contract With Philadelphia Eagles Monday

  Former Heisman Trophy winner and Christian football star Tim Tebow is expected to get another shot at advancing his NFL career Monday when the Philadelphia Eagles will reportedly sign him to a one-year contract.

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  Apr 19, 2015

  Up to 950 Migrants Fleeing Libya, Middle East Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes; Pope Says They Were 'Looking for Happiness'

  Some 700 migrants, a number which could climb to 950, fleeing poverty and persecution to find "a better life" and "happiness" in Europe are now feared dead after the boat they were travelling in capsized in the Mediterranean some 112 miles south of Italy's Lampedusa shortly before midnight Saturday.

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  Apr 17, 2015

  Christian Blogger Matt Walsh Tells Fast-Food Workers They Don't Deserve $15 an Hour to Flip Burgers

  Christian blogger Matt Walsh ripped into fast-food workers who reportedly rallied in some 230 American cities for a $15 minimum wage this week, has declared, rather bluntly, that they don't deserve it.