Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 6, 2014

  Baptist Preacher Fought With Braxton Caner on Twitter, Then Apologized Weeks Before Teen's Suicide

  A Baptist preacher with an extensive history of attacking Brewton-Parker College President Ergun Caner, expressed regret for engaging Caner's 15-year-old son, Braxton, in a heated and viral Twitter conflict over Braxton's character and its reflection on his family just weeks before he committed suicide last Tuesday.

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  Aug 5, 2014

  Dove-Award Winning Gungor Rattles Christian World With Revelation That They Don't Believe the Bible Literally

  The Christian music world has been abuzz in recent days about the unorthodox theology of celebrated Dove-award winning musical artists Michael and Lisa Gungor, known for popular worship songs like "Dry Bones" and "Beautiful Things."

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  Aug 5, 2014

  Russell Moore Calls 'Abortion Ministry' of Doctor Who Was Once Medical Director for Planned Parenthood 'Disturbing'

  Dr. Willie Parker is a Harvard educated ex-medical director for Planned Parenthood who insists that he does abortions because he is a Christian. Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, however, finds his theology of ending a life in the name of Jesus "disturbing."

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Muslims Hack Off Christian Man's Head After Forcing Him to Deny Jesus Christ and Salute Mohammed as 'Messenger of God'

  A Christian man in Syria recently had his head brutally hacked off by Islamic militants after being forced to deny his faith and salute Mohammed as "the messenger of God".

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Dozens Saved at Heartbreaking Funeral for Braxton Caner, as Family Struggles Through Grief Over Death of Their Son

  On the day of 15-year-old Braxton Caner's funeral on Saturday, just four days after he was discovered dead at his own hands, his father, Brewton-Parker College President and Baptist minister Ergun Mehmet Caner, shared his pain in a line from W.H. Auden's poem Funeral Blues: "Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…".

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Following Paul Tripp, Harvest Bible Fellowship Pastor James MacDonald Resigns From Mars Hill Church Board

  Hot on the heels of Pastor Paul Tripp's resignation in June from the Board of Advisors and Accountability (BOAA) of the Seattle-based, Mark Driscoll-led Mars Hill Church, the organization has announced that James McDonald, pastor of Harvest Bible Fellowship in the Chicagoland area, resigned in July.

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  Aug 3, 2014

  Elderly Widow Dies Then Shocks Village Church With 'Once in a Lifetime' $4.4 Million Gift in Will

  Hazel Jones-Olszewski, an 84-year-old widow who died just four days before her 85th birthday in January 2013, left the Church in Wales in shock after they learnt that she bequeathed more than $4 million (£2.6 million) to the St. Davids Parish Church, which she attended as a child in the village of Saron, Wales.

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  Aug 3, 2014

  Pastor Who 'Didn't Want to Die in the Pulpit' Sued for Trying to Sell Church and Parsonage Without Consent From Congregation

  A California pastor who said he "didn't want to die in the pulpit" is now being sued by a deacon for trying to sell the church and parsonage without the consent of his congregation, which weren't even aware that their leader was trying to relieve them of their place of worship.

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  Aug 1, 2014

  Pastor, Mother Arrested After 'Holy Water' Kills Two Young Sons Named Prayer and Wisdom

  Two young brothers, Wisdom Clement, 2, and Prayer Clement, 9 months, died in Nigeria last Friday after their mother allegedly gave them holy water she purchased from a local pastor for their healing.

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  Aug 1, 2014

  Homicide: NYPD Officer's Chokehold Killed Eric Garner, Rules New York City Medical Examiner's Office

  Results of an autopsy conducted by the New York City medical examiner's office revealed Friday that Eric Garner, the 43-year-old Staten Island man who died after a struggle with police last month, was killed by a chokehold administered by an officer.