Leonardo Blair

Latest

• 
  Jul 17, 2015

  Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini Has Dream He Will Be Free by Daughter's 9th Birthday This Year; Wife Prays It Will Happen

  A few months into his imprisonment in Iran three years ago, pastor Saeed Abedini had a dream that he was out of prison celebrating his daughter Rebecca's 9th birthday. Rebecca turns 9 "in a few months," according to his wife, Naghmeh Abedini, and she is now looking to God to move on behalf of her husband.

• 
  Jul 16, 2015

  Woman Jailed After Feasting at Seafood Buffet for Four Hours Then Declaring 'Jesus' Would Pay Bill

  For four hours on Sunday, April Lee Yates, 51, feasted at the popular Bennett's Calabash Seafood Buffet Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, but when it was time to pay her bill she said "Jesus" would pick up the tab.

• 
  Jul 16, 2015

  Evangelical Bethel College Professor Jim Stump Resigns Because He Doesn't Believe 'Adam, Was Created by Immediate Act of God'

  A wave of concern is now rippling through the Christian science community after it was revealed that Jim Stump, a respected evangelical philosophy of science professor at the Christian Bethel College in Indiana, chose to resign last month because he doesn't agree with the school's new corporate position that "the first man, Adam, was created by an immediate act of God and not by a process of evolution."

• 
  Jul 16, 2015

  Wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini Says Iran Nuclear Deal 'Makes Sense;' Says 'I've Never Asked for Saeed to Be Part of the Deal'

  Despite her disappointment that her husband, Pastor Saeed Abedini, was not released as a part of President Barack Obama's recent nuclear deal with Iran, Naghmeh Abedini supported the decision Wednesday saying it "makes sense" and that she knew all along that her husband's release would not have been a part of the deal because the State Department had already informed her that would be the case.

• 
  Jul 15, 2015

  Peeved President Obama Says He Is Not 'Content' With Americans Imprisoned by Iran; Says Diplomats Working Hard to Free Them

  A peeved President Barack Obama flatly rejected a suggestion Wednesday that he was "content" with the recent nuclear deal with Iran which did not include the release of four Americans including pastor Saeed Abedini who remain imprisoned in the Middle Eastern nation on mostly "trumped-up" charges.

• 
  Jul 14, 2015

  Florida Church Threatens to Boot Member for 'Financial Delinquency;' Gives Her 90 Days to Overcome 'Hardship'

  A Florida church concerned about the failure of one of its young female members to pay a monthly financial contribution to its operations has threatened to strip her from its roll if she doesn't pay up and has offered her a grace period of 90 days to make nice if she is experiencing financial "hardship."

• 
  Jul 14, 2015

  Pizza Shop Worker Helps Rescue Kidnapped Boy After Checking Amber Alert She Would Normally Ignore

  A 7-year-old old boy was rescued from the clutches of a suspected kidnapper last Wednesday after being abducted from his home in Alice, Texas, all because a Papa Murphey's pizza shop worker, who normally ignored amber alerts on her phone, decided to pay attention this time.

• 
  Jul 14, 2015

  Liberty University Among Top 20 Schools Accounting for a Fifth of All Graduate School Debt; $351 Million Borrowed in One Year

  Graduate students at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, America's largest private, nonprofit university and the world's largest Christian university, borrowed more than $351 million to fund their studies in the 2013-2014 academic year to place the institution on a list of 20 schools responsible for a fifth of all graduate school debt.

• 
  Jul 13, 2015

  NewSpring Pastor Perry Noble Reveals He Was 'Racist,' Used N-Word 'Recreationally;' Now Condemns Confederate Flag

  Perry Noble, pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, revealed last Friday that he used to be a "racist" and spouted the n-word "recreationally" with his family until he found Jesus.

• 
  Jul 10, 2015

  600 Churches Say Ending the War on Drugs Is the Christian Thing to Do

  The New England Conference of United Methodist Churches, a group of 600 churches spanning six states, voted in favor of a resolution Saturday which calls for an end to the war on drugs because it is the Christian thing to do.