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  May 24, 2018

  Fuller Seminary to Sell Pasadena Campus, Relocate in Move to Address Financial Concerns

  Experiencing a decline in full-time students and rise in online enrollment, Fuller Theological Seminary in California has announced that it will sell its 13-acre campus in Pasadena that has been the school's home for 70 years.

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  May 24, 2018

  Sen. Lankford Calls on NATO Ally Turkey to 'Act More Like North Korea'

  Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma has called on the Turkish government to "act more like North Korea" and release imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson from prison.

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  May 23, 2018

  So. Baptist Seminary Prof. Alvin Reid Resigns Over 'Personal and Spiritual Issues'

  A longtime evangelism professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, has resigned from the school and stepped down from a pastoral role at his church, citing "personal and spiritual issues."

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  May 23, 2018

  Trump Era Confusion on Evangelical Identity: NAE Makes Clarifying Statement

  The National Association of Evangelicals on Tuesday clarified exactly who evangelicals are at a time when many in America have a misunderstanding of what the word really means.

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  May 23, 2018

  Prison Fellowship Praises Democrats Who Voted for Reform Bill Backed by Trump White House

  Prison Fellowship and criminal justice reform groups are praising the bipartisan passing of a comprehensive prison reentry reform bill backed by the White House in the United States House of Representatives Tuesday, even though there has been left-leaning criticism about the bill's lack of sentencing reform.

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  May 23, 2018

  Trump Quotes Jeremiah 1:5 at Pro-Life Gala, Says 'Every Life Has Meaning'

  President Donald Trump assured a prominent gathering of pro-life leaders and activists Tuesday night that the pro-life movement will "never fail" as long as "we keep trusting God" and quoted the Old Testament to argue that "every child is a precious gift from God."

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  May 22, 2018

  Parents Outraged Over Transgender Book's Inclusion in Statewide School Reading Competition

  Parents in Oregon have voiced outrage after a book about a transgender boy was included in a statewide reading competition for third through fifth grades, and at least two school districts have opted out of the competition because of the pro-LGBT book's inclusion.

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  May 22, 2018

  Netflix's '13 Reasons Why' Shows Rape of Teen Boy With Mop Handle; Watchdog Demands Cancellation

  A leading family television watchdog is calling on the online streaming service Netflix to pull its series "13 Reasons Why" as scenes in the show's second season show a teen being sodomized with a mop handle and the same teen plotting a school shooting in revenge.

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  May 22, 2018

  'Miracle Girl' Walks Again on Her Own After Doctors Declared Her 99 Percent Brain Dead

  An Australian girl who doctors said was almost completely brain-dead just over eight months ago has defied the odds by walking again on her own power. She's now known as the "miracle girl."

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  May 21, 2018

  Boko Haram Burned Pastor's Dad Alive for Choosing Bible Over Quran

  A Nigerian church leader who fled persecution and is now living in the United States recently shared the horrifying details of how his father was killed for simply standing by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how terrorists aligned with the Islamic State burned down his church building.