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  Mar 21, 2017

  National Guard Lets Chaplains Continue Praying at Ceremonies Despite Atheist Group's Protest

  The New Hampshire Air National Guard has no plans to respond to an atheist group's demands that it prohibit chaplains from offering invocations at official ceremonies and has vowed to continue letting chaplains pray at on-base events.

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  Mar 20, 2017

  Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr Pulls Over to Pray With Stranded Driver on Roadside

  Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr restored a California man's faith in humanity when he pulled over on the side of the road last week to pray with the distressed motorist after his car had run out of gas in an Oakland suburb.

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  Mar 20, 2017

  Prison Fellowship: Jeff Sessions Shouldn't Bring Back Reagan-Era Drug Policies

  Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions' speech last week in Richmond, the United States' largest prison outreach ministry is warning that Sessions and the Trump administration would be "wrong" to reinstate Reagan-era drug enforcement policies.

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  Mar 16, 2017

  ISIS Torments Iraqi Mother by Sending Photos of Captured 6-Y-O Son

  A displaced Iraqi mother has detailed how the Islamic State has been torturing her by sending photos and videos of her captured 6-year-old son with guns being pointed at him.

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  Mar 16, 2017

  ISIS Burns Alive 9 Iraqis, Including Children, for 'Fleeing Caliphate'

  The Islamic State terrorist organization has burned alive nine civilians, including children, who were caught attempting to flee the group's stronghold in Iraq, sources have told an Iraqi news outlet.

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  Mar 16, 2017

  Over 100 Christian Leaders Oppose Trump's 'Deep Cuts' to Foreign Aid

  Over 100 prominent Christian leaders and celebrities, including two who spoke at the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, are calling on United States Congress to oppose President Donald Trump's proposal to make disproportionate cuts to federal aid programs that are vital to helping vulnerable people in need worldwide.

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  Mar 15, 2017

  Cornel West, Robert George Condemn Efforts to Silence Free Speech on College Campuses

  In the aftermath of the attack on a conservative speaker and professor at Vermont's Middlebury College, two leading Ivy league professors from both sides of the political aisle have come together to assert that efforts to silence unpopular political speech on college campuses should be opposed by all.

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  Mar 15, 2017

  8 Abducted Samaritan's Purse Aid Workers Released in South Sudan

  The international humanitarian aid group Samaritan's Purse has announced that eight of its aid workers who were recently kidnapped in South Sudan have been released.

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  Mar 15, 2017

  Chaplains Fire Back After Secularists Demand Ban on Prayer at Military Ceremonies

  The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Freedom has responded to a secularist group's demand that chaplains at a New Hampshire military base not be allowed to offer invocations at on-base events.

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  Mar 15, 2017

  ESPN Affiliate to Launch Radio Show Focusing on Faith in Sports

  An ESPN radio affiliate will soon launch a weekly sports talk radio show that will focus on "the impact of faith in the sports world" and feature interviews with professional athletes who will discuss the role faith has played in their lives.