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  Dec 5, 2015

  79 Percent of Evangelicals See Violence in Middle East as Sign End Times Are Near

  Nearly eight out of 10 Evangelicals say they believe the ongoing violence in the Middle East is an indication that the rapture is on the horizon, a new survey released Friday shows.

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  Dec 4, 2015

  Christian Family Gets 5 Children Taken Away by Gov't for Teaching God Punishes Sin

  Child welfare services in Norway have reportedly removed five Christian children from their parents' home and placed them into foster care after the parents were accused of radicalizing and indoctrinating their child with Christianity.

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  Dec 3, 2015

  'What We Saw in San Bernardino, Paris Is Beginning of a Third World War,' Vicar of Baghdad Argues

  Deadly terrorist attacks like the one in Paris last month and the one in California on Wednesday are indications that a third world war is on the horizon, the Vicar of Baghdad argued Thursday.

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  Dec 3, 2015

  Megachurches Seeing Drop in Weekly Attendance, Study Finds

  A new study that focuses on trends and shifts among megachurches in the U.S. has found that although more Americans than ever are attending megachurches, worshipers are attending church less frequently.

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  Dec 1, 2015

  Colorado University Paid Over $97K for Planned Parenthood Aborted Baby Body Parts

  The Faith & Freedom Coalition has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, Colorado State University, and a prominent fetal tissue supplier that seeks to force the return of state tax dollars used by the college to obtain aborted baby tissue for research.

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  Dec 1, 2015

  Christian College President Slams Speech Censorship: 'College Is Not Day Care'

  The president of a Christian college in Oklahoma has condemned the rise of political correctness on college campuses and told students who seek to silence speech that offends them that they are "self-absorbed" and "need to grow up."

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  Dec 1, 2015

  Pope Francis: Condom Use to Prevent AIDS Is Perplexing Issue for Catholic Church

  On the eve of World AIDS Day, Pope Francis admitted Monday that the question about whether the Roman Catholic Church should condone condom use to help prevent the spread of HIV is a complicated issue for the moral of the church.

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  Dec 1, 2015

  Rubio: Paris Attacks and 9/11 Are Part of God's Plan for Our Lives

  Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio spoke about seeking God's guidance, arguing that the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last month and in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, were both part of God's mysterious plan for the universe.

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  Nov 30, 2015

  Brad Pitt Says He's 'Atheist;' Cites Baptist Upbringing, 'Christian Guilt'

  Hollywood film star Brad Pitt acknowledged in a recent interview that he considers himself to be an atheist and does not adhere to religion, despite being raised in a Southern Baptist household in Missouri.

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  Nov 30, 2015

  Christian Brothers Executed by ISIS Are 'Our Martyrs; Saved by God in Heaven,' Says Coptic Priest

  Two Coptic Christian brothers were kidnapped and executed by suspected Islamic State extremists earlier this month in Western Libya after being lured in with the promise of employment.