Samuel Smith

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  Oct 30, 2020

  Appeals court upholds Maine's ban on religious schools in school choice program

  A federal appeals court has ruled against Maine parents challenging a state law that excludes religious schools from the state’s high school tuition program despite a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down similar restrictions in Montana.

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  Oct 19, 2020

  30 Bible translation projects suspended in Nigeria amid pandemic, terrorism

  Nigerian Bible translators are seeking help after having to suspend translation projects in 30 languages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing terrorist violence throughout the country. 

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  Oct 18, 2020

  ‘Bible reading reimagined': Tyndale's new Bible line features 'game-changing’ study app 

  As the way people digest media has changed, a leading Bible publisher has partnered with an app development company that worked on the popular stock-trading app Robinhood to create a new line of Bibles compatible with its own “game-changing” mobile app. 

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  Oct 16, 2020

  From Sunday school to secretary of state: Mike Pompeo details faith journey (interview)

  There has arguably never been a secretary of state who has been more upfront and vocal about his faith in Jesus Christ than Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former Republican congressman and former Presbyterian church Sunday school teacher. 

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  Oct 16, 2020

  4 takeaways from Trump and Biden town hall discussions

  President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participated in dueling town halls Thursday night, 19 days ahead of the Nov. 3 election, after plans for their second presidential debate fell through.

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  Oct 15, 2020

  China, Pakistan, Cuba elected to UN Human Rights Council; critics speak out

  Countries that have engaged in religious freedom violations, such as China, Russia, Pakistan and Cuba, have been elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council, drawing criticism from human rights groups. 

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  Oct 14, 2020

  Obama faith adviser pushes back against Eric Trump's claim his dad 'saved Christianity' 

  Former Obama faith adviser Michael Wear blasted President Donald Trump’s son’s claim that his father “literally saved Christianity,” calling it blasphemous and just a ploy to get Christians to save the president’s re-election campaign. 

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  Oct 14, 2020

  Last of 21 Christians martyred by ISIS in Libya finally laid to rest after 5 years

  The remains of a Ghanaian Christian beheaded by the Islamic State terrorist group on a Libyan beach in an execution video in 2015 has finally been laid to rest in Egypt.

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  Oct 13, 2020

  100,000 march in Los Angeles over Azerbaijan conflict with Armenians

  An estimated 100,000 people marched through the streets of Los Angeles over the weekend to call for an end to the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory that has displaced thousands from their homes and killed hundreds. 

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  Oct 13, 2020

  Smithsonian 'Girlhood' exhibit features Margaret Sanger, transgender star Jazz Jennings

  The Smithsonian Institute has unveiled a new “Girlhood” exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., stating that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s legacy is “complicated” and that sometimes gender is not revealed at birth.