The nation’s capital and surrounding areas were struck with an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale just before 2 p.m. local time, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey announced. The epicenter was in Mineral, Va. At approximately 1:50 p.m. local time, office buildings in Washington, D.C., began shaking, causing many employees to be evacuated…
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Chinese pharmaceutical companies are grinding up dead babies into stamina-enhancing pills, according to a South Korean television network. A documentary team from SBS TV, formerly known as Seoul Broadcasting Station, reported on the gruesome practice, according to the International Business Times (IBT), an online business newspaper published in 10 languages. Hospitals and abortion clinics in…
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A 14-year-old girl in western Uganda is still unable to walk 10 months after her father tortured her for leaving Islam and putting her faith in Christ, according to area Christians. Susan Ithungu of Isango village, Kasese district, has been hospitalized at Kagando Hospital since October 2010 after neighbors with police help rescued her from…
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Since I first wrote on this topic two days ago, a lot more light on what exactly has taken place has been shed, and a lot more informed commentary has been penned as well. All the new information and revelations simply confirm what I said in my original piece. In particular, three major lessons can…
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Some youngsters — including the pastor’s — had just run across the street from New Beginnings Baptist Church to the parsonage for a drink of water when the shoot-out began. Others were still in the church parking lot. When three police officers on patrol in Rapid City, S.D., stopped a group of four men weaving…
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When David Maravilla gives a tour of his former neighborhood, he points to grim landmarks: “I had my first drug overdose right over there.” Motioning across the street, he adds: “I had my second one there.” Maravilla remembers the day that a counselor from a local ministry approached him in a backyard full of gang…
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In the first two chapters of the book of Genesis, God is quoted as pinpointing the fruitful area where Adam and Eve would live. He names four rivers flowing out of it. Two of the rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, largely in what is now Iraq, are familiar to anyone who has looked at…
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Apostasy, in the Christian scheme of things, has to do with the deliberate and/or formal renunciation of one’s faith. It means saying, “I no longer believe this, I reject it, and I am opting out”. That is fine. In a free country people can do that without fear of physical consequence. In Islam apostasy warrants…
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Tullian Tchividjian, senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, is the author of Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels. Tchividjian grew up with benefits and burdens greater than that of being a PK, a preacher’s kid: He was a PG, the grandson of the most famous preacher of the past century,…
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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is calling for an investigation into the actions of the Houston National Cemetery director who told pastors and veterans groups to stop using words like “God bless” and “Jesus Christ” during funeral services. Several veterans groups and pastors in the Houston area filed a religious discrimination lawsuit this week, charging…
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