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Popular US-based Nigerian born controversial journalist and social media enthusiast, Kemi Olunloyo, has explained why she does not read the Bible. According to her, the Holy Bible contains many fake stories that can confuse someone.
The fearless writer, who recently revealed that she would marry in.... |
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For persons looking for a unique and authentically Jamaican gift idea for Christmas, Garry’s Concept, owned by Entrepreneur Garry Parrish could be the ideal choice. Under the trademark ‘Granny Seh’ Mr. Parrish provides inspiring and motivational proverbs and quotes that have their roots in the Jamaican cultural experience. |
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Cops have tentatively linked the thief who stole an 86-pound barrel of gold flakes worth $1.5 million from a truck in Midtown to at least seven other similar thefts, sources said. The thefts linked to the suspect known as the Lucky Charms bandit spanned the period between May 6 and Aug. 10, sources said. |
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When the historic black church in Greenville, Miss., first burned last month, many, including the city mayor, speculated that the intentionally lit fire was a hate crime. It was a particularly tense time in America, just a week before the bitterly divisive 2016 presidential election came to a close. |
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Anti-LGBTI Pastor Steven Anderson has received permission from Malawi to visit that country, he says in In October, this blog and several news sites in Malawi and internationally reported that he had been denied entry to establish an anti-gay church there. |
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When the historical black church in Greenville, Miss., first burned last month, many, including the city mayor, speculated that the intentionally lit fire was a hate crime. It was a particularly tense time in America, just a week before the bitterly divisive 2016 presidential election came to a close. |
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FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Jackson Walsh is a fighter. He was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, when he was just 15 days old. For months his family went through a battery of tests, biopsies, and four rounds of chemotherapy. He was declared cancer-free in January. The community rallied around the Walsh family. |
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OPEN DOORS/ GETTY Katie Mansfield Churches in India have been told not to celebrate Christmas Authorities have put Manipur on lockdown with a curfew in place and churches treated with dire consequences if they celebrate Christmas. Advocacy charity Open Doors said the ban comes as tensions rise.... |
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MOBILE, AL (WALA) - Christmas can be an especially difficult time of the year for people who don't have loved ones. That's why a local ministry is trying to make this a special holiday for the needy in our area. Wings of life is a non-profit, Christian based residential alcohol and drug recovery center. |
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Nouwen was a giant of 20th Century spiritual writing. His was a rare gift – taking deep spiritual insights and presenting them for the general reader. As an academic, he satisfied the intellectually curious, but as a pastor, he always had his eye on reaching ordinary people. |
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The nativity scene is arguably the most iconic image of Christmas ― it’s splashed on the fronts of Christmas cards, displayed in people’s homes, acted out in church plays, and even planted on public property. Despite some slight variations, the scene is usually the same ― Mary and Joseph in a.... |
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A JCPenney shopper went on an expletive-laden tirade against two Latina customers earlier this week, telling them to "go back where they belong" in a rant that was caught on video. The incident, which was recorded by another customer, happened Tuesday afternoon at the Jefferson Mall in Louisville, Kentucky, and garnered more than 5. |
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he’s gotten so far is $75. In October 1977 a Memphis woman was raped in her home by two intruders. |
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(CNN) — A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he’s gotten so far is $75. In October 1977 a Memphis woman was raped in her home by two intruders. |
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The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don't see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" a week before the presidential election. But Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who is also state.... |
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QAMISHLI - Having to live with deserted streets, road blocks and the constant fear of jihadist attack, Christians in the Syrian town of Qamishli have little heart for Christmas this year. Few decorations are to be seen in the streets of Wusta, the main Christian quarter of the Kurdish-majority town in the northeast of war-torn Syria. |
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Thoothukudi: Fr. Arul Prabhakaran (33), Pastor of Paraloga Matha Church in Prakasapuram in Nazareth, was arrested by Tiruchendur All Women Police on Wednesday night. Sources said he allegedly developed an illicit relationship with a widow, A. Andrew Roseline (37) of Prakasapuram, on the promise of marrying her. |
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: I’m going to put out a perception I’ve always had of you, and if I’m wrong you can riff off it. You being born in Hawaii, and the ancestry that you’ve had, and beyond that you having a cosmopolitan experience very early on living elsewhere—this is a blunt way to say it—but it occurs to me you had an opportunity to just check out. |
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Saint Augustine, contemplating the face of the Baby Jesus, exclaimed: “Immense in the form of God, tiny in the form of a slave.” To describe the mystery of the Incarnation, Saint Macarius, the fourth-century monk and disciple of Saint Anthony Abbot, used the Greek verb “smikryno,” to become small, to reduce to the bare minimum. |
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Few decorations are to be seen in the streets of Wusta, the main Christian quarter of the Kurdish-majority town in the northeast of war-torn Syria. A series of attacks including a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Wusta late last year, claimed by the Islamic State group, killed at least 16 people and wounded 30. |
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Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) - Having to live with deserted streets, road blocks and the constant fear of jihadist attack, Christians in the Syrian town of Qamishli have little heart for Christmas this year. Few decorations are to be seen in the streets of Wusta, the main Christian quarter of the Kurdish-majority town in the northeast of war-torn Syria. |
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HARARE (Reuters) – Around a thousand supporters of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe marched to the ruling ZANU-PF party’s headquarters on Wednesday in a show of solidarity following anti-government protests this month. A supporter of the ruling party Zanu PF gestures outside the party headquarters.... |
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Saint Augustine, contemplating the face of the Baby Jesus, exclaimed: “Immense in the form of God, tiny in the form of a slave.” To describe the mystery of the Incarnation, Saint Macarius, the fourth-century monk and disciple of Saint Anthony Abbot, used the Greek verb “smikryno,” to become small, to reduce to the bare minimum. |
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Farrukh Shahbaz. The Non-Teaching Staff Association of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore organised a ceremony for its Christian employees in connection with the Christmas Day here on Wednesday. Vice-Chancellor Meritorious Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha presided over the Christmas.... |
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Having to live with deserted streets, road blocks and the constant fear of jihadist attack, Christians in the Syrian town of Qamishli have little heart for Christmas this year. Few decorations are to be seen in the streets of Wusta, the main Christian quarter of the Kurdish-majority town in the northeast of war-torn Syria. |
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