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2020-02-22T14:57:46-05:00

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Looking for Easter holidays on your iPhone? Apple deleted ALL of them. [video]

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 2:57 pm By Bethany Blankley

According to the technology giant Apple, one of the most important holiday seasons to Christians worldwide is irrelevant and not a calendar event: Easter. Apple seems to forget that the Western calendar is based on the birth of Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection is the most pivotal event in history. In the West, the Roman Emperor Julian ordered the recording of time in 45 BC– marking before and after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: “AD,” for anno Domini,... Read more

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2020-02-22T14:58:23-05:00

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New Film: I Lived on Parker Avenue [video]

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 2:58 pm By Bethany Blankley

“I Lived on Parker Avenue,” is a 30-minute documentary about an alternative to abortion: adoption; and the impact it has on everyone involved. The film follows the real-life people who chose adoption over abortion, and the motivations of the heart of everyone involved who loves David Scotton, now a college student, and focus of the story. Schedule to be released on March 8, 2018, a free screening is open to the public starting this Friday at the following locations: Feb. 24 New... Read more

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2020-02-22T14:59:34-05:00

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Bill Would Allow Teaching Bible Classes in West Virginia Public Schools

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 2:59 pm By Bethany Blankley

On January 11, 2018, West Virginia Senators Mike Azinger, R-Wood, and Sue Cline, R-Wyoming, introduced Senate Bill 252, which would require all schools to offer an elective social study course in the “Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible; an elective social studies course on the New Testament of the Bible; or an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.” It also requires that federal and state laws be followed regarding religious... Read more

2020-02-22T15:00:29-05:00

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Meet Katie Uhlaender: Persevering, Christian Olympian Skeleton Racer [video]

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 3:00 pm By Bethany Blankley

In PyeongChang, South Korea, Katie Uhlaender, 33, will be the the first American to race the skeleton four times in the history of the sport at the Winter Olympics. With bright red hair and a big smile, Katie lies face down on a sled and speeds down an icy track at 80 miles an hour in a sport that most describe as “insane.” Katie describes the skeleton: It is all about letting go and finding speed by generating momentum with your... Read more

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2020-01-16T09:33:05-05:00

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Meet Olympian David Wise: High Flying Halfpipe Skiier Grounded in God [video]

Last updated on: January 16, 2020 at 9:33 am By Bethany Blankley

David Wise of Reno, Nevada, became the first Olympian to win the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe skiing event, a sport that was debuted at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Wise became a legend overnight and introduced the world to the gravity-defying sport, where the skiier drops into a massive two-story-deep snow ravine, flies up into the air to performs several flips and twists, and continues to do this throughout the halfpipe until he lands in the snow. X... Read more

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2018-02-10T12:22:24-05:00

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Meet Gigi Marvin: Team USA’s Hockey Player on a Mission for Christ [videos]

Last updated on: February 10, 2018 at 12:22 pm By Bethany Blankley

Gigi Marvin is a member of the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team, and will be playing this year as a forward in her third Olympic Games. She and her team won silver in 2010 in Vancouver, and in Sochi in 2014. This year, the team hopes to win gold in PyeongChang. While her goal is to win, winning is not everything the 30-year-old athlete argues. Gigi told the Fellowship of Christian Athletes FCA Magazine that, My mission is more than winning another... Read more

2020-01-16T09:29:12-05:00

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Meet Elana Meyers Taylor and Nic Taylor: U.S. Olympian Bible Study Bobsledders [video]

Last updated on: January 16, 2020 at 9:29 am By Bethany Blankley

Olympian bobsledding athlete Elana Meyers Taylor is the fastest starting pilot in the world and two-time Olympic medalist on the U.S. Bobsled Team. Her list of medaling in the sport’s regional and world championships is incredible. She has won nine U.S. push championships alone only having begun competing in the sport in 2007. In a sport that normally takes ten years to train to become a pilot on a bobsled team, Elana became the first American — male or female — to medal... Read more

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2020-01-16T09:29:22-05:00

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Meet Kelly Clark: U.S. Olympian Gold Medalist, Halfpipe Pioneer, and Champion for Christ [video]

Last updated on: January 16, 2020 at 9:29 am By Bethany Blankley

Kelly Clark was the first U.S. Olympian to win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She was only 18 years-old and it was her first Olympics. Now 34, Clark is the only U.S. snowboarder to compete in five Olympics and she’s the most decorated snowboarding Olympian. She’s still competing when other her age have retired. This year she’s competing with two up-and-coming snowboarding stars and U.S. teammates, Chloe Kim and Maddie Mastro, who are both 17-years-old and... Read more

2020-02-22T14:15:00-05:00

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The Plight of Egyptian Christians: ‘Forced to Flee in Rivers of Blood’

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 2:15 pm By Bethany Blankley

Egyptian Christians, Coptic Christians, are facing “unprecedented levels of persecution and suppression,” according to The Open Doors 2018 World Watch List Report. In 2017 more than 200 Copts were driven out of their homes and 128 were killed because of their faith. Copts are Egypt’s Christian minority. Roughly 9 million in total, they represent 10 percent of Egypt’s population and roughly half of the Christians living in the Middle East. Since 2014 their persecution has increased; the World Watch List Report... Read more

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2020-02-22T14:15:57-05:00

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Despite Regular Targeting and Imprisonment, Christianity in Iran is Spreading

Last updated on: February 22, 2020 at 2:15 pm By Bethany Blankley

Despite ongoing targeted persecution, the mission group Elam Ministries recently revealed that more people in Iran are becoming Christians. Read more

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