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Pastor Gentry and Hadley Eddings, who lost their two young children in a tragic car accident, have revealed how God is sustaining them through their grief and how their faith has allowed them to forgive the driver that caused the wreck.

The Rev. Owen Chadwick, a prominent British scholar of Christianity, died on July 17 at 99 years old. He leaves behind a legacy that made him an authority on the history of religion and the churches and defended their credibility against secular ideas.

Heaven is a far more glorious place than all the new worlds discovered by the most powerful telescope man deploys in space to explore the universe, said well-known Christian Evangelist William "Billy" Graham.

Ashley Madison, the paid, online service that connects people looking to cheat on their spouses, recently experienced a scare when it was revealed the website had been hacked, threatening to reveal the identity of its 37 million subscribers.

The iconic hymn "Amazing Grace" has been sung in churches, funerals, and major public events across the United States and around the world. The story on how it was written has now become the focus of a musical play in Broadway.

Churches across the United States are reviewing security measures during Sunday services in light of the mass shooting in the South Carolina city of Charleston last month, which left nine people in a historically black church dead. They are also trying to figure out how to be welcoming to everyone who visits.

Popular speaker and author Ravi Zacharias has warned that the US Supreme Court's recent decision to legalize same-sex marriage has brought the country to its "breaking point," but urged Christians who hold to a traditional view of marriage to nevertheless reach out those in the gay community with compassion and love.

Republican presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has weighed in on the controversial Planned Parenthood video showing a discussion about the practice of using aborted baby parts for medical research, saying the footage is a chilling example of "how far we have drifted in terms of our humanity."

Planned Parenthood is under fire from many Christian and conservative leaders after an ethics campaign group leaked a video showing an executive with the abortion organization discussing the sale of intact body parts of aborted babies to fetal tissue wholesalers.

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is "not an atheist" despite his claims, Creation Museum CEO and President Ken Ham recently asserted, because no true atheists exist as the Bible teaches that every person is born with an innate knowledge of God.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) unanimously approved a resolution last week to end the organization's historic ban on gay adults working as leaders. However, individual Scout troops will be permitted to set their own policy on leaders, allowing church-sponsored troops to uphold the ban.

Rev. Franklin Graham has criticized ESPN for honoring Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this week's ESPY award ceremony, saying he finds the decision "hard to swallow" given the number of wounded military veterans whose lives "define courage."

Thousands of people gathered in Central Park on Saturday to hear an inspiring message from prominent Argentinian evangelist Luis Palau and worship along with Christian artists including Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman and Mandisa.

Saddleback Community Church pastor Rick Warren has endorsed "Captive," an upcoming film featuring the true-to-life story of meth addict Ashley (Smith) Robinson who was held captive by Brian Nichols, and how both their lives were changed because of Warren's bestselling book "The Purpose Driven Life."

Popular speaker and author Bishop T.D. Jakes is gearing up to host new daytime talk show, which will focus on a variety of hot-button issues and strive to help people "work through tight places in in their lives."

Former Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll is scheduled to appear at several high-profile conferences and churches in the upcoming months, signaling his gradual return to the ministry.

An inspiring new book by NASCAR driver Robert Bakke, "Prayer at Full Throttle: How Performance-Based Prayer Makes Miracles Happen," has earned its place as an Amazon #1 Best Seller due to groundbreaking insights on America, money, and success. In his book, Bakke teaches Christians to understand that the "road that leads to miracles is paved with your personal performance."

Rev. Franklin Graham has warned U.S. President Obama that he should "have some extra lightning rods installed on the roof of the White House" if he continues to flaunt "sinful behavior," such as same-sex marriage, "in the face of the Almighty God."

Franklin Graham has warned that the United States government is both "blatantly defying God's laws" and trying to "remove them completely from public view" after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the state's capitol earlier this week.

Former Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll, who was removed from the agenda of the Hillsong conference last month, made an appearance in a pre-recorded interview at the event to admit that he has not always operated as a "healthy person working from a godly place."

The Gospel Herald has compiled a list of Scripture verses which directly address the practice of homosexuality, the Biblical definition of marriage, and why God's word--not the Supreme Court--is the ultimate authority.

A broad coalition of evangelical leaders assembled by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has released a joint statement on marriage, stating their firm opposition to the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage:

The iconic image that portrayed the horrors of the Vietnam War featured a 9-year-old girl running away naked from a napalm attack, suffering from burns back in 1972. That girl, Kim Phuc, recently met the photographer who shot that picture and is now a Christian.

Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy. But today this salvation from sinful sexual acts was not embraced. Instead there was massive institutionalization of sin.

Conservative and religious leaders in the United States have responded to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all 50 states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, warning that the decision that will hurt religious liberty in America and lead to the persecution of Christians nationwide.