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Contact: J.P. Duffy or Alice Chao, 866-FRC-NEWS, 866-372-6397; both with Family Research CouncilWASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement on the passing of Dr. Billy Graham: "Billy Graham grew up in what most would consider humble, ordinary beginnings but because he yielded himself to God, he was used to accomplish the extraordinary -- forever impacting the lives of countless people. In Source: Fami

Contact: Leslie Palma, 732-757-9087ATLANTA, Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by evangelist Alveda King:"Dr. Billy Graham has departed earth to receive A Warrior's Reward. Many will note the many contributions of the life and legacy of Dr. Billy Graham today in honor and recognition of this great Christian warrior who has reached millions of lives for Christ during his 99 years on earth.
"As a fledgling freelance journalist in the 20th century, I int Source: Alveda

Contact: Cory Whitehead, Christianity Today, 630-260-6200 ext 4220, [email protected] STREAM, Ill., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Famed evangelist and founder of Christianity Today magazine, Billy Graham, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 21 at his mountaintop home in Montreat, North Carolina at the age of 99.  During his life, Graham preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to over 200 million people across the worldover 100 million in Source

Seeks to End Income Tax, Cut Spending & Bring U.S. Troops homeContact: Matt Waters, 757-254-4813, [email protected]; MattWaters.comALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Activist Matt Waters announced today that he is seeking the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate in Virginia.
Waters is a long time Libertarian Party member who is currently serving as an executive at Students For Liberty, an international libertarian students organization based in Washington, D.C.Source: W

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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fall 2018 offers a gold mine in the lineup for Charisma House. Here is a sampling of upcoming titles that will release August through December 2018:Rise by Brigitte Gabriel, New York Times best-selling author
(September, 978-1-62999-547-2, $24.99)Signs of the Times by Greg Laurie
(September, 978-1-62999-543-4, $19.99)Aftershock by Stephen E. Strang
(November, 978-1-62999-555-7, $23.9 Source: Charisma

Contact: AnnaMarie Cantrell, 864-504-5616, [email protected], N.C., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Recently, the USA Gymnastics and Hollywood sexual abuse scandals have garnered tremendous awareness and support through avenues like the #MeToo movement. While these tragic situations merit the increased awareness and discussion, the ever-swelling tidal wave of sex-trafficking victims deserves equal scrutiny. Sex-trafficking is a $150 billion global industry, w

Contact: AnnaMarie Cantrell, 864-504-5616, [email protected] GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- There are over 800,000 Americans widowed each year. Many suffer physical, emotional, and financial problems. Does this also affect spiritual health?  After the sudden loss of her childhood sweetheart, Jan Teel-Nealis was left an unexpected widow with three sons and a daughter. With her spiritual health afflicted by her sorrow,  she turned to her only Con

The deeply flawed Old Testament “hero” was set apart for a very specific purpose.
Growing up in church as a scrawny kid, I was captured by stories of David slaying Goliath, Gideon defeating the Midianites, and especially Samson taking out 1,000 Philistines practically barehanded. While I loved the daring of those figures, I was also taught to be careful about the temptations of great champions: David’s moral failure and desperate attempts to cover it up, Gideon’s late-in-

Foreign students offer US schools treasure in heaven and on earth.
For most of Wheaton Academy’s 165-year history, it was a boarding school. Boarding was ended in the 1980s, then brought back—structured as host families—in 2006.
“China had just started its student visas a year or two before,” said Brenda Vishanoff, vice principal for student services and student learning. The first year, the Christian high school near Chicago had two international students—one

Research shows 1 in 6 US Christians changed their religious affiliation over a four-year span, with nondenominational worshipers leading the way.
Much of the switching in religious identity in the United States over the past several years occurred among the “nones,” specifically Americans who identify as agnostic or as “nothing in particular.” But the Christian landscape hasn’t remained static in the meantime.
Though academics have long wondered whether the US will

The great abolitionist spoke words of rebuke—and hope—to a slaveholding society.
As Frederick Douglass looked out on the boisterous crowd that had gathered to celebrate America’s independence, he thought of Psalm 137. By the rivers of Babylon we sat and weptwhen we remembered Zion.There on the poplarswe hung our harps,for there our captors asked us for songs,our tormentors demanded songs of joy;they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”How can we sing the songs

When we are sick and need to know what can make us whole again, there is no other fount we know.
In the time it takes to read this sentence, your body will produce 17 million blood cells deep in its marrow. To put that in context, that’s as many cells as twice the population of New York City. Once created, those red blood cells move into the bloodstream—red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, all bobbing along in plasma through 60,000 miles of vessels in the human body.
An

What the incarnation affirms about the reality of God's creation.
I tend to sympathize with the Gnostics most in the morning. It’s currently common to deride these early heretics for despising our physicality and rejecting the goodness of creation. But when I wake up and tenderly place my feet on the ground, breathing slowly as I sense which sore muscles and joints I need to stretch with care, I get it—my body does not greet me as my friend.
Truth be told, my body and I have had some

The church can offer hope to those who find it hard to love the body they’re in.
From the time Brandon was a toddler, he was what many call “gender nonconforming.” In preschool, while the boys roughhoused on one side of the room, he played with the little girls. By junior high, he felt sharply out of step with the prevailing John Wayne masculinity image. “I feel the way girls do, I am interested in things girls are,” he told his parents. “God should have made

The case for communing with God in a daring and agonizing way.
From 1949 to 1952, the unthinkable unfolded on Scottish islands known as the Hebrides: revival! Seemingly out of nowhere, a spiritual awakening swept across the islands of Lewis and Harris, replacing post–World War II despair and depression with earnest, zealous faith. Some historians believe this was the last genuine awakening in the western world.
When I came across a book detailing the Hebridian Revival, I wanted to know how

Influential Christians want to see bans on certain weapons as well as better mental health resources.
Though white evangelicals are less likely than the average American to push for stricter gun laws, the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has prompted pastors to advocate for “sensible” gun restrictions to help prevent more attacks.
Pat Robertson spoke out on Tuesday in favor of banning automatic weapons and bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickl

This celebration of black culture and black success points to a bigger story for the church.
A while ago, I stopped watching a certain type of black movie.
In the wake of the black suffering that I saw in real life, I didn’t want to see another black slave scene. I didn’t want the water hoses of Alabama to once again wreck my hopes. I didn’t want to see us integrate another school, sports team, or profession despite the overwhelming odds. I didn’t avoid these films becaus

God's Sovereignty, Justice, and Truth.
Rice Broocks’ book God’s Not Dead inspired the movie by the same name, though it’s an apologetics book (that has a brief cameo in the movie) explaining the rationality of the faith.
His new book was just released today. It’s call The Human Right: To Know Jesus and Make Him Known.
Brooks is a pastor, writer, and professor. He serves with me as one of our Billy Graham Center Fellows. Below is what I found especially helpful in an advan

Abortion Clinic Owner Compares Taliban's "Misogyny" to Life Advocates' Beliefs in Federal CourtContact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, [email protected], N.Y., Feb. 20, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Merle Hoffman, the woman that Forbes dubbed the "Millionaire Abortionist," told a federal court in New York that, "Women know what abortion is," when she testified on February 15 against a group of pro-life Christian sidewalk counselors. The life advocates, ten of whom are members of C Source: TC Publ