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Nik Wallenda Completes Tightrope Walking Across Grand Canyon With Praise to Jesus
Nik Wallenda succeeded Sunday evening in crossing the Grand Canyon gorge on two inches of wire, setting the Guinness World Record in the longest and tallest tightrope walk ever.
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Live Stream: Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk - A Dream Come True
Most people have walked across a balance beam at least once in their lifetime and have probably felt the sense of accomplishment after, but none can be compared to what Nik Wallenda will feel in his attempt to walk across the gorge just east of the Grand Canyon right now without using a tether or a safety harness.
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NSA Leaker Snowden Arrives In Moscow, Seeks Asylum In Ecuador
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is seeking asylum in Ecuador after departing Hong Kong on Sunday for Moscow. His departure came just a day after the U.S. Justice Department filed an extradition request to the Hong Kong government for his arrest.
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Born-Again Christian Nik Wallenda to Tightrope Walk Across Grand Canyon
Tightrope-walking daredevil Nik Wallenda, who considers faith as the most important part of his life, will cross the Grand Canyon on Sunday with no harness or safeguards in place.
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Nigerian Man 'Miraculously' Survives Being Trapped Under Sea for Two Days
A 29-year-old cook ‘miraculously’ survives two days at the bottom of the sea after a shipwreck 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria. Many calls him the 'modern day Jonah.'
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
