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Jon Gosselin Has ‘No Relationship’ With Ex-Wife Kate Gosselin, Pays No Child Support, Works as a Waiter
Not Jon Gosselin, who after making it big on "Jon & Kate Plus Eight," suffered through a messy divorce in 2009 and now is serving restaurant patrons in Pennsylvania in search of the simpler life, according to ABC News. After the show, Gosselin, 36, told “Entertainment Tonight” it has been "next to nearly impossible to find work," so he began working at Black Dog, a restaurant in Beckerville in Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 99 Years for Raping Girl, Then Trying to Sell Her for $50 for Sex at Bar
A North Texas man has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old family friend and trying to sell her for sex to bar patrons -- who refused. Prosecutors on Thursday announced the penalty for 30-year-old Ricky D. Davis of Fort Worth. A Tarrant County jury on Wednesday convicted Davis of aggravated sexual assault of a child and trafficking a person under age 18, then ordered concurrent 99-year prison terms, according to the Associated Press.
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Internet Glitches Allow Iranians to Access Places Previously Inaccessible – Briefly
The joy of Iran’s Facebook and Twitter fans was short-lived as authorities on Tuesday restored blocks on social networks after filters were lifted for several hours overnight.
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Francis Chan Urges the Church to Turn Her Eyes on God, Away From the Standards of Men
Francis Chan, at this week's Identity Unleashed Conference with basketball super star Jeremy Lin in San Francisco, spoke about how big God is next to death. He gave a powerful message about the God in Heaven who's looking down on Earth and desires our worship and gives followers of Christ certain eternal security in Heaven with Him.
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Adrian Peterson, Vikings Running Back: ‘Without Him … I Had No Chance’
NFL player and devout Christian Adrian Peterson does not take performance enhancing drugs, but rather "juices on the blood of Jesus," the Minnesota Vikings running back wrote in a recent article for the newly-launched website, Monday Morning Quarterback.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.