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Man shares Gospel through hitchhiking
He's "J.L." on his business card. His wife calls him "Mac." Some friends call him "James," although he often forgets to stand up when he's introduced as James. But he's best known simply as "The Hitchhiker.” James L. McCollough's motto is "Sharing the Gospel around the world, one highway at a time." A 59-year-old former Marine, McCollough has been hitchhiking all his life — not because he can't drive or doesn't own a car. He can and does.
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Photo: James L. McCollough, known as "The Hitchhiker," started hitching as a teenager on his way home from school. Today, it's his primary avenue for sharing his faith. McCollough is a missionary with the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board. Photo by Diane Turbyfill, Editor, The Belmont (N.C.) BannerNews. |
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Billy Graham turns 90
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For more than 60 years, evangelist Billy Graham has preached the good news of God’s love in-person to nearly 215 million people at hundreds of events and countless millions more.
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Churches challenging IRS rules by endorsing from the pulpit under fire
Six churches from across the country are the subject of a complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service charging they broke federal law by endorsing candidates from the pulpit.
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New law may reduce Down syndrome abortions
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President Bush has signed into law a measure that may help to curtail the number of abortions of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome and other conditions.
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McCain, Obama have sharp disagreements in final debate
Facing one another for the final time before Election Day, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain expressed sharp disagreements on taxes, the energy crisis, health care and abortion during the third presidential debate at Hofstra University.
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'Gay marriage' legalization would squash religious freedom, experts say
Robb and Robin Wirthlin didn't want to believe their son. In fact, they thought he might have just misunderstood the teacher's lesson, as second-graders sometimes do. So when he came home and told his parents his public school teacher read a story of a prince supposedly marrying another prince — his parents wanted to check out the facts.
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Indigenous tribes transformed by Gospel
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Sweat dripped from Dut's short, slender body as she hollowed out a grave in the floor of the Colombian rain forest. Only minutes earlier the Nu* Indian woman had given birth, but didn't like what she saw.
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California opens back door to assisted suicide, critics say
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, signed into law a measure that requires doctors and other health-care providers to give patients with a terminal illness, or who are believed to have a year or less to live, information about "legal end-of-life options" at the patients' request.
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Fireproof passes $23M at box office
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"Fireproof" continued its impressive run in its fifth weekend in theaters, passing the $23 million mark according to studio estimates.
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Thousands pray and fast for repentance, revival and sanctity of marriage
There they were—men of the cloth shedding their denominational robes, while weeping on their knees. Boldly perched before the thousands of people they shepherd each week, the pastors, gripped by raw transparency, sought forgiveness, vowed repentance and begged for revival.
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Switchfoot’s frontman releases solo compilation album
Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman recently released Limbs and Branches, a compilation of hits from his widely acclaimed solo EPs Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer.
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U.S. condemns beating of China pastor's sons
The United States has voiced grave concern over the brutal beating Oct. 16 of "Pastor Bike" Zhang Mingxuan's two sons by public security officials in China. China Aid reported that Zhang Jian's right eye is severely wounded and doctors are unsure whether he will regain sight.
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Pakistani Christian leader urges UN intervention for halting anti-Christian violence in India
Condemning the egregiously shocking mistreatment of religious minorities in India, the Chief of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) and a member of National Assembly, Shahbaz Bhatti, has called upon the United Nations to ensure protection of lives and properties of minorities in India.
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8 is Enough!
Churches, pro-family advocates turn back judicial attempt to redefine marriage
Californians—riled by both a recent state Supreme Court decision overturning Proposition 22’s ban on same-sex marriage and an encroaching gay agenda in the public schools—have taken back their voice by approving Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage.
“I’m grateful to God for his timing on putting this forward at the right time, on the heels of the Supreme Court decision,” said Ron Prentice, chairman of the Yes on 8 campaign.
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San Diego pastor freed, hospitalized after kidnapping
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TIJUANA, MEXICO — San Diego pastor Manuel Jesus Tec is free after 11 days of torture at the hands of unknown kidnappers who abducted him in Tijuana, Mexico. Tec currently is recuperating at an undisclosed San Diego hospital.
Tec was whipped with barbwire whenever he started praying or talking to his captors about God.
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A sign of hope: The witness of faith in tough times
Everybody I've talked to in recent days is wringing their hands over the financial crisis. People are really afraid. It's time for Christians to offer them hope. Like many of you, I don’t look forward to turning on the financial news these days. These are troubling times. If you’re anywhere near my age, or about to send your kids to college, you can’t be happy when you see your retirement plans or college funds seemingly going up in smoke.
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Charles
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Prison Fellowship Ministries
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Why November 2008 looks like March 1936
Near the conclusion of the second presidential “town-hall” style debate on Oct. 2, a questioner from the audience asked each candidate what he would do if Iran attacked Israel. Both candidates gave somewhat vague replies...
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Dr. Earl Tilford
Center of Vision & Values
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New devotional features ‘lost writings’ of Corrie Ten Boom
Recently discovered “lost writings” from the late Corrie Ten Boom, whose family sheltered Jews during Germany’s occupation of her native Holland, have been translated and published in the new devotional, “I Stand at the Door and Knock.”
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Departure of Pittsburgh diocese widens Episcopal Church’s schism
The theologically conservative Pittsburgh diocese voted overwhelmingly o Oct. 4 to split from the American Episcopal Church. The 210 clergy and 70 parishes of the Pittsburgh diocese make up by far the largest single group so far to break away from the liberal Episcopal Church.
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CBS increasingly airing indecency
CBS and other broadcast television networks increasingly are pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable entertainment as the Federal Communications Commission.
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