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Transforming Young Lives Through Young Life When it comes to revolutionizing life-changing ministry in high school students there are few Christian organizations outside the local church that do it better than Young Life.

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“The Apple of God’s Eye” It is the start of a new school year and the common tradition for years has been for students to present an apple to their teacher on the first day of school. It is unclear how the apple got this distinction but it is the common symbol

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Comic Book Christians When I think about transformation, the first image that comes to mind is Optimus Prime morphing from semi-tractor to robot in the blockbuster movie "TRANSFORMERS". The time frame for transformation

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From Gold Medalist to God Follower You would think winning three gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal in the Olympics would be the crowning achievement of a lifetime. That may be true for many athletes but not all. John Hencken had the honor

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NC Supreme Court to Hear Same Sex Adoption Case The NC Supreme Court will decide in September whether same sex couples...
Semantics The current administration is abandoning the term "freedom of religion"...
Mosque at Ground Zero Americans are in an uproar over a proposed Islamic Mosque near Ground...
Local Christian Bookstore Wins Award Dalton's Christian Bookstore, which has locations in Franklin and...

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Local Christian Bookstore Wins Award

Dalton's Christian Bookstore, which has locations in Franklin and Waynesville, was awarded the Christian Bookseller's Association Spirit of Excellence Award in Innovation. The CBA Awards are handed out each year at The International Christian Retail Show. Dalton's...

NC Supreme Court to Hear Same Sex Adoption Case

The NC Supreme Court will decide in September whether same sex couples may legally adopt children in North Carolina. The case involves State Senator Julia Boseman, who gave birth to a boy by artificial insemination. At the time, Boseman was cohabitating with...

Increase in Home Schoolers

According to a report by the NC Division of Non-Public Education shows a 6% increase in home schoolers during the 2009-2010 school year. According to Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, two-thirds of home schools in NC are religious...

Abortion in UNC Student Insurance Plan

Parents packing their teens off to college in the UNC system or adults signing up for at least six hours of classes this fall may find themselves helping to pay for abortions whether they want to or not, thanks to the university system’s new health insurance...

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Semantics

The current administration is abandoning the term "freedom of religion" in favor of what he calls the "freedom of worship." After a 40-year process to expel God from America by taking prayer and the Bible from public schools, and removing the Ten Commandments...

Mosque at Ground Zero

Americans are in an uproar over a proposed Islamic Mosque near Ground Zero. A CNN Research poll reports that 7 of 10 Americans strongly oppose the building. Most believe it is a "slap in the face" of the victims and families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that...

Graham on Faith

Rev. Franklin Graham issued his toughest remarks to date on the administration’s role in revoking his invitation to speak at the National Day of Prayer event, "I’m being restricted from my religious rights, and from what I believe," Graham warned, as he complained...