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Since 70% of the U.S. is not regularly connected to a church, many times the children in the Bible2School program are hearing ...

The sentence issued Friday to Daniel Ferguson was for an incident last year in which he wandered a neighborhood near Ocean ...

Biblical texts shaped the development of Western civilization and steadily made advances into societies formerly resistant to ...

Biblical texts shaped the development of Western civilization and steadily made advances into societies formerly resistant to ...

Oklahoma’s new law mandating Bible instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution and courts should strike it ...

The Bible, incidentally, has been banned on the grounds that the graphic depictions of sex and violence are inappropriate for ...

Oklahoma’s new law mandating Bible instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution and courts should strike it ...

Bible translation in least-reached communities comes with various challenges, often involving complex cultural, linguistic, ...

Though rarely seen at church, Trump says the Bible is his "favourite book," and around Easter the former president began ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Our hope is that this becomes a connecting place in the community,” founder/lead pastor Brad Bell said of the massive ...