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thumbRNS Patriots Eagles2 020118(RNS) — This year’s Super Bowl pits the New England Patriots (again) against the Philadelphia Eagles. For many years, I’ve been using biblical and other Jewish sources to pick the winner, and I’m almost always right.

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A "Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty," signed by more than 80 U.S. faith leaders, was sent to members of Congress on Jan. 29.

webRNS NOSTRA AETATE 101915(RNS) — Four powerful and irreversible forces are rapidly transforming the Jewish and Christian worlds.

But many leaders in both communities are unable or unwilling to recognize these new changes.

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WASHINGTON (RNS) — Reaction to President Trump's first State of the Union was fast and furious from opponents and supporters of his definition of immigration reform and his approach to religious liberty.

webRNS CHURCH SECURITY1 012918TAUNTON, Mass. (RNS) —  Two months after the deadliest church shooting in American history, federal authorities are spearheading new efforts to help equip local faith leaders to prepare for the worst.

6696326209 055a7813af bDALLAS (BP) -- A homeless man lay frozen to death within eyesight of Cornerstone Baptist Church in South Dallas as record-breaking cold temperatures befell much of the U.S.

webRNS SNAKE HANDLERS 012318(RNS) — When Andrew Hamblin walks into church to preach on a Sunday morning, he brings along death in a box.

Dr. C Pat Taylor SBU headBOLIVAR, Mo. — Southwest Baptist University President Dr. C. Pat Taylor informed the SBU community today of his plans to retire Aug. 31, 2018, after nearly 22 years as the university’s president.

webRNS NEIL GORSUCHe 013117(RNS) — In the days after Donald Trump’s surprise election in 2016, conservative evangelical Christians made clear their high expectations for the president they had helped put into office.

Has Trump met those expectations?

webRNS Kentucky Shooting1 012518(RNS) — As the shots rang out through Marshall County High School, shock waves simultaneously reverberated throughout all of Marshall County as one fact was becoming increasingly clear: Our county would never be the same.