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“Bring All Dads Back Home”: Super Bowl commercial on behalf of hostages

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Amid the usual promotions for beer, fast food and cars, a commercial during Sunday evening’s Super Bowl encouraged the release of hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In ...

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Patrick Mahomes, Clark Hunt give glory to God after Super Bowl victory

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For the third time in five years, Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl championship and was named MVP of the game. And once again, he and his ...

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Families of Hamas hostages share stories in Dallas church

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Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, last weekend invited several families of hostages being held by Hamas to share their stories. “The news cycle moves really fast and, to some, it seems ...

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IDF rescues two hostages in daring raid

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Israeli forces in Gaza freed two hostages in an overnight mission Monday in Rafah. Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Norberto Louis Har, 70, both from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, are in good medical ...

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“The President and the Freedom Fighter” explores friendship between Lincoln, Douglass

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A new book looks at the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass as they sought to end slavery. Brian Kilmeade, cohost of “Fox and Friends,” is the author of “The President ...

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Christian Chiefs players have priorities in order on Super Bowl Sunday

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 Although hundreds of millions of people around the world will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, Christian athletes will be playing for an audience of one. “The Washington Times” spotlighted several ...

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CBS Sports loves Z-Man Sandwich at Joe’s Kansas City for Super Bowl

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For many fans, Super Bowl Sunday is as much about food as it is about football. CBS Sports, which will broadcast the game between Kansas City and San Francisco, offered its culinary ...

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It’s time to stand up against evil, Eric Metaxas tells American Christians

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Eric Metaxas, the popular author and radio host, is calling on Christians to take a stand against evil in the current culture. “It’s up to believers to speak up for what is ...

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Toby Keith said faith was his rock during cancer journey

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Country music star Toby Keith leaned on his faith to battle cancer before his death on February 5. He discussed his ordeal last month in an interview with an Oklahoma City television ...

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Asbury Revival’s Surprise for America

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We’ve prayed for revival in America for decades. But do we know what to do when it happens? It’s been one year since the revival at Asbury University in central Kentucky began ...

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Chiefs, 49ers have something in common – Christian quarterbacks

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Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers are both fierce competitors. But when they square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday, it ...

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Inside the Christian concert and child sponsorship relationship

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Go to a contemporary Christian music (CCM) concert and often you’ll be greeted by materials about a child sponsorship ministry or other charitable group the band asks you to support. During the ...

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Missouri candidate burns LGBT books to fuel campaign

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Valentina Gomez may not be known by Missouri voters, but she certainly knows how to attract attention to her campaign for Secretary of State. Earlier this week, she posted a campaign video ...

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Missouri National Guard to secure border in Texas

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Members of the Missouri National Guard will be deployed to Texas to help with the crises on the southern border. Gov. Mike Parson visited the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend., where he ...

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Pro-Gaza protesters disrupt Missouri legislature

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Shouting “Cease-fire now,” protesters disrupted a joint session of the Missouri legislature while Israel Consul General-Miami Maor Elbaz-Starinsky spoke Tuesday. At least 30 people in the upper galleries continued to scream as ...

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Wheaton College responds to “woke” label

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Wheaton College is firing back after being labeled “woke” in a Fox News column.  President Philip Ryken called the claim “incendiary” in a statement. Columnist Tim Scheiderer wrote in his article that the school ...

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Israel: Almost 1 in 4 of remaining hostages is dead

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Thirty-two of the 136 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to reporting by the New York Times. The grim news comes after relatives of the families were notified by ...

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Israel needs our help, not political games over security funding

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The U.S. House on Tuesday failed to pass a stand-alone bill for additional security aid for Israel. President Joe Biden threatened veto it, preferring instead to have it lumped with legislation that ...

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Faith propels 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy from Mr. Irrelevant to Super Bowl starter

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Football fans can’t help but cheer for San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy (except when the 49ers play the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on February 11.) He said he leaned on his ...

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National Marriage Week is February 7-14

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“Love Beyond Words” is the theme for this year’s National Marriage Week, which will take place from February 7 to 14. This year’s mission encourages couples to put their love into action ...

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UN envoy in Israel: “World can’t understand magnitude” of Hamas attack

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United Nations envoy Pramila Patten concluded her eight-day visit to Israel after receiving a first-hand account of the sexual violence committed by Hamas during on Oct. 7. The special representative of the U.N. secretary-general ...

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Pro-life Kansans unite for compassion-driven legislative agenda

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On Wednesday, January 24, thousands of members of the pro-life movement met at the Kansas State Capitol for the annual March and Rally for Life. Many pro-lifers met with legislators and visited ...

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At Birthright, We Love Them Both

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Connecting with an abortion-minded woman during a four-hour shift at Birthright in Kansas City is a very real possibility and one in which all volunteers are trained to handle. Being prepared to ...

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Alistair Begg clarifies controversial advice about transgender wedding

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Pastor and broadcaster Alistair Begg is doing damage control after his recent advice about attending a transgender wedding drew widespread backlash. In a recent sermons, he said his comments were not meant ...

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Taylor Swift, Patrick Mahomes flights to Super Bowl offered

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Kansas Citians with deep pockets have several new options for traveling to see the Chiefs play in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on February 11. Airlines have added Taylor Swift-themed flights for ...

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