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Televangelist John Hagee’s prediction that a series of “blood moon” lunar eclipses signals a “world shaking event” is a misinterpretation of the Bible, two Southern Baptist professors said.

Hagee’s prediction “ignores” a common style of writing in the Bible known as “apocalyptic literature” that “frequently contains cosmic imagery” to describe significant spiritual events. In apocalyptic literature such figures of speech are not meant to be interpreted “in a literalistic manner,” Ben Merkle,

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The last time fans of Wesley Snipes saw him in a major blockbuster movie was a decade ago inBlade: Trinity.

Since then, the Jungle Fever star appeared a slew of direct-to-DVD films and small-budget projects.

In 2010 Snipes began serving a 3-year prison sentence after being convicted on tax evasion charges.

Last year Snipes signed on for his first major post-prison gig, a starring role alongside Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Jet Li, Kelsey Grammer and Arnold Schwarzenegger in 

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Blake Griffin dunks for two of his 22 first-quarter points. The Clippers forward finished with 37 in the win over the Suns. Photo: Luis Sinco, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Blake Griffin is nothing short of a lightning rod — for teammates, opposing players and referees. He also can play any kind of game required to keep the Los Angeles Clippers near the top of the Western Conference standings.

Griffin scored 22 of his 37 points in the first quarter and made 14 of 16 shots before fouling out

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Media mogul Tyler Perry, 44, is enjoying the success of his ratings-grabbing OWN drama The Haves and Have Nots. Last month, it drew a record-breaking 3.4 million viewers to Oprah Winfrey’s network.

But the success of the show has not negated the negative feelings some carry toward one of the main characters, Hanna Young, a deeply flawed Christian portrayed by actress Crystal Fox—whom Perry defends.The problem?

Hanna’s staunch religious stance seemingly conflicts with her uncharacteristic att

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Good news, right! I can’t wait for the Braxton Sisters to record a gospel album, because I really like Tamar’s gospel song on her album.

 

Check out Toni, Tamar, Towanda, Traci and Mommy talking about getting together to record their elusive gospel album. Tamar ups the ante by getting all of them to sign a makeshift contract.

We’ll be waiting…

 

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President Obama’s State of the Union Address drew 33.3 million television viewers, the smallest audience he has had for the annual speech to Congress, Nielsen reported Wednesday.

The audience for Tuesday’s speech was slightly less than the 33.5 million who tuned into last year’s State of the Union, according to numbers supplied by Nielsen.

Thirteen networks broadcast Obama’s speech live: CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, Azteca, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CN

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Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Bilbo Baggin has proved his mettle in The Desolation of Smaug
  • Writer says sequel is "a more grandly somber movie"
  • EW gives it a grade of A-

(EW.com) -- Even rote fantasy blockbusters can — and usually do — feature the showdown of good and evil. To conjure true darkness, however, is a trickier feat.

Early on in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), having pro

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Martin Freeman arrives at 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on December 2, 2013. (Getty Images)
Martin Freeman has revealed that he turned to higher powers as he did some of the stunts in The Hobbit sequel.
The Sherlock star, who has reprised his role as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's next instalment, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, spent a week tumbling down a fast-flowing river in barrels.
"That's the week that I prayed," he quip
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Debate unfolded surrounding Tuesday night's episode of NBC's "The Voice" after singers omitted the word "Lord" from a well-known Christian hymn. But video from the performance shows that cast members also axed references to "dying Savior" and "heaven."
It was the former issue, though, that sparked the most controversy on social media.
Viewers quickly noticed that the show's final eight contestants inserted the word "oh" in place of "Lord" while performing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" the La
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"LEGO The Hobbit" is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in 2014. (The Brick Fan)
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, and LEGO have announced a new video game is coming to the popular LEGO game franchise next year. The game will be called LEGO The Hobbit and will put players into the big feet of Bilbo Baggins and his friends. The exact launch date for the game in 2014 is unannounced at this time.
LEGO The Hobbit video game will be based o
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I was--and even now can be--a nagging wife.
 
"A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand" (Proverbs 27:15-16).

Solomon laments about the nagging wife and counsels each of us that our behavior can be torturous to our husbands. Like the infrequent and unexpected rain that used to leak through the concrete roof of my house in the Arabian Gulf, the way I would approach my husband overwhelmed hi
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A Costco store in Southern California drew some unwanted attention this week after labeling some of its Bibles as fiction.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/18nVqRy) Wednesday that Caleb Kaltenbach, pastor of Discovery Church, recently came across the Bibles with "Fiction" written on the price tag while shopping for a gift at a Costco store in Simi Valley. He took a photo and posted it on social media with the comment: "Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of FICTION Hmmmm...
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Two of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals, will face off tonight to begin the 2013 World Series. For those readers who haven't been following these two teams, we present a primer for the big game.
It's a Rematch
For those who did not care about nearly 100 years
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Each morning for the past five years, before most of his aides have arrived at the White House, President Barack Obama has read a devotional sent to his BlackBerry, weaving together biblical scripture with reflections from literary and cultural figures. 
Joshua DuBois, an informal spiritual adviser to Obama who ran the White House faith-based office until earlier this year, writes the devotionals for Obama and has compiled many of them in a forthcoming book, "The President's Devotional," to
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U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden , are seen during an event to introduce Jeh Johnson as the president's nominee to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Rose Garden of the White House, October 18, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his
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The First Lady reacts as she watches Laura Jarrett and Tony Balkissoon take their vows during their wedding at Valerie Jarrett's home in Chicago, June 18, 2012. (Pete Souza/The White House)
Joshua DuBois was President Obama's director of faith-based initiative, and single. Learning that, the president went to work. By Joshua DuBois.
President Obama has taught me a lot over the years, and I share a few lessons in my new book, The President's Devotional. But one of the most important lesson
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Screen-Shot-2013-09-26-at-3.35.41-PM.pngControversy erupted last winter when the TLC network launched a new show called "The Sisterhood" about first ladies of Atlanta-based churches. Then in April, BET premiered "The Sheards," about the lives of a gospel superstar family in Detroit.



Now, this fall television season will usher in two more "faith-based" programs on major cable networks. "The Preachers of L.A," which focuses on the lifestyles of six mega-pastors in Los Angeles, will premiere on Oxygen media next month. "Thicker Than
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Preachers of L.A., the controversial new reality show featuring men of the cloth, premieres this week but you can watch a sneak peek of the full 1st episode in its entirety right here, right now!

Minister Deitrick Haddon, Pastor Wayne Chaney, Pastor Jay Haizlip, Bishop Ron Gibson, Noel Jones, and Bishop Clarence McClendon, are six pastors with fascinating backgrounds, strong faiths, beautiful women and a ton of material possessions.

In Episode 1, Deitrick Haddon faces his controversial past

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Noel Jones Knows Full Well that the Bible says We Should Not Even Let  Heterosexuals Serve in the Church if They are Living in Sin such as Fornication or Adultery; In Fact, Noel Jones has a pastor friend who had to step down as pastor of his church simply because he got a divorce
 
By the way, Bro. Jones, what's up with carrying around a dog dressed in pink?

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