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Who are Jehovah's Witnesses? A religion scholar explains the history of the often misunderstood group

Six adults were killed March 9, 2023, in Hamburg, Germany, in what police described as a “rampage” after an evening religious service. Several others were wounded during the attack at a Jehovah’s Witness center, called a Kingdom Hall, including a woman who lost her pregnancy. The suspected shooter was reported…

The Conversation

Religious leaders experiment with ChatGPT sermons

Generative AI can quote the Bible deftly — and sound eerily human.

Axios

At a glance: Jehovah's Witness beliefs, history in Germany

Several people were killed and injured Thursday night after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said

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Titans take O’Cyrus Torrence in The NFL Draft Bible’s post-combine mock

The Titans go in a different direction than most mocks we've seen and take a guard in a recent one by The NFL Draft Bible.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas Tech men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments

The school said head coach Mark Adams had encouraged a player "to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

WEKU

Women priest 'snub' at church in former hometown of Vicar of Dibley star Dawn French

Minority of congregation alleged to say they could not remain within the church on theological grounds unless the priest was a man

Wales Online

Family of first woman MP make historic donation

The family of Australia's most prominent political couple has handed over a much-treasured Bible to the parliament.

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Texas Tech Suspends Mark Adams for Slavery Comment

The Red Raiders men’s basketball coach quoted a Bible verse when he told a player there is “always a master and a servant.”

Sports Illustrated

'I sent a text message to the wrong number- now we're married with six kids'

Brenda and Isaiah Stearns unexpectedly fell in love

Wales Online

Dear Abby: Wife is leaving because I hurt her, but I can’t lose my family

Prayer and Bible study is helping man who wants his wife and children back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Religious leader dies attempting 40 day and 40 night Jesus fast from the Bible

Francisco Barajah, founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in Mozambique, attempted to emulate what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible by fasting for 40 days

Daily Mirror

World's oldest Hebrew Bible expected to sell for record-breaking $50 million

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old is set to fetch a record-breaking price when it goes up for auction in New York in May, Sotheby's auction house announced this week.

Radio France Internationale

Ancient copy of Hebrew Bible expected to fetch up to £41.5m at auction

Codex Sassoon, which dates back to the ninth or tenth century, is due to come up for auction in May for the first time in more than 30 years.

The Independent UK

When in Doubt, Consult the Bible?

Writer Amity Shlaes had an interesting review of Ken Burns's The U.S. and the Holocaust in City Journal; I have no informed opinion on the review generally, but I was puzzled by one item: It is in the second episode that the filmmakers turn to Franklin Roosevelt, the only president…

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The Guardian - UK

Oldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records

Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50m

Daily Mirror

King Charles' coronation oil 'secretly concocted for 8 months on housing estate in Hull'

Retired church minister and pharmacist Mark Hutton spent months getting items from an ancient list of ingredients based on a recipe in the Bible ready for King Charles' coronation in May

Salon

The promise of "engagement chicken"

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach — but what about my heart?

The Conversation

Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years

Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns up myriad websites offering wedding bands inscribed with the much-loved line. Search Etsy for Valentine’s Day gifts, and you’ll see jewelry, T-shirts and coffee mugs printed with…

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What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn't a homophobe

Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexuality. He reportedly replied:

Daily Mirror

Daughter and parents dead on murder-suicide decided to pick date out of Bible verse

Morgan Daub, 26, her father, James, and mother, Deborah, were all found dead in the backyard of their house in York, southern Pennsylvania

Wales Online

Presenter Jake Humphrey launches app which saves time for skiers

The SkiYodl app is a bible of everything you need to see, eat, drink and do while you’re in the mountains

The Guardian - UK

Exhibition lays bare Church of England’s links to slave trade

Artefacts on show at Lambeth Palace Library include a ‘slave bible’, with all mention of ‘freedom’ removed

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak must fight hard to stop a Labour win looking inevitable

Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…

The Guardian - US

Bible study and work without pay: the shadowy world of sober living homes

In a largely unregulated industry, some residents trying to get sober are made to work 40 hours a week at restaurants – but don’t receive a paycheck

Daily Mirror

Five students on church trip die in fiery car crash after devastating pile-up

The students had been headed home to Arkansas, in the US, from Jackson Hole after visiting Jackson Hole Bible College, when they were involved in a deadly pile-up

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