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Left to right, Christian writers Deidra Riggs, Karen Swallow Prior, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, Kathy Khang and Katelyn Beaty discuss what it means to be evangelical and female, in a packed session April 13, 2018, at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller
Need to know: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Still evangelical? Literary festival panelists question label after Trump, #MeToo
More than a year into Trump’s presidency, female Christian writers discussed how it has strained their relationships with American evangelicalism.
Pompeo’s Kansas church asks God to ‘give him strength’ in Senate confirmation process
"Mike has enemies because of his faith who may try to paint him in a poor light and make it difficult for him to reach the Secretary of State position," the pastor of nominee Mike Pompeo wrote to his congregation.
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A federal jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas.
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A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be published in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary.
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