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In the World — December 15, 2013

By Christy Barritt   Mississippi Town Sued Over Gay Bar  The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing the town of Shannon, Mississippi, for its refusal to approve a license to open a gay bar. Businesswoman and lesbian Pat Newton requested the business license and was denied by the city’s Board of Aldermen. The SPLC lawsuit, […]

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Jesus Christ, the Light of Life

By Amy Storms    Literature was my favorite subject in school. Reading hardly felt like homework. I loved reading novels and discussing the literary concepts behind the stories. Most often, though, my teacher pointed out insights that had never crossed my mind. “Notice the symbolism here?” she’d ask. I hadn’t. “This foreshadowing is quite obvious,” […]

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The Christ of Prophecy

By Shawn McMullen   Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the […]