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Joe Newby

Joe Newby is an IT professional who also writes as a conservative columnist for Examiner.com covering politics, crime, elections and social issues, and offers hard-hitting commentary at his blog, the Conservative Firing Line.  

Christian radio host: God didn’t stop Connecticut shootings

Bryan Fischer, an evangelical radio host with the American Family Association said Friday that God did not stop the tragic shootings in Connecticut because America has told Him to "get lost."

“Where was God when all of this went down?” he asked. "Here’s the bottom line: God is not going to go where he is not wanted.”

California Christians find loophole that allows nativity scene despite ban on unattended religious displays

It's the time of the year when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It's also the time when lawyers from groups like the Freedom from Religion Foundation go on the prowl, looking to squash anything that might be construed as a public display of Christianity.

Jamie Foxx ‘joking’ about calling Obama ‘our lord and savior’ at Soul Train awards

On Wednesday, Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx told Entertainment Tonight that he was only joking when he called Barack Obama "our lord and savior" during last Sunday's broadcast of the annual Soul Train awards.

Florida professor says Obama an ‘apostle’ sent by God to create ‘heaven here on earth’

In her new book, "The Gospel According to Apostle Barack: In Search of a More Perfect Political Union as 'Heaven Here on Earth," Florida A&M professor Barbara A. Thompson says that Barack Obama is an "apostle" sent by God to create a political heaven on earth.  The longtime professor also says that God revealed this message to her in her dreams.

Franklin Graham: “We have turned our backs on God”

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax TV last week, Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, said the country is in the economic shape it is in because, "we have turned our backs on God."

“The more we turn our backs on God, the bigger our problem becomes,” he said.

Are the results of Tuesday’s elections God’s judgment on America?

After Tuesday's elections, WND editor and CEO Joseph Farah was quite clear — the results are God's judgment on America.

Farah wrote that Obama's re-election represents, at least to him, "God’s judgment on a people who have turned away from Him and His ways and from everything for which our founders sacrificed their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor."

Billy Graham ad encourages Christians to vote for biblical values, traditional marriage

An ad published in papers across the country urges Americans to vote for biblical values and traditional marriage.

The advertisement, put out by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, features a picture of the soon-to-be 94-year-old evangelist with a message urging Americans to pray for the country and vote for candidates who "protect the sanctity of life and support the biblical definition of marriage between a man and a woman."

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