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Despite several deaths, the state of West Virginia still allows ‘serpent handling’ – a practice that killed pastor Chris ...

Watch this stream again and share it with your friends to hear from Dr. W. Robert Godfrey, a gifted theologian and church historian.

Elon Musk Steps Up Efforts to Cull Federal Work Force Mr. Musk said federal workers must summarize their accomplishments for the week or be forced to leave, borrowing a tactic he used at his ...

Every person and experience is an opportunity to learn, observes Derrick Porter in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with ...