Pop singer Robin Thicke has experienced somewhat of a spiritual awakening following his father’s abrupt passing in 2016 and his girlfriend’s miscarriage, which she made public earlier in 2018.

Thicke released a new single, “Testify,” last week, and it hits a few spiritual notes — a 180 degree turn from the endlessly sexual, made-for-radio pop tunes for which he’s known.

Alan Thicke, father to the 41-year-old singer, suddenly collapsed while playing a game of ice hockey with his youngest, son, Carter, at Pickwick Gardens in Burbank 2 years ago in December 2016. The 69-year-old was best known for his role as Dr. Jason Seaver in the popular 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains.”

After being rushed to the hospital, Alan Thicke died of a heart attack.

In August, Thicke’s 24-year old girlfriend, model April Love Geary, opened up about her experience suffering a miscarriage before the birth of the pair’s daughter, Mia Love. Thicke and Geary are currently expecting their second child.

“It’s cathartic just to be able to say it and then let it live, as opposed to in the middle of a conversation or a quote,” Thicke mentioned to People. “Once you put it into song form, then it can live forever. And so the message in the song is really about the hope and the light at the end of that tunnel when you feel that you lost or…

Vice President Mike Pence thanked God for all of his help, Tuesday when he announced that the United States military would be going to space.

According to CBN News, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Pence announced the start of the military Space Force, Tuesday.  

Pence told the audience, “A new era of American national security in space begins today.” 

He continued noting that the program can only be successful because of the service and dedication of the men and women in the military. He said, “With your unwavering commitment, with the courage of our men and women in uniform, with the continued support of the American people, with the vision and leadership of our commander-in-chief, and with God’s help, I know we will give America the defense she needs here on Earth and in the outer reaches of space,” he continued.

In the announcement, which comes almost a half a century after the Apollo 8 mission, Pence reminded the American people that though NASA will not be involved in the program, the program will not be built from scratch.

He said, “Now, to be clear, the Space Force will not be built from scratch because the men and the women who run and protect our nation’s space programs today are already the best in the world.  And since the dawn of the Space Age, America has remained the best in space.”

Pence continued noting that…

TBS is preparing to premiere a new show about God and it’s starring the man who played everyone’s favorite wizard, Daniel Radcliffe. 

According to CINEMA Magazin, TBS’ new show, Miracle Workers, depicts Heaven as if it was grimy and industrial and as if God was checked out. But the limited anthology series comedy is also said to have a positive message.

The show stars Radcliffe (Harry Potter) as a lower level angel named Craig, Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) as God and Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers) and Karan Soni (Deadpool) as angels. 

The show’s description on IMDb notes that the comedy, which is set in the “offices of Heaven Inc.,” tells the story of two angels who are put to task to try to convince God not to destroy the Earth. According to the description, the two angels bet God that “they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.”

According to The Christian Post, Owen Wilson was originally cast as God in the seven-episode limited series, but several weeks into production the Zoolander actor left the show due to creative differences. 

Miracle Workers is executive produced by Lorne Michaels and was created by Simon Rich whose book, What in God’s Name, inspired the series. The Christian Post reports that What in God’s Name tells the story of “Heaven as a corporation run by a leader who has taken a sabbatical…

Not even two months after Christian mother Asia Bibi was acquitted of charges of blashphemy, two more believers have received death sentences. Lehore natives Qaisar and Amoon Ayub were detained in 2015 as a result of one of the men was accused of publishing objectionable content against the Islamic faith on their website.

The brothers have been held in the Jhelum District Jail since their arrest, where they awaited trial.

On December 13, their case was heard within the walls of the prison due to security concerns. Vatican Newsreports that additional Session judge Javed Iqbal Bosal sound both of the men guilty and gave them death sentences.

Since the beginning of the ordeal, the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) has been representing Quisar and Amoon. 

“CLAAS has decided to challenge the decision before the Lahore High Court Bench at Rawalpindi as soon as possible,” the organization stated in a press release on the case. “CLAAS believes that in blasphemy cases the judges always remain under threat from religious fanatics and that is why the trial judges convict those accused of blasphemy.”

The campaign group made its opinion clear, noting that the Judge in the case “did not apply his judicious mind” and “convicted the accused in a very casual manner.”

“This is a very unfortunate situation as…

HYDERABAD, India, December 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Police and news media further joined forces with Hindu extremists in recent attacks in southern India, including one where a mob terrorized children in Sunday school, sources said.

 

In Tamil Nadu state, Pastor Selva Raj was leading a worship service in Amathur village, Virudhunagar District, when a mob of some 300 Hindu extremists on Nov. 11 charged in and demanded that they vacate the building immediately, he said.

 

Members of the extremist Hindu Munnani destroyed a shed in front of the building and began threatening the children gathered for Sunday school in foul language, he said.

 

“They took away the Bible storybooks and some song and activity books from the children and tore them into pieces,” Pastor Raj told Morning Star News. “They scared the children away by telling them that they will be beaten up if they are seen in the church premises ever again.”

 

As he was trying to calm the children, police arrived and told him that a complaint had been filed against him, and that he should go with them to the police station, he said. Upon arrival, a huge mob of hard-line Hindus had already gathered, demanding that he promise in writing that he would leave the village and never return.

 

“I told them that I am not going to write anything,” he said. “The inspector also told them,…

Two prominent pro-life groups are calling for the removal of National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins following comments he made in support of government-funded fetal tissue research. 

Collins said in a magazine last week “there is strong evidence that scientific benefits can come from fetal tissue research, which can be done with an ethical framework,” according to Politico. He also said he was hoping to “assure the skeptics” during an ongoing review process.

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, said Tuesday Collins “must be replaced with someone who recognizes that children who are killed by abortion should be mourned, not experimented on.”

“Experimenting on the bodies of babies killed by abortion is never ethical, but only adds to

the victimization of these innocent children,” she said. “…Abortion is a barbaric and horrific human rights violation. It is unconscionable that taxpayers are forced to fund the gruesome baby body parts trade and that our tax dollars have been used to create demand for aborted children’s parts.”

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini agreed, saying “Collins’ actions are inconsistent with the pro-life policies of this administration. It is time for his departure.”

Other pro-life groups, though, stopped short of calling for his removal. 

“Francis Collins’ remarks … put him at odds…