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After 10 minutes of furious bidding, an inscribed marble slab featuring the Ten Commandments sold for $5.02 million on Wednesday at Sotheby’s auction house in New York.

The stone — written in archaic Samaritan Hebrew script — is the oldest known text of the Decalogue of its kind and estimated to have been carved sometime between 300 and 800 C.E.

The identity of the winning bidder was not disclosed.

Worldwide comedian Matt Rife, known for his raunchy humour, has recently opened up about getting baptized and what led to that decision. 

The 29-year-old comedian who tours around the world with his comedy recently opened up about his faith on the History Hyenas podcast with Yannis Papas and Chris Distefano.

"I got baptized in August in a dude's pool," said Rife. "I've never been a super religious person, but when my grandpa passed away, something hit me that I was like, 'I'll never see this person again.'"

When faced with accusations from the widower of a second alleged victim of his sexual misconduct, Messianic teacher and apologist Michael Brown posted a video online admitting to an “emotional” relationship with a woman.

Although India has a high level of Christian persecution, some of the cast from The Chosen recently went there for a screening and were met with a warm welcome. 

According to the World Watch List, India comes in at number 11 for the country with the highest amount of Christian persecution, with roughly five per cent of the population identifying as Christians. 

While Methodist Missionary Chapel Canada and Grace Communion Winnipeg usually share a building on Sundays, this Sunday, on Dec. 22, two churches are combining for a special Christmas service. 

Methodist Missionary Chapel Canada uses Grace Communion Winnipeg's building on a normal week, but Reverend Bamidele Oni, is excited to combine congregations this week. "We are having a Christmas Communion service at 11 a.m. During the service, we're coming together as two congregations to celebrate Christmas and God's faithfulness."

Nine-time Grammy-nominated singer Tauren Wells, his wife Lorna and their four kids have welcomed a couple of new members to their family.  

On Wednesday, they announced they had added a pair of puppies to their family mix. 

After almost a decade of touring together, TobyMac is saying his final farewell to Diverse City's Terrian as she continues her career as a solo artist. 

At the end of November Terrian announced that she would be leaving Diverse City, the backup dancers and singers that have travelled and toured with TobyMac for a long time. 

The Madison Police Department (MDP) has released more details about a shooting that took place at a Christian school Monday morning, including the identity of the suspect. 

At 10:57 a.m. the police in Madison, Wisconsin received a call about an active shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, a 28-acre facility that includes a daycare center as well as Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Three people are dead and nine others injured after a shooting Monday at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, including a child who had unleashed the attack, authorities said.

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details on the victims following the 10:57 a.m. shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, a 28-acre facility that includes a daycare center as well as Kindergarten through 12th grade, in Madison.

"Every child, every person in that building is a victim and will be a victim forever," Barnes said.

It's been almost a week since The Voice announced the winner of Season 26 of the popular singing show. 

This year's season has been a platform for numerous Christian singers, including Lauren-Michael Sellers, Jaukeem Fortson and the winner, Sofronio Vasquez.

Although Sofronio did not choose to sing Christian songs while on the show, he made sure his faith was front and centre, always being sure to thank God after every performance.