Franklin Graham Calls Americans to Prayer and Repentance, Warns Nation Is ‘in Trouble’

Franklin Graham Calls Americans to Prayer and Repentance, Warns Nation Is ‘in Trouble’

The Rev. Franklin Graham is calling on Americans to join a nationwide “time of prayer and repentance,” urging collective prayer at noon Wednesday as he warns the nation faces serious trouble. “If you think our nation is in trouble now, just wait,” said Graham, “As our streets boil over with hate, anger, crime, drugs, and just sheer hopelessness, is there something we can do?”
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    Hobby Lobby is once again highlighting its Christian identity by distributing hundreds of thousands of free faith-based books to customers nationwide during the Christmas season. Christian author and apologist Lee Strobel announced in a Dec. 3 post on X that the arts-and-crafts retailer is giving away 500,000 complimentary copies of his book The Case for Christmas at Hobby Lobby locations across the country.
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