Andrea Bocelli’s Beautiful Testimony, and other links

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• Andrea Bocelli’s Beautiful Testimony of Life -- “Despite being unable to see, Andrea was born with other gifts. One, in particular, stands out. His voice has been called “the most beautiful in the world.”
• Disgraced Jerry Falwell Jr. drops defamation lawsuit against Liberty University -- “I’ve decided to take a time out from my litigation against Liberty University, but I will continue to keep all options on the table for an appropriate resolution to the matter.”
• Early Welsh Baptist Doctrines, Set forth in a Manuscript, ascribed to Vavasor Powell -- “As for Baptisme with water we doe beleiue it is an ordinance which ought to be practised by all those that doe beleiue and descerne for what end it was ordained.”
• Goya Foods CEO says Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was named ‘employee of the month’ after boycott -- “When she boycotted us, our sales actually increased 1,000%, so we gave her an honorary — we never were able to hand it to her — she got employee of the month for bringing attention to Goya and our adobo”
• History of the Restoration Movement -- “TheRestorationMovement.com is a large growing work about the Restoration Movement of Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone.”
• Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday? Jesus Is Myth Become Fact “...the pagan myths that atheists often exaggerate to attack Christianity, Dr. Sunshine thinks, offer tantalizing echoes of Christ in other religions.”
• Old Wisbech Records -- “There is a volume containing registrations of births, burials, marriages and receptions into the church on baptism, from 1700 till 1837, concerning the Baptized Believers who owned Universal Redemption at Wisbech.”
• Six Rare F. F. Bruce articles found -- “The 1947 issues of The Sunday School Magazine contain early articles by F.F. Bruce, then still a Master of Arts, and lecturing at Leeds University.”
• Theology on the Web: Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible -- “Biblical Studies startpage for all the subsites: archeology, Bible, theology, missions, and more.”
• Tulsi Gabbard Proposes Bill to Ban Biological Males from Competing in Women’s Sports -- “Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced a bill with Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on Thursday which would restrict federal funds from going to schools that allow boys and men to compete against girls and women in sports.”
• When Was Jesus Born? Why December 25? -- “There may well have been syncretistic borrowing involved in the creation of a December 25 holiday, but the direction of that borrowing is largely in the opposite direction from what is normally supposed.”
• 14 Fort Hood soldiers, leaders relieved or suspended due to major flaws on base -- “Fort Hood leadership knew or should have known of the high risk of harm to female soldiers, according to the report.”