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Audio Adrenaline, Bleach, and other Christian rock bands have launched from the diminutive school of 564 students. Now the school is attracting other wannabe rock stars. "They come here because of the reputation the school has," says a Kentucky Christian College senior who, yes, plays guitar in a Christian rock band. "Guitar players, bass players and drummers are a dime a dozen around here." (See ChristianityToday.com's earlier article on Greenville College's Contemporary Christian Music major.)

John Roger Capelli, pastor of Faith Fellowship Church in Deltona, Florida, is doing (in the words of The Orlando Sentinel), "his best to beat the hell out of somebody." He's one of the contestants in a Toughman boxing contest. "For the people who might not otherwise listen to a preacher, I can get their attention. Once you get that, you give them the message." Apparently he's very, very good. Still, it doesn't sound as strange as the "Tough Guy Christ" contest earlier this year in England.

"After hibernating for several years, [the notion that unborn babies deserve the same legal protections as children] is creeping back into view across the country, with a rash of women being charged criminally, or having their babies taken away from them, because they took drugs while pregnant," writes Vince Beiser of Mother Jones. "The trend is deeply alarming to women's rights advocates and health-care workers, who warn that such a heavy-handed approach will only deter drug-addicted mothers-to-be from seeking out prenatal care. Moreover, many warn, such tactics may be paving the way for abortion—the ultimate violation of 'fetal rights'—to legally be declared murder."

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