Posted on May 7th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Kansas City StarWASHINGTON – In an unusual public rebuke, leading evangelical Christians condemned derogatory statements about Islam by the Rev. Franklin Graham and others among their fellow religious conservatives. They also pledged to improve relations with Muslims. The evangelicals meeting Wednesday said the derisive comments endangered Christian missionaries in the Muslim world, strained already [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: ChurchCentral.comChristian education is a crucial aspect of the continued growth and existence of the church — the Word of God should always be the focal point for everything that takes place in the body of Christ. The Apostle Paul, in Colossians 1:26-29, reminds us of “.the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Christian TimesAll of us as Americans are familiar with the words of the patriotic song “America The Beautiful.” Less familiar than the first verse, perhaps, is the second which says: “America, America, God mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul, in self control-thy liberty in law.” Liberty in law-this idea, conceived in the womb [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Tuscaloosa News, AL God sometimes works in mysterious ways. Ask Martha Sellers and Margaret Krallman. Uniting after 12 years of only being acquainted through their membership at Cottondale Baptist Church, the two women are now close friends with a ministry that has impacted the lives of many since the U.S.-led war against Iraq began…[Full [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Focus on the FamilyThe White House got personally involved in last week’s passage of a global AIDS bill and the result was good news for conservatives. Pro-family groups were delighted last week when two abstinence-friendly amendments were attached to an otherwise disappointing Global AIDS bill. Now we’re finding out what turned the tide: The [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: WorldNetDaily Prime minister’s handlers bar discussing personal faith in public Tony Blair’s senior advisers have prevented the British Prime minister from discussing his Christian faith in public, according to two new profiles. Communications director Alastair Campbell, an avowed atheist, fears Blair could sound too much like President George W. Bush, the London Telegraph said…[Full [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: ChurchCentral.comHAPPY, Texas — Following a string of tragedies that destroyed First Baptist Church one year ago, members happily filled the pews of the congregation’s new $1.5 million building. The Amarillo Globe-News reported an undisclosed number of donations from around the country helped the church rebuild after a tornado that killed two people tore the [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: ChurchCentral.com EASTON, Pa. — City leaders have limited their association with a faith-based nonprofit agency, with at least one city council member expressing the opinion that work should go to groups not affiliated with an organized religion. According to a report in The Express-Times, Shiloh Community Services, Inc., the 29-year-old nonprofit arm of Shiloh [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Seattle TimesWhat would Jesus invest in? It’s a question that might come up in church halls and accountants’ offices among followers of a new and ancient school of financial planning: that based on Scripture…[Full Story...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: NewsweekA riveting history of King James’s ambitious editionNothing heightens the need for a little peace, love and understanding like an attempt on one’s life. When Guy Fawkes conspired to blow up London’s Parliament in 1605, it drove home to King James I just how divided his realm was…[Full Story...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Hattiesburg American, MS“Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” “God is good, God is great, let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” These words are the words to the first prayers most of us ever lift up to the Lord. They still serve us well [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO A former U.S. ambassador to Malta sued international Bible explorer Bob Cornuke of Colorado Springs on Friday, seeking to block distribution of his new book. Cornuke’s The Lost Shipwreck of Paul is about the Bible’s account of the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck off the coast of Malta…[Full Story...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Monroe Times, WI We have been stressed out about stress for quite some time now. It seems that about two decades ago we started talking about the stress and “stressors” in our lives, society and world. After much discussion, debate and the publication of a zillion self-help books on the topic we haven’t really [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Baptist PressWASHINGTON (BP)–A “road map” seeking to achieve peace in the Middle East was delivered to Israel and the Palestinians April 30 amid opposition from some Jews and Christians in this country. The plan, outlined nearly a year ago by President Bush, was officially presented to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…[Full Story]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: GOPUSA, TXThe leader of a Republican homosexual activist group that considers itself a moderate influence in the party is linked to radical “queers” urging the murder of Christian leaders, according to a family advocacy group. Eva Young, president of the Minnesota Log Cabin Republicans, is co-moderator of a discussion group associated with usQueers.com, a [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Philadelphia Daily News, PAIN ALL PHASES of life, whether it is to get through high school and then complete college with a degree; land a high-paying job; have a successful marriage and family life and then retire financially secure – whatever your goals, it will take faith, patience and determination. No one can ever [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Christianity TodayChristian counselor and popular author Larry Crabb took the trouble to earn a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. But now he believes that in today’s church, therapy should be replaced by another, more ancient practice-”spiritual direction.” This is one of the classical Christian spiritual disciplines Crabb and others from a wide variety of Protestant, [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: TruthNews.comPacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) – An outcry from Malaysian Christians has prompted the government of the predominantly Muslim country to reverse its ban on Bibles published in the language of an indigenous ethnic group. The decision was announced by acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who said banning the Iban-language Bible would spark anger [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: TheBostonChannel.comAUGUSTA, Maine — Coffee that was laced with arsenic before it was served to church members attending a post-service reception in a northern Maine town killed a 78-year-old man and made several others sick, state investigators said Thursday. Officials said the investigation following the death of Walter Reid Morrill “has produced no evidence that [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Source: Calhoun Times, GA Heather Whitestone McCallum is living proof that “anything is possible.” The 1995 Miss America shared her testimony of overcoming a disability and achieving her dreams to the hundreds of attendees at the Second Annual Gordon Hospital Community Prayer Breakfast…[Full Story...]
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