Posted on November 30th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Newsweek cover story for December 8, 2003, “Women in the Bible.”
bq.. Female Scholars Unearth Narratives Overlooked for Centuries to Reinterpret The Role of Women in The Bible
_’They’re No Longer Just Cleaned Up or Romanticized Stories, But Rigorously Historical, Imaginative, Cross-Cultural Collections,’ Says Academic_
Of some 3,000 characters named in the Bible, fewer than 10 percent are [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
In Australia, the Christian community is appealing to keep Christ as the focal point of the Christmas season.
bq.. Political correctness is killing Christmas – at least, that’s what the Howard Government reckons.
On the eve of the festive season, Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave has called on schools and kindergartens to set up nativity scenes, throw [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on November 30th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Picture book by self-described atheist praised for whimsical approach
bq.. For as long as the stories that make up the Bible have been written down, their authors have been adapting them in varying ways. From the Hebrew Bible to the St. James Bible to more recent versions such as the Precious Moments Bible and the Extreme [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Christians schools in Scotland look for equality in funding consideration.
bq.. INDEPENDENT Christian schools in Scotland are planning to follow Muslim campaigners, who are seeking cash to establish Islamic schools, in asking the Scottish Executive for funding.
The schools, which teach that the Bible is the literal word of God and which dismiss modern theories of evolution, [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on November 28th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
The store owner, a Jewish Messianic Christian Pastor, says that he is exercising his First Amendment right by posting Scripture on his sign.
bq.. An A&W Restaurant in the Colorado mountains is putting scripture on its outdoor sign despite warnings from company attorneys and complaints from area residents.
The restaurant held off on posting Bible verse for [...]
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Posted on November 27th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
The conflict of Thanksgiving, secular or sacred? To Whom do you give thanks?
Thanksgiving Day is an affront to those who want to take any reference to God out of our public life.
bq.. There are not a lot of these people. Only 11 percent of Americans identify themselves as atheist or agnostic, but they are [...]
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Filed under: Perspectives
Posted on November 27th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
The Vacation Bible School curriculum about Japan has raised some concerns with Christians.
bq.. The Rev. Soong-Chan Rah of Massachusetts said he is stunned that a Nashville-based Christian publisher would produce a vacation Bible school curriculum about Japan that he believes is full of offensive stereotypes.
_’‘It was almost comical that in this day and age somebody [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on November 26th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
A compelling story of the hardship sometimes associated with following Christ.
Michael Braithwaite says money woes are forcing him to switch from turkey to chicken this Thanksgiving, a year after a religious awakening prompted him to switch his porn shop to a Christian bookstore.
Business has slowed down tremendously since Braithwaite converted the store to [...]
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Filed under: Business
Posted on November 26th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Church leaders take the lead in Africa by testing for HIV and reporting the results.
bq.. YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Nov. 26 (UPI)—African church leaders have lined up to take HIV tests and declare their status, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Bishop Mvume Dandala, general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), said any of the 800 church [...]
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Posted on November 26th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
bq.. Officials at Shorecrest High School reversed course and will grant a student-led Bible club recognition as an official “associated student body,” according to
The school had denied the official status, citing concerns about the so-called “separation of church and state.”
The reversal came after The Rutherford Institute, a law firm that specializes in religious liberty [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on November 25th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Andre Kole warms hearts at the Ward Theatre in Jamaica as the special guest of Campus Crusade For Christ
bq.. Andre’ Kole, a professed Christian, warmed the hearts of especially the children in the audience with some stunning tricks or illusions as he prefers to label them.
Kole is widely considered to be one of the world’s [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on November 25th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
A call to take action against Abercrombie & Fitch’s latest quartely, “The Christmas Field Guide.” WorldNetDaily sounds the alarm and leads the charge.
bq.. Forty-five specific portrayals of sexual imagery in the first 120 pages, advice to the readers … this is how the new Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly titled “The Christmas Field Guide” begins [...]
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Filed under: Business
Posted on November 25th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Music Releases for November 25, 2003 as provided by AMG All Music Guide .
|Bright Clouds: Bless Me |(small). First Lite 4026 |
|Rev. Milton Brunson: Best of Rev. Milton Brunson [Liquid 8] |(small). Liquid 8 12154 |
|The Cathedral Quartet: Live in Concert/Live With Cathedral Quartet |(small). Cathedral (Soh) 23 |
|George Dickens & The Gospel Disciples: [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Evangelist Billy Graham’s review of ‘The Passion of the Christ’ : A Lifetime of Sermons in One Movie
bq.. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/—Hollywood Producer/Director Mel Gibson made a special trip last month to show his new film, “The Passion of the Christ,” to Rev. Billy Graham and discuss the actor’s decade-long spiritual journey that [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on November 24th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Was President Bush’s statement about God in error or mis-information? Was he uninformed or misinformed about the differences between Allah and Jehovah?
bq.. Many Evangelical Christians in the U.S. say they are outraged over President George Bush’s statement that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
The statement was made Thursday, during the joint press conference [...]
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Filed under: Politics
Posted on November 24th, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
More debate concerning the inscription on the “James Ossuary”
bq.. A purported first-century inscription naming Jesus may or may not be the real thing, but Israels labelling of the find as a fake is premature, scientists and scholars said at a panel discussion yesterday.
At issue is a limestone burial box, or ossuary, with the inscription James, [...]
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Filed under: History
Posted on November 23rd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Edward L. Schempp, possibly the father of removing prayer and bible reading from public schools, died this month.
bq.. Edward L. Schempp, a parent whose lawsuit against the required reading of Bible verses in school led to a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1963 restricting such practices, died Nov. 8 at a nursing home in Hayward, [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on November 22nd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Reacting to the FCC’s approving the use of the f-word in a non-sexual context, pro-family groups urge Christians to take action
bq.. Pro-family groups are urging action after the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling that the use of the “f-word” during the 2003 Golden Globe Awards does not violate the commission’s obscenity standards.
The American Family Association (AFA) [...]
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Filed under: Ethics
Posted on November 22nd, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Eight-grader incites a “Jesus Riot” at school by taking a stand for Jesus in cafeteria.
bq.. The preacher said to take a stand for Jesus, and that’s just what Cory Bean did.
The Judson Middle School eighth-grader climbed onto a table Thursday in the crowded cafeteria and shouted, “I love Jesus!”
In front of God and his [...]
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Filed under: By Example
Posted on November 21st, 2003 by Anthony K. Valley
Bill O’Reilly steps up and issues a challenge to those Christian bashers who would like to remove references to Jesus on the day that celebrates his birth, Christmas. I would imagine that the next step is to remove Christ from Easter.
bq.. I’m getting very, very tired of the Christian bashers. And I think most [...]
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