In an effort to honor Jesus, a Texas rancher expresses his faith by changing the skyline of Bandera County.
bq.. PIPE CREEK A wealthy rancher’s quest to create a timeless tribute to Jesus Christ took shape Tuesday as a 100-foot steel cross was erected on one of Bandera County’s highest peaks.
_”I’m a strong Christian and [...]
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WorldNetDaily has released its annual list of underreported or unreported stories of the year. This is a must read article for all concerned about truth in journalism.
bq.. Continuing in its annual year-end tradition, WorldNetDaily.com has compiled its list of the most “spiked” stories of the past year those major news events of 2003 [...]
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Would you come to my church on New Year’s Eve if you have a chance to win a PT Cruiser or a Harley-Davidson Sportster? A church in Texas is banking on it. In fact, they have already bought the vehicles and are waiting to give them away.
bq.. GALVESTON, Texas – A church near Houston [...]
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WBBM Newsradio 780 in the Chicagoland area reported about the “Urbana ‘03” conference in session at the University of Illinois.
bq.. URBANA, Ill. (AP)—About 20,000 college students and recent graduates have converged on the University of Illinois campus for a five-day religious convention.
_”Urbana ‘03” began Saturday and runs through Jan. 1. The convention, which takes place [...]
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Canada.com discusses the profound influence of Jesus Christ in the world’s secular humanist culture.
MONTREAL —One figure you don’t expect to find in contemporary pop culture is Jesus Christ. Or at least, you may not have expected to bump into him there in the past.
But, in the past couple of years, Jesus has been showing up [...]
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The Houston Chronicle reports that Christian materials are selling well in mainstream America. While this is good for the penetration of Christian materials overall, only a small number of Christian retailers are reaping the fruits of this harvest.
A noteworthly statistic for this trend comes from the
bq. Barely more than half—54 percent—of [...]
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Christmas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Christmas (i.e. the Mass of Christ) is a traditional holiday in the Christian calendar which takes place around the end of December and celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ. Christmas is also celebrated as a secular holiday throughout much of the world. The precise date of the birth and historicity of [...]
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Once again in a effort to not offend non-Christians, another item that relates Jesus Christ to the celebration of Christmas is banned, restricted, or censored. Whichever term suits you best. This time the setting is in Scotland, but the motivation is the same, “political correctness gone mad, as one Muslim leader describes [...]
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Like it or not, a trend is growing towards the removal of Christianity and its symbols from public view. As the “number of bans on public displays of Christianity continue to grow”, Fox News questions whether the motivation of these actions—religious restrictions or religious censorship.
bq.. This week as Christians prepare to celebrate the birth [...]
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Billboard recently discussed the phenomenon that is Christian music. In 2003, Christian artists’ songs with obviously Christian lyrics were welcomed on mainstream radio.
A number of artists graced with this opportunity are noted including the sleeper hit, “I Can Only Imagine”, by MercyMe.
bq.. NASHVILLE (Billboard) – 2003 will likely be remembered for the blurring of [...]
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Transforming the building from a temple of debauchery into a tabernacle for God is the mission of one Atlanta Church.
bq.. What was once a house of sin will soon become a house of worship.
A nondenominational church will lease the Gold Club building and hold its first services there early next year. The infamous Atlanta strip [...]
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Americans, for the most part, believe in the historical reality of the itinerate Jewish rabbi who nearly 2,000 years ago proclaimed the coming of the kingdom of God to his friends and neighbors in Judean towns along the Sea of Galilee.
A survey of 1,054 adult residents of the United States conducted by Scripps Howard News [...]
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China not pleased with blogger who posted information regarding crackdown on unofficial Christian churches. Man charged with leaking state secrets.
bq.. SHANGHAI, China An Internet writer who posted articles online supporting China’s unofficial Christian church has been arrested amid a widening police crackdown on unregistered religious activities, a U.S.-based monitoring group said Tuesday.
Computer technician [...]
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Jesus is welcomed back into the library and the artist says, “Amen.”
bq.. MERIDEN, Conn.—The board of directors of the city’s public library has overturned a ban on a local artist’s paintings of Jesus.
Directors voted unanimously Monday to allow artist Mary Morley to display her paintings of Jesus at the library as part of her exhibit.
Library [...]
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The Christian population in Iraq is diminishing quickly in a qoute from the article at CBN.com:
Since the end of the first Gulf War, the Christian population of Iraq has dropped from nearly two million to about 800,000.
Christian persecution is on the rise in Iraq and the remaining Christians are concerned.
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In Australia, members of other faiths speak out in regards to Christimas.
bq.. Schools, local councils and other public institutions seeking to tone down the Christian content in Christmas are the victims of misguided political correctness, according to Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist leaders. But if Australia is to live up to its reputation as [...]
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Beth Pinto returned to work today after being suspended for answering a bible question on homosexuality.
bq.. CONCORD, N.C.—Beth Pinto, the counselor who was suspended from Concord High School this week for giving religious advice to a student, returned to work Friday.
Pinto was suspended with pay after a discussion with a student about the Bible’s teachings [...]
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I am sure that if you have been using the internet for any length of time you have received in your email inbox some sort of email hoax, prank, or urban legend. The “Origin of the Twelve Days of Christmas” is one of those urban legends that is usually circulated around during the [...]
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Removing the Christ out of Christmas, are other faiths really offended?
bq.. Britian’s Culture Ministry has sparked a yuletide furore by producing season’s greeting cards that deliberately avoid any mention of Christmas.
Terrified of offending followers of other religions, officials have banished the word Christmas and all Christian imagery from its cards sent out this winter.
Each of [...]
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The Tate Britain gallery in London sponsored a simple tree this year, bare with rosaries, yet richly symbolic.
bq.. A bare Christmas tree decorated with 500 rosaries, designed by artist Mark Wallinger, has been unveiled at London’s Tate Britain gallery.
Made from Aspen – the same wood used to make the cross on which Christ was crucified [...]
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