Posted on October 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
TBN opts to run 40 hours of reruns for this years “Praise-a=Thon” instead of the standard series of live broadcasts in an effort to quell the network’s recent controversy.
COSTA MESA, Calif. The world’s largest Christian broadcasting network say it’s canceling its live telethon next week due to concerns about the health of its hosts, televangelist [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on October 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
And the IRS says that tax-exempt Churches cannot pray for a particular candidate to win an election.
In a letter of clarification requested by a traveling minister, the Internal Revenue Service has declared people gathered in tax-exempt churches can’t pray for President Bush to win the election on Tuesday.
The ruling comes in response to a request [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on October 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The superficial discussion of the color of Christ revived… The message of Christ is not about the color of His skin, but about His remedy for our sin.
Jesus has been named the top black icon by the New Nation newspaper. Their assertion that Jesus was black has raised eyebrows in some quarters – so [...]
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Filed under: Perspectives
Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Rise in breast implants, other procedures raises health concerns.
Nicole Casto was unhappy with the way she looked and determined to do something about it. A year of breastfeeding had taken a toll, she said, so after her tax refund check arrived in June, the 19-year-old single mother underwent breast implant surgery performed by plastic surgeon [...]
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Filed under: Wellness Center
Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Russian authorities ask local pastors to help grieving families in Beslan.
Russia (MNN)—The 40 days of mourning is over in Beslan, Russia. The healing has yet to begin as this city of 30,000 continues to be in shock after terrorists took over a school and killed nearly 340 people, more than half children.
Bob Provost is the [...]
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Filed under: Missions
Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Suing state university over ‘politically correct’ nondiscrimination policy
A Christian group is suing a state university that rejected its recognition on campus because it will not accept officers and members who openly oppose its religious beliefs.
The University of California’s Hastings College of Law says the Christian Legal Society chapter’s criteria violate the school’s Policy on Nondiscrimination. [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
From the never-thought-I’d-live-to-see-the-day department…
Johannesburg – A South African preacher baptised a thoroughbred racehorse “Running Reverend” Sunday in front of his congregation in a controversial bid to raise church funds.
Members of St Peter’s Congregational Church watched as Reverend Deric Derbyshire splashed the horse’s forehead with water at the Villa Felix stud farm outside the southeastern coast [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on October 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Black, Latino officers are sought to improve community relations.
”...consider a new life, to get in shape, get their education, and become, of all things, police officers.”
CHICAGO —Standing at the pulpit of his church in the Cabrini-Green housing development, the Rev. Walter Johnson preaches to the thump of a bass guitar, telling the all-black congregation about [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on October 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
In Russia, International Bible Society (IBS) will be distributing 54,000 Scripture pieces over the next several months.
In an effort to provide the hope and comfort of Gods Word to survivors of the worst terror-related human catastrophe in the history of Russia, the International Bible Society (IBS) will be distributing 54,000 Scripture pieces over the [...]
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Filed under: Missions
Posted on October 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
As an equal opportunity employer, the UK’s Royal Navy recognizes satanic worship.
LONDON, England (CNN)—A devil-worshipping sailor in the Royal Navy has become the first registered Satanist in the British Armed Forces.
Chris Cranmer, 24, a technician serving on the Type 22 frigate Cumberland, has been officially recognized as a Satanist by the ship’s captain.
That allows him [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on October 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Russian President Vladimir Putin links the terrorist activity in Iraq to the US Presidential election. If Bush loses the terrorists win? Interesting…Interesting indeed.
“I consider the activities of terrorists in Iraq are not as much aimed at coalition forces but more personally against President Bush,” Putin said at a news conference after a regional [...]
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Filed under: Politics
Posted on October 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Not exactly what the University of Michigan expected in the aftermath of the recent affirmative action ruling. What’s at fault? The revised affirmative action policy or poor communication of the policy changes?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan’s freshman class had 15 percent fewer black students than last year, partly because fewer applied after the [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on October 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Focal point: “He’s kind of a poster child for a way a life can be changed by Jesus.”
INDEPENDENCE —A man who claimed Satan led him to set fire to a church and served five years in prison for the crime became a minister Sunday.
Jayme Dustin Murphy, 23, was ordained at Community Pentecostal Church in Independence [...]
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Filed under: By Example
Posted on October 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Early trials in state’s north likely will affect talks in L.A.-area suits
Hundreds of sexual abuse claims targeting the Roman Catholic Church in California have converged into one of the most complex civil litigation cases the state’s judicial system has ever faced.
More than 850 alleged victims are suing dioceses throughout the state, with millions of dollars [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on October 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A backup plan for good cell phone etiquette? Cell phone jammers at church… Hmmm… with optional remote control…
MONTERREY, Mexico – It was the reporters who noticed first. Unable to call their editors while covering the weddings of the rich and famous, they asked the priest why their cell phones never worked at [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on October 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Christian group says the university’s non-discrimination policy could force it to accept non-Christian students for leadership positiions.
STATE COLLEGE - An evangelical student group has sued Penn State and university President Graham Spanier, claiming the school’s policies could force the group to accept non-Christian or homosexual students into leadership positions.
A lawsuit on behalf of DiscipleMakers was [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on October 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A connection between the Chinese Alphabet and Biblical History? Perhaps…
Some of the evidence supporting the divine authorship of scripture can be found within scripture itself. And this only makes sense, because if the Creator of the universe chose to reveal His will in writing, clearly He could do so in such a way [...]
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Filed under: History
Posted on October 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Christians in Iraq faced little religious persecution under the secular regime of Saddam Hussein…
It was midnight in Baghdad, not a time to be out in this place of violence. But the workers from the Baghdad Hunting Club had almost made it back home through the deserted streets when the tyres of their Kia minibus were [...]
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Filed under: Persecution
Posted on October 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The persecuted: “A lot of people don’t understand, so they say he who believes in Jesus Christ is a follower of America and foreigners…”
Amid the graceful pagodas, temples and French Colonial architecture, the Protestant church in Hanoi is a very ordinary building. The Vietnamese congregation sings enthusiastically, maybe unaware a government official is watching them.
The [...]
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Filed under: Persecution
Posted on October 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The consecration of openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire last year shocked conservative Episcopalians and Anglicans, prompting a report on gays and the church due out Monday
WASHINGTON The openly gay bishop whose consecration threatens to split the Anglican Communion said he is not anxious about a report due Monday that [...]
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