What books and authors have had the most influence on Christian Pastors in the past three years? The Barna Research Group has completed a survey to answer that question.
Books sales and book influence are two different factors. While bestseller lists identify the books that generate the greatest revenue, a new survey by The [...]
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As if the Christian faith lacked controversy, yet another “bible” is released. This difference with this bible is that it portrays God as female. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is now Judith Christ of Nazareth.
Why? Empowerment. The publisher wanted to “acknowledge the rise of women in society.”
A new edition of the [...]
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Teenage girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are much more likely to rebel, a new study says
Teenage girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are much more likely to act out, suffer depression, and smoke than adolescents without the condition.
A new study which may offer the best snapshot to date of teenage girls [...]
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A Kentucky judge has been offering some drug and alcohol offenders the option of attending worship services instead of going to jail or rehab—a practice some say violates the separation of church and state.
District Judge Michael Caperton, 50, a devout Christian, said his goal is to “help people and their families.”
“I don’t think there’s [...]
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions. The Ohio case included a witch, Satanist.
Justices unanimously sided with Ohio inmates, including a witch and a Satanist, who had claimed they were denied access to religious literature, ceremonial items and time to worship.
Justice [...]
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A Danish Lutheran minister who publicly denied the existence of God said Sunday he was glad to be back in the pulpit, but refused to speak about the case that led to his brief suspension last year.
A Danish Lutheran minister who publicly denied the existence of God said Sunday he was glad to be [...]
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The House has voted to remove restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The vote of 238-194 is not enough to overcome a promised presidential veto. It would be President George W. Bush’s first veto.
The bill would reverse the president’s 4-year-old ban on federal funding for new research on embryonic stem [...]
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A framed copy of the Ten Commandments is hanging again in Indiana’s Elkhart County building with copies of other historical documents.
A brief ceremony to mark the occasion was held Monday before the County Commissioners’ weekly meeting.
“We stood staunch in our resolution that this hang in the office building,” said Phil Stiver, president of the [...]
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President Bush officially proclaimed the upcoming Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace
President Bush officially announced the upcoming Memorial Day day of prayer to begin 11 a.m. in each region. He urged all Americans to unite in prayer for permanent peace.
In a statement released by the White House on Friday, the [...]
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Six men from remote Pitcairn Island have lost their appeals against convictions for a string of sex attacks dating back 40 years on the tiny Pacific home to descendants of the HMS Bounty mutiny.
Six men from remote Pitcairn Island have lost their appeals against convictions for a string of sex attacks dating back 40 [...]
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An 8-year-old girl who police say was raped and left for dead in a landfill asked for a pastor “so she could thank God” shortly after her rescue from beneath a pile of stones, her godmother said Monday.
Police said the girl also identified her attacker even before she was removed Sunday from a trash [...]
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Scores of convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in New York have been getting Viagra paid by Medicaid for the last five years, the states comptroller said Sunday.
N.Y. comptroller asks U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for immediate action
Audits by Comptroller Alan Hevesis office showed that between January 2000 and March 2005, [...]
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Police have arrested the pastor of a defunct church in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, his wife and six former congregants in a sexual abuse case involving as many as 24 children, authorities said.
Authorities said they have interviewed five possible victims in the case. Victims may range in age from toddlers to teens, authorities said.
CNN does not [...]
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Protesters besieged Laura Bush during her visit Sunday to two of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, with Israeli police locking arms to restrain the crowd and Secret Service agents packed tightly around America’s first lady.
Protesters besieged Laura Bush during her visit Sunday to two of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, with Israeli police locking arms to restrain the [...]
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Student journalists sued their Bakersfield high school district Thursday in an effort to keep the school’s principal from censoring student newspaper articles on homosexuality.
Student journalists sued their Bakersfield high school district Thursday in an effort to keep the school’s principal from censoring student newspaper articles on homosexuality.The suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties [...]
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In Texas, the state that leads the nation in executions, lawmakers are considering an option already available in all but one other death penalty state: life without parole.
Death penalty opponents think a sentence that would ensure murderers never get back on the streets would make a death sentence less appealing. Currently, juries in Texas [...]
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An early morning house fire during a children’s sleepover in Cleveland, Ohio, killed seven children and two adults, a city official said Saturday.
The fire broke out about 3 a.m., said David Fitz, spokesman for Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell.
The children ranged in age from 4 to 17, Cleveland police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said. The adults [...]
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A public school prohibited a second grader from singing a religious song at a talent show, prompting a lawsuit Friday alleging violation of the girl’s constitutional rights.
A federal judge declined an emergency request to compel Frenchtown Elementary School to allow 8-year-old Olivia Turton to sing “Awesome God” at the Friday night show, but allowed [...]
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A breakthrough in human embryonic stem cell research by scientists in South Korea has been hailed as ground-breaking, with the potential to fight a host of ailments, but some people have raised ethical concerns.
A research team based at Seoul University in South Korea this week announced they had created the first human embryonic stem [...]
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Reverend Pourmand is scheduled to appear before an Islamic court on charges of proselytising and apostasy and could get the death penalty and be hanged.
Hamid Pourmand, a Protestant clergyman who was born a Muslim, was moved from Tehrans Evin Prison in an armoured car two days ago, May 16, to his home town of [...]
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