Will Your Church Be Closed For Christmas

Is your church worshipping the God of Christmas on Christmas day or will it be among the many who argue against the secularization of Christmas, but ironically cancel worship on this day?

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tags: christian, christmas, church, faith, newswithviews.com, paul proctor, worship, paul proctor

Heart Association changes CPR guidelines

New CPR guidelines double the number of chest compressions from 15 to 30 for every two rescue breaths.

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tags: american heart association, cnn.com, cpr, cable news network, health, aha

First New Orleans public school opens since Katrina

Hoping to instill a sense of normalcy in the aftermath of the Katrina tragedy, Ben Franklin Elementary School earns the distinction of being the first public school to reopen.

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tags: cnn.com, cable news network, hurricane katrina, new orleans, education, schools, nola

‘Passion’ killings: Less leniency

New British guidelines outline tougher sentences for people who kill their partners in the heat of a jealous rage. “Crimes of passion” with low degrees of provocation are greatly affected under the new rules.

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tags: britain, cnn.com, cable news network, crimes of passion, uk, crime, punishment, [...]

Tennessee high school newspaper seized

Sparking a First Amendment debate, a high school newpaper was seized by administrators only to be released when some revisions are made to objectionable content about birth control and tattoo.

How “free” is free speech?

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tags: cnn.com, cable news network, birth control, free press, free speech, newspaper, tattoo, oak [...]

Live lingerie models have male shoppers ‘Spellbound’

Live lingerie models adorn the window in Spellbound, a retailer that sells intimate apparel in Augusta, Maine. Obviously, not everyone is as spellbound as the owner would hope.

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tags: cnn.com, cable news network, christmas, maine

Religious Podcasts Becoming More Popular

Godcasting creates opportunities for the faithful to reach an expanded audience of likeminded individuals

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tags: cbs broadcasting, cbs4boston.com, godcasts, faith, popular, religion, podcasts

Fifty babies a year are alive after abortion

The London based “Sunday Times” reveals that in the UK a large number of aborted babies survive.

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tags: cemach, times newspapers ltd, timesonline.co.uk, children, medicine, pro-choice, pro-life, abortion

Advertisers Embrace the Power That Gospel Music Has to Offer

Advertising are cashing in by marketing their wares to the faithful, affluent African-American crowd.

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tags: christian, faith, music, washington post, washingtonpost.com, advertising, business, revenue, gospel

Can Religion Fatten Your Pocketbook?

While neither validating nor disputing that God is responsible for the extra prosperity experienced by religious people, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber has found a “statistical correlation.”

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tags: fisher communications, god, komotv.com, mit, religion, faith, prosperity, jonathan gruber

Boston ‘holiday tree’ stirs religious controversy

The secularization of the Christmas holiday rekindles outrage in Boston as the city sponsored “christmas tree” is official called the “holiday tree.” Isn’t Christmas a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of its God, founder, and namesake, Christ?

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tags: star publications (malaysia) bhd, boston, christian, thestar.com.my, church [...]

Why sex might be a religious experience

“Living in sin” can damage future married life, according to a new study, which also claims that devout Christians have better love lives.

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tags: christian, religion, the age company, theage.com.au, faith, intimacy, survey, marriage

Court to Weigh Never-Enforced Abortion Law

CONCORD, N.H. – To some, a never-enforced New Hampshire law requiring parental notification before a minor has an abortion is a backward step for women’s rights. To others, it protects parents’ right to know if their child is having an abortion.

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As Execution Date Nears, Gang Founder Stirs Debate

The execution date for Crips gang co-founder, Stanley “Tookie” Williams, is December 13, 2005. Although convicted in 1979 for killing four people, Williams has since authored a number of anti-gang books and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times. Williams’ fate is now hotly debated from the air waves to the [...]

Religion query before treatment

In India, the religious affiliation of potential patients is recorded for government review ensuring that the religious minorities are utilizing the state provided health facilities.

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tags: christian, faith, god, india, minorities, telegraphindia.com, the telegraph, religion

In rulings, Alito often deferred to religious groups’ interests

Debate continues over the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. This Arizona Central article focuses on Alito’s allegiance to religious interests.

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tags: alito, christian, faith, god, religion, scotus, supreme court, samuel alito

AFA Law Center to Help Fayetteville Parents’ Fight School Library Porn

Parents in Fayetteville, Arkansas, take legal action against the school district and offensive books in the library.

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tags: afa, agapepress, agapepress.org, books, fayetteville, school, pornography

Religious Leaders Support Banning Torture

A U.S. Senate measure that would ban torture of war prisoners has the support of Utah religious leaders.

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tags: church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, ksl television & radio, ksl.com, muslim, senate, torture, religion

Punched preacher will pray for assailant

Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty chooses to pray for Steven Wayne Rogers not to prosecute him in a vivid illustration of “turn the other cheek.”

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tags: steven wayne rogers, tulsa, world magazine, worldmag.com, altar call, face, punch, billy joe daugherty

Learning to Write Their Love

Men in church workshops express themselves, word by painstaking word, in an unlikely medium: the humble letter.

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tags: christian, faith, family, fathers, pen, writing, love letters