After following 30 married couples with full-time jobs and children, a recent study determined that a happy home helps alleviate the stress of working women. TUESDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) — Coming home to a loving spouse and a good marriage helps working women shake off the stress of the day, new research confirms. Men, [...]
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Christianity is growing in China. That’s good news.
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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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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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Studies and observations support this fact: college students are more religious than the previous generation.
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The question of the Christian response to Halloween is raised every year in mainstream or religious media, it seems. Christians face the reality of this holiday’s impact on the community and respond based on their personal perceptions and convictions. Is Halloween a holiday that the faithful should ignore altogether or should countermeasures be put into [...]
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Rest well, Rosa Parks. Thank you for your contribution to the world.
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George Lucas has graciously donated $1 million to towards the building of the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC on the National Mall.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (BP)–Twenty-two people from 12 churches in Florida took the baptismal plunge in the Atlantic Ocean Oct. 1, marking some of the first baptisms in what Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch hopes will be 1 million converts and baptisms within the next 12 months
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International (MNN) — “Call to Me!” That was the theme of the 2005 See You at the Pole event yesterday, which last year saw more than two million students from 20 countries gather around flagpoles to pray.
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SEOUL, South Korea – Over 100,000 Christians from all over the world are expected to attend a massive prayer conference next month in Seoul, Korea, organized by the world’s largest church.
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LONDON (AFP) – Business folk are used to reading executive summaries of important documents, and now would-be Christians are to have the same privilege, in the form of a chopped-down Bible that can be read in under two hours.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush took responsibility on Tuesday for any failures in the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina that struck two weeks ago and acknowledged the storm exposed deficiencies at all levels of government four years after the September 11 attacks.
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The residents of the George R. Brown Convention Center have many things going as well as can be expected, including a daily newspaper. The one thing they hadn’t had was a full-blown church service.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised $54.9 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and more than $1 million for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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CHICAGO Sep 5, 2005 — Preschoolers pretending to shop for a Barbie doll’s social evening were more likely to choose cigarettes if their parents smoked, and wine or beer if their parents drank, a study found
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Marking a milestone moment for American religion and world evangelicalism, the Rev. Billy Graham Sunday preached what could be his last revival sermon. Toying with the situation, Graham told thousands of people gathered in Queens that he hopes “to come back again someday,” and said he told journalists who asked if this is the end [...]
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Youth representing 11 states aggressively thumbed through their Bibles and gave gripping speeches at the National Invitational Youth Bible Drill and Speakers Tournament (NIT) June 10 at First Baptist Church in Orlando. In the speakers tournament, Christina Kruse of Lifeway Fellowship in Killeen, Texas, won following an emotional delivery of her speech Called to Serve. [...]
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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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“There is a little bit of shock value to this because this is a generation that feels very strong in their convictions. So if they believe in something, they are going to shout it out. Subtlety is not their strong point.” — Cathering Stellin, vice president of The Intelligence Group in Los Angeles LAWRENCE, Kan. [...]
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