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I have taken a long break from the blog world to focus on my family, ministry, and career. That break will soon end and I will return to this project with a renewed focus.
I applaud those men and women who dedicate their time and energy to blogging on a [...]
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In the United States, a product like Cheap Monday jeans that is blatantly anti-Christian would be quickly boycotted and dropped by retailers and merchandisers. The Lutheran Church, the predominate faith community in Sweden, has a hands off approach to this product. Some Swedish Christians are both offended by the response of the Church and [...]
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The Vatican prepares to ban from the priesthood candidates “who are actively homosexual, have deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so-called ‘gay culture.’”
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“De Nyew Testament,” a translation of the bible in the creole language Gullah, is finally available after more than 25 years of work.
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(CWNews.com) – Christians in Sudan are protesting the government’s decision to close down schools for refugees during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)—The death toll from the massive South Asia earthquake soared above 42,000 as the first trickle of humanitarian aid began to flow into the region, authorities said.
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WASHINGTON —The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he will not ask U.S. chief justice nominee John Roberts if he would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion.
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WASHINGTON —For more than four years, liberal activists assiduously mounted plans to beat back President Bush’s first Supreme Court choice—the first Republican nominee since they nearly defeated Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas 14 years ago.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A large, slow-growing volcanic bulge in Eastern Oregon is attracting the attention of seismologists who say that the rising ground could be the beginnings of a volcano or simply magma shifting underground.
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NEW YORK, NY—(MARKET WIRE)—08/30/2005—Grammy Award-winning Atlantic recording artist Yolanda Adams is back with her much-anticipated new album, “DAY BY DAY.” The collection—Adams’ first in nearly four years—arrives in stores today.
“Be Blessed,” the first single from “DAY BY DAY,” has been the most played single for numerous weeks at gospel radio, while its second single, “Someone [...]
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Zondervan and William Morrow divisions of HarperCollins Publishers, acquired the rights to publish the memoirs of the Atlanta woman who made headlines when she saved her own life from a murder suspect by citing from “The Purpose-Driven Life”
To be cowritten, Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero, is scheduled to be [...]
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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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Is Christmas too “Christian?” or the “Bah, Humbug” effects of political correctness.
TORONTO A few years ago, while working on an article, I spent a day with a group of teachers. Somehow – we may have been discussing the present continuous tense – the sentence “Christmas is coming” ended up on a blackboard. From there, [...]
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Local group, Pawn, was to play at anti-drug school assembly next week
Rossford High School officials were considering letting a Christian rock band play during an anti-drug assembly next week, but decided yesterday to cancel the performance because of concerns over having religious music played in a public school.
“We are just shutting the whole thing down,” [...]
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Did this church violate the IRS code by mixing religion and politics? The Americans United for Separation of Church and State believe so, but the church says that it did not.
bq.. A religious liberty watchdog group accused the Westover Hills Church of Christ in Austin, Texas, on Friday of violating Internal Revenue Service rules [...]
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Not happy with affirmative action? The Young Conservatives of Texas have announced a $10,000 Scholarship Fund for the Overcoming Affirmative Action Essay Contest
bq.. A conservative group at Texas A&M University has established a $10,000 essay contest for students who disagree with affirmative action.
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France is bubbling with controversy as plans to more aggressively remove all religion out of the schools are revealed.
bq.. PARIS —France’s fight to keep religion out of schools has entered new—and some say absurd—territory.
Teachers and some religious leaders fumed Wednesday over a government minister’s call to ban beards and bandannas from classrooms along with Islamic [...]
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Breaking away from the trend set by other successful Christian-owned retailers like Chik-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, and LifeWay Christian Stores, Family Christian Stores has revised its “closed on Sunday” policy. Now the retailer defends this decision…
Family Christian Stores says beginning this weekend, all of its more than 300 outlets across the country will [...]
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If the proposed legislation passes in Sri Lanka, Christians will be at an even greater risk when sharing their faith to others. It would also make it illegal for a Buddist to convert to Christianity.
(AgapePress) – Changes in the law may soon make it tougher for missionaries and evangelical churches in Sri Lanka to [...]
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J. Grant Swank, Jr writes this article concerning a gay class offered at the University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, and proposes that a Christian class also be added.
If the “How To Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation” course can fly at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, then I want to teach the “Christian Heterosexual [...]
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