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Entries from November 2007

SBC Resolution To End Blogging

November 24th, 2007 · No Comments

On 20 November 2007 the Associated Baptist Press featured an article by Hannah Elliot titled, “Georgia Baptist Resolution Criticizes Baptist blogs” which reported that the Reverends Wayne Bray and William Harrell from Beulah Baptist Church of Douglasville GA submitted an anti-blogging resolution. In their resoultion the ministers said (blogs) are used by “certain people … […]

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From the editor:

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

 
As you might imagine, being the editor of the Interfaith Religious News Service, my volunteer position requires me to spend hours perusing the Internet searching for articles that might be of interest to our readers as well as those that support the mission of the Church of Interfaith Christians, its affiliated ministries and organizations. Hours […]

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The Cancer from Within

November 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

by David Antoon
“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. …”
-Oath of Office
“Our mission is to educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation.”
-Air Force Academy mission statement
“We will […]

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Young Americans shake the dust from their feet against the Religious Right

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Religious Right Watch
Matthew 10:14, Jesus said, “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.”
Orcinus has analysis of the Barna survey, recently released, that shows that Americans under the age of 30,
both Christian and non-Christian — are strikingly […]

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Is God Running for President

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

By Mary Shaw
I was reading the Letters section in the October 15 issue of Newsweek magazine, and found an interesting letter from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The letter was in response to an article in a previous edition that apparently had focused on Romney primarily as a practicing Mormon.

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Give Me That Old Time Religion

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

BY: GingerRed
FROM:Witch Vox
“Why?” I asked parents and pastors on the subject of religion when I was growing up.

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The Evangelical Crackup

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The hundred-foot white cross atop the Immanuel Baptist Church in downtown Wichita, Kan., casts a shadow over a neighborhood of payday lenders, pawnbrokers and pornographic video stores. To its parishioners, this has long been the front line of the culture war. Immanuel has stood for Southern Baptist traditionalism for more than half […]

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