“You can’t rely on volunteers.” Those words uttered by a non-believer in the power of good some 14 months ago still sting the ears of Jim Todd. It was at a Manteca City Council meeting where Todd was pitching the initial major project for “Taking it to the Streets” that involved planting 300 trees along…
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From hitting the night club at 3 a.m. to solicit money for charity to entering a drug-filled apartment to give hope to an addict, these new faces of American Christianity are boldly redefining what the followers of Jesus Christ look like in the next generation. “The New Faces of Philanthropy,” according to Catalyst – the…
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With Christianity dwindling in its Middle Eastern birthplace, Pope Benedict has convened Catholic bishops from the region to debate how to save its minority communities and promote harmony with their Muslim neighbours. For two weeks starting on Sunday, the bishops will discuss problems for the faithful ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and strife in Iraq…
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The “conversation” between the evangelical left and right is heating up as President Obama, the left’s champion, sinks in the polls and his legislative majority is in jeopardy. Bible-thumping progressives warn of the judgment day, repeating the Lord’s words, “as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it…
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Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk is expressing the conviction that the 21st century will see a flowering of Christianity, without divisions between the followers of Jesus. The chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate made these comments today in a ceremony in which he was given an honorary doctorate by…
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Here’s the obvious: Stephen Hawking is brilliant, courageous, and an excellent communicator. (I’ve read or attempted several books on quantum physics and his Brief History of Time is the most understandable.) His recent announcement that God is not necessary for the universe to exist, coming a few days before the release of his most recent book,…
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The scandals surrounding Atlanta’s Bishop Eddie Long now center on allegations of sexual immorality put forth by four young men who had been teenagers under his ministry. But previous attention had been directed at the financial elements of his ministry at Atlanta’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.
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Brannon Howse of “Worldview Weekend” responded to my article “A ‘Howse’ Built on Prophetic Sand.” The title of his response article is “Howse, Markell, Hunt, Ice, Reagan, McTernan, Salhus, and Rosenberg, Are Not the Enemy or the Problem with America.” As anyone who read myoriginal article can see, Brannon never responded to a single point…
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My dad was a man of few words, and I never remember hearing him tell me he loved me. One weekend when I was in college, I made an unscheduled trip home. My parents were not expecting me, and as I came into the house unannounced by way of the back door, my dad was…
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There isn’t much that is original in true Christianity. It isn’t a religion for people who seek innovation or who prefer a belief system that is open to modification and personal preferences. People who seek innovation in religion will either try to change Christianity or will stay away. Unlike synthetic religions which cobble together beliefs…
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