A pro-family leader is calling on Christian parents to set an example for their children, especially when it comes to living according to biblical values. As young people today are leaving the Church in droves, Janice Shaw Crouse, senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute of Concerned Women for America (CWA), believes their detachment from…
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Plans for a religious theme park featuring a Noah’s Ark of biblical proportions has generated controversy since it was announced that the project would receive $35 million in tax rebates. Ark Encounter, a $150 million theme park that will present a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis, is set to open in 2014 in…
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Good news on the climate front can be hard to come by—in Cancun or on Capitol Hill. So here’s something: At least we know, as of last week, that John Shimkus of Illinois won’t be chairman of the powerful House energy and commerce committee. At a subcommittee hearing last year the GOP congressman— a contender…
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Rock ‘n’ roll may be suffering in the mainstream arena — only one rock release is competing for the album of the year Grammy — but rock acts are doing better on the Christian charts. Casting Crowns claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s year-end Christian Albums recap with its 2009 release, “Until the Whole…
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The recession is dipping into church collection plates. A growing number of Protestant congregations have seen their Sunday collections drop this year, according to a survey by LifeWay Research on the economic health of churches. Pastors blame high unemployment and a drop-off in giving by members. To make ends meet, churches have laid off staff…
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Not long ago I was covering the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, a wildly popular event hosted by Jon Stewart and Steve Colbert that drew well over 200,000 people to the Washington Mall. The gathering was decidedly odd—two faux newscasters had organised a semi-faux rally. But what impressed me were the signs I saw…
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My high school was founded by a Jewish philanthropist, originally exclusively for Jewish orphans; nearly half of my graduating class of 96 were Jewish. It therefore embarrasses me to admit that while I pretty well understand Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah and Passover, I never quite bothered to pay attention to what Hanukkah was all…
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Save the date: Jesus is coming on May 21, 2011. At least, that’s according to organizers of a billboard campaign slated to hit metro Atlanta next week. Allison Warden of Raleigh, N.C.-based WeCanKnow.com said the Christian Web site plans to place 50 billboards in the metro area proclaiming the rapture and Jesus’ imminent return, based…
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Before the steady stream of Emmy Awards and Grammy nominations and Oscar consideration came The Idea – the one that producer-director Lee Mendelson, nearly a half-century later, calls with a certain zest “the best idea I’ve had in my entire life.” “I’d just made a documentary about the best baseball player in the world,” says…
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President Obama doesn’t mention God frequently enough in his speeches, a group of religious House Republicans said in an open letter to the president, chastising him for skipping over mention of the “Creator,” especially in a recent overseas address. Forty-two members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus complained in a letter sent to the White House…
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