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ChristianPost |
4:27pm PDT |
Megachurch Transforms Former Night Club into House of God |
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Summary: Mars Hill Church – one of America’s most influential “emerging” churches – celebrated the opening of its first downtown Seattle campus Sunday at the site of a former night ... |
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ChristianPost |
3:35pm PDT |
HIV Church Conference Breaks Record in U.K. |
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Summary: The largest church conference on HIV/AIDS in United Kingdom was held this past weekend, reaffirming the belief that churches worldwide are joining in the battle against the deadliest epidemic in the history of ... |
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ChristianPost |
2:59pm PDT |
Apologetics Group to Examine Evidence for Jesus' Resurrection |
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Summary: With Easter around the corner, a new apologetics ministry announced this week that it will soon be offering a course that examines why the resurrection of Jesus is such a core teaching in the Christian ... |
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ChristianPost |
1:57pm PDT |
Obama says Pastor Wrong and Divisive |
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Summary: Barack Obama unsparingly criticized his longtime pastor's words while strongly defending the man himself Tuesday in a politically risky speech that appealed to the country to overcome racism and the black anger and white resentment it ... |
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ChristianPost |
1:41pm PDT |
High Court Agrees to Hear Indecency Case |
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Summary: The Supreme Court will decide whether it is indecent when some foul-mouthed celebrity drops the "F-word" on live television, stepping into its first major broadcast indecency case in 30 ... |
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ChristianPost |
1:40pm PDT |
Rediscovering Sabbath Rest |
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Summary: Only a few hours of technological abstinence had passed, but already Mark felt twitchy. His laptop lay abandoned, but almost as badly as a nicotine addict wants a cigarette, he was itching to go online, make a phone-call, send a text-message, do ... |
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Theophiles |
1:27pm PDT |
Dalai Lama calls for end to violence in Tibet |
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Summary: Chris Buckley and Lindsay Beck report for Reuters:
The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday he was willing to step down as head of the Tibetan government in exile if that was needed to stop the riots in his homeland, but China repeated its charge that he had master |
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ChristianPost |
10:52am PDT |
Ex-Porn Star Leaves Sex Industry, Joins Church Staff |
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Summary: A former porn star has left the sex industry to start a new life as a college student and church secretary, a group ministering to sex workers announced ... |
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Theophiles |
9:42am PDT |
Catholic Bishop Brought Before Parliament |
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Summary: UK Catholic Bishop Brought Before Parliament for insisting on orthodoxy in Catholic Schools
From Life Site News:The Catholic Bishop of Lancaster UK today gave a spirited response to accusations by secularist MPs in a Commons Committee who accused him of |
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ChristianPost |
8:34am PDT |
Russian Orthodox Leader Dies at 80 |
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Summary: Metropolitan Laurus, who played a key role in healing an 80-year schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and an offshoot set up abroad following the Bolshevik Revolution, was found dead Sunday. He ... |
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ChristianPost |
7:13am PDT |
Texas Attorney General Asked Whether Bible Course is Obligatory |
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Summary: The top education official in Texas is asking the state's attorney general to clarify whether a new law requires high schools to offer a Bible course if enough students request ... |
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ChristianToday |
7:05am PDT |
Vatican to issue conciliatory note to Jews sources |
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Summary: Pope Benedict has approved a conciliatory statement for Jews upset by a Good Friday prayer that many saw as a call for their conversion Catholic and Jewish sources said on Monday |
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ChristianPost |
6:57am PDT |
McCain Pressed to Clarify Stance on Marriage |
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Summary: Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain was pressed by an influential conservative pro-family group Monday to clarify his stance on marriage and life as it relates to his party’s existing ... |
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Theophiles |
6:12am PDT |
Jesus in an electric chair causes a stir |
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Summary: From the Peterborough Evening Telegraph:
A city wood carver has defended a controversial sculpture he is completing for a top international artist.
Glyn Mould, who has worked as a carver for a quarter of a century, is currently sculpting a statue of the |
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Theophiles |
6:12am PDT |
Breaking bread and boundaries |
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Summary: From the LA Times:
"Would the group permit me to ask an impertinent question?" he said. "How many here believe there's a hell?"
It was not your typical icebreaker.
But then, this was not your typical dinner party.
The couples, strangers to one another, |
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ChristianToday |
5:43am PDT |
Every church has part to play in overcoming HIV conference |
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Summary: Over 300 Christians gathered last weekend for the UKs biggest church conference on HIV to get informed and engage with the issues that surround HIV and Aids |
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ChristianToday |
3:39am PDT |
Cast your burdens online say Catholic creators of new Passion resource |
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Summary: Visitors to a Holy Week and Easter web page are being offered the chance to virtually hand over their fears and emotional burdens to Jesus Christ |
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ChristianToday |
3:28am PDT |
Baptists and Ascension Trust to hold violent crime conference |
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Summary: The growing problem of violent crime is to be discussed at a one day conference in Brixton this July that is being organised by the Baptist Union of Great Britain BUGB and Ascension Trust |
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ChristianToday |
3:22am PDT |
Pope tells Iraq honour dead archbishop with peace |
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Summary: Pope Benedict on Monday asked Iraqs Catholics to work for peace in honour of the memory of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped by gunmen and found dead last week |
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ChristianToday |
3:12am PDT |
Kids bear weight of Easter rite in changing Spain |
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Summary: A hush falls over the children before 14yearold Spaniard Araceli Garca Maldonado commands Up to the sky with her Then they hoist the shrine of Christ weighing more than one tonne onto their shoulders |
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ChristianToday |
3:07am PDT |
India tries new ways to reach its underfed children |
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Summary: Born underweight and then underfed during the crucial early stages of development millions of Indian children grow up shorter weaker and less smart than their better fed peers |
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ChristianToday |
3:00am PDT |
The heros journey a path to transformation |
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Summary: Being someones hero is a good thing to aspire to |
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ChristianToday |
2:42am PDT |
Deuteronomy 15 Gods justice |
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Summary: Gods justice is not just about what is right and fair but is also about overwhelming generosity |
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ChristianToday |
2:17am PDT |
Obama keen to distance from pastors controversial comments |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama will use a speech on Tuesday to distance himself from inflammatory race comments from his former pastor |
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ChristianToday |
12:24am PDT |
China says Tibet rioters aim to ruin Olympics |
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Summary: Chinas premier accused Tibets exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots in which dozens may have died and said his followers were trying to incite sabotage of Beijings August Olympic Games |
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ChristianToday |
12:23am PDT |
Chinas Wen offers to resume talks with Taiwan |
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Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered on Tuesday to resume talks with selfruled Taiwan but his plea was ignored in a barrage of antiChina rhetoric ahead of Saturdays presidential election on the island |
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ChristianToday |
12:22am PDT |
Obama seeks to quell pastor controversy |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama will seek to quell a controversy over inflammatory rhetoric by his former pastor in a speech on Tuesday on the issue of race |
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ChristianToday |
12:19am PDT |
Japan recognises Kosovo independence from Serbia |
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Summary: Japan recognised Kosovos independence on Tuesday a month after the majority Albanian region declared secession from Serbia with the backing of the United States and most European Union states |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
NATO holds line in Kosovo after riots |
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Summary: NATO troops secured a hostile strip of north Kosovo on Tuesday after Serb riots forced the pullout of UN personnel in the most serious challenge to the state since it split from Serbia last month |
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ChristianToday |
12:12am PDT |
Venezuela border violence remains after crisis |
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Summary: The last time friends and family saw Hector Nieves and Luis Garcia they were drinking and singing songs to mark the start of the annual festival of a local patron saint |
