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ChristDot |
8:12pm PDT |
Westminster Theological Suspension |
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Summary: Christianity Today reports on the continuing controversy of the suspension of Peter Enns:
Westminster Theological Seminary's board voted to suspend tenured professor Peter Enns last week after a two-year theological debate over his 2005 book, Inspiration |
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ChristianPost |
4:38pm PDT |
Chicago Church Thanks Rev. Wright |
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Summary: Thousands gathered at Trinity United Church of Christ to thank the retired pastor who has become a key figure in the Democratic presidential race for his 30-year service to the ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:28pm PDT |
Rick Warren Supports Ugandan Bishops' Lambeth Boycott |
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Summary: Popular American pastor Rick Warren said recently that he supports the decision made by Ugandan bishops to boycott the landmark Anglican conference to be held later this year in ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:28pm PDT |
U.S. Megachurch Pastor Supports Ugandan Bishops' Lambeth Boycott |
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Summary: Popular American pastor Rick Warren said recently that he supports the decision made by Ugandan bishops to boycott the landmark Anglican conference to be held later this year in ... |
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ChristianPost |
1:24pm PDT |
Ted Turner Partners with Churches to Fight Malaria |
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Summary: Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," launched a $200 million partnership Tuesday with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria in Africa, apologizing for his past criticism of religion and calling faith a "bright spot" in the |
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ChristianPost |
12:44pm PDT |
Dobson Will 'Certainly' Vote in Election '08 |
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Summary: Dr. James Dobson said Sunday that he would vote in November, ending the widespread rumor that he would sit out during this year’s presidential election due to dissatisfaction with the choice of ... |
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ChristDot |
10:42am PDT |
Jesuit president of University of San Francisco converts to Episcopal Church |
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Summary: From Catholic.org:Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., president of the Jesuit University of San Francisco, has announced his intention to be received into the Episcopal Church, stating that "the Vatican is wrong on too many issues." Fr. Privett acknowledged t |
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ChristianPost |
10:13am PDT |
Nearly 20,000 Celebrate P.E.A.C.E. in Rwanda |
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Summary: Nearly 20,000 people gathered to join American Pastor Rick Warren and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to launch the first national “40 Days of Purpose” campaign in Rwanda ... |
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ChristianToday |
9:57am PDT |
Britain delays pulling troops out of Iraq |
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Summary: Britain will delay pulling up to 1500 troops out of Iraq due to recent unrest in the southern city of Basra Defence Secretary Des Browne said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
9:56am PDT |
Health screening to save 2000 lives a year |
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Summary: People aged between 40 and 74 in England are to be given free health screening to identify those at risk of vascular diseases that kill 170000 a year Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
9:55am PDT |
Teachers to go on strike in bitter pay dispute |
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Summary: Teachers will go on strike for the first time in two decades later this month their union announced on Tuesday escalating a bitter pay dispute |
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ChristianToday |
9:54am PDT |
Dianas butler did not tell the truth |
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Summary: Princess Dianas butler Paul Burrell did not tell the truth at the inquest into her death the presiding judge told a jury in London on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
9:53am PDT |
Peers cast doubt on immigration benefits |
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Summary: Immigration has little economic benefit to Britain according to a House of Lords committee on Tuesday which rejected government claims to the contrary and called on ministers to review their policies |
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ChristianToday |
9:52am PDT |
Zimbabwe poll may head to runoff |
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Summary: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will beat President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwes crucial election but be forced into a runoff vote in three weeks according to a ruling party projection |
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ChristianToday |
9:51am PDT |
Bush to press for Ukraine and Georgia in NATO |
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Summary: US President George W Bush vowed on Tuesday to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and scepticism from the alliances European members |
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ChristianToday |
9:50am PDT |
France may send extra troops to Afghanistan |
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Summary: France might send a few hundred extra troops to Afghanistan Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday clashing with the opposition Socialists who accused the government of pandering to the United States |
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ChristianToday |
9:50am PDT |
Somali gunmen kidnap two foreigners |
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Summary: Somali gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two foreign contractors working for a project funded by the United Nations in southern Somalia one of their colleagues said |
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ChristianToday |
9:49am PDT |
Iraqi casualties at highest level since August |
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Summary: Fighting between security forces and Shiite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months government figures showed on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
9:48am PDT |
Chad says Sudan broke peace pact |
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Summary: Rebels in Chad attacked an eastern frontier town on Tuesday in a raid the government said was ordered by Sudan and violated a peace pact signed last month by the two oilproducing neighbours |
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ChristianPost |
8:31am PDT |
Recovering the Mission of the Church |
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Summary: If the ecclesiocentric view of the church’s mission tends to focus on the building and maintenance of the church then a proper theocentric view rightly focuses the church on the mission of God or missio ... |
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ChristDot |
8:27am PDT |
Friends defend ousted teacher, Kent Dobson |
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Summary: From The Grand Rapids Press:
Filmmaker and anthropologist Graham Townsley could not believe it when he heard his friend, Kent Dobson, lost his job after hosting a historical documentary about Jesus. |
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ChristDot |
8:27am PDT |
For Those Who’ve Fallen, Salvation Amid the Suds |
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Summary: From Newsweek:
But 38-year-old Raphael Warnock, who is now Ebenezer's senior pastor, saw those young black men destroying their lives at the carwash and had a different idea. Railing at the problem from the pulpit, he says, wasn't enough.
So last year he |
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ChristianPost |
6:49am PDT |
Suspicions High Over Zimbabwe Vote Delay |
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Summary: Zimbabweans continued to wait Tuesday for the official results of its presidential election as concerns rose worldwide over the ... |
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ChristianPost |
6:32am PDT |
Hindu Leaders Split Over Yoga for Christians |
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Summary: Hindu religious leaders have strongly criticized a Catholic spiritual teacher for encouraging her pupils to find God through ... |
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ChristianToday |
4:33am PDT |
New conference looks at learning disabilities and spiritual life |
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Summary: The first ever conference in Scotland aimed at understanding the spiritual lives of people with learning disabilities takes place tomorrow in Perth |
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ChristianPost |
3:52am PDT |
Progress, Defiance in Evangelist Probe |
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Summary: Another deadline passed Monday in a Senate committee's investigation into a half-dozen Christian ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity, with one group signaling a new willingness to cooperate, another promising information and two more remaining d |
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ChristianToday |
2:43am PDT |
Evangelical leaders Jews need Jesus Christ |
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Summary: Dozens of prominent evangelical leaders have endorsed a statement declaring a fact that many Christians already hold to be true that Jewish people need the Gospel and Jesus Christ to receive eternal life |
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ChristianToday |
2:32am PDT |
Macedonia New religion law fails to solve worship restrictions |
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Summary: As Macedonias minority faiths face obstruction or de facto bans on building new places of worship or extending existing ones the countrys new Religion Law which comes into force on 1 May appears likely to do nothing to help end the problem |
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ChristianToday |
2:12am PDT |
Doing drugs Hope UK enlists 200th drug educator |
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Summary: As Christian drug education charity Hope UK continues its expansion throughout the UK this year it is celebrating a new milestone after recruiting its 200th voluntary drug educator |
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ChristianToday |
1:45am PDT |
Five ways to help your church remain united |
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Summary: Nothing breaks a shepherds heart like seeing the sheep squabble |
