Posts Tagged ‘cnn’
Apologetics
A love-hate relationship: Kirk Cameron, Mark Driscoll, Piers Morgan, and homosexuality
I hate it when someone hates someone, for hating someone, when the person really never hated anyone. You may be thinking, “Wow that is a lot of hate.” After you wrestle through that sentence and determine who hates who, you may...
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Romney’s religion a ‘stumbling block’ to some Christians
Robert Jeffress, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, one of the most prominent Baptist churches in the country, caused an uproar recently when he said Republicans shouldn’t vote for potential Republican Party pr...
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Al Qaeda-linked Somali terrorists still ban Christian, foreign aid despite famine
An al Qaeda-linked militia group in Somalia announced recently that a ban on Christian and other types of foreign aid remains in place, despite a U.N. declaration of the worst famine to hit the country in 20 years.
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Counter-protesters, KKK confront Westboro Baptist Church at Arlington
Only a paltry three members of Westboro Baptist Church, a fringe group from Kansas that gains media headlines for holding up hate placards in the funerals of soldiers, showed up at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia on Memorial Day...
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Bishop Eddie Long reaches out-of-court settlement with accusers
The bishop of a megachurch in Georgia, who was charged by four young men with sexual misconduct, reached an out-of-court settlement with them recently. Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia ne...
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With Huckabee out of race, who can get evangelical votes?
With the announcement of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s decision not to run for the presidency, who stands to gain the evangelical votes that would otherwise have gone to him? Evangelicals comprise one of the largest voti...
Arts & Culture
U.K. study shows religious belief is basic to human nature
A U.K. study indicated recently that humans are naturally and instinctively inclined to have religious thinking. The Oxford University study, entitled Cognition, Religion and Theology Project, was co-headed by Roger Trigg, a pr...
Arts & Culture
60 Minutes features Orthodox Christians’ holiest place on earth
A leading news program has gained unique access to a cluster of isolated Christian monasteries that Orthodox Christians consider to be the holiest place on earth. The CBS program 60 minutes, aired on Easter Sunday (Pascha Sunda...
Arts & Culture
Village church in U.K. discovers original King James Bible on a shelf
An inconspicuous church in an English village discovered recently that it possesses a great treasure. The St. Laurence Church in Hilmarton, England possesses an original copy of The King James Bible, of which only 200 are known...
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Egyptian policeman kills one Christian, wounds five others in train
An off duty policeman in Egypt boarded a train recently and opened fire at a group of Christians, killing a 71-year-old man and wounding five others. The gunman, Amer Ashur Abdel Zaher, boarded the Cairo-bound train at about 5 ...