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Google backs down on Christian abortion ad

Posted Sep 22 2008

 by Jennifer GoldPosted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 9:21 (BST)Font Scale:A A AThe Christian Institute has welcomed the decision by Google to allow religious groups to place adverts on the issue of abortion after legal proceedings against the world’s biggest search engine were settled “on amicable terms”.The group took legal action against Google after it rejected […]

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Tim Hardaway and the Sin We Love To Hate

Posted Sep 21 2008

 
February 16th, 2007 by iMonk
UPDATE: Michael Medved regularly reminds me of the difference Jesus makes in how I look at a cultural issue and how a Jewish conservative looks at the same issue. Law by Moses. Grace and Truth by Jesus.
“You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t […]

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DVC Madness Revisited: James Cameron Announces the End of Christianity

Posted Sep 20 2008

 
February 24th, 2007 by iMonk
UPDATE: The best single resource to respond to this is William Lane Craig’s work on the “Empty Tomb” tradition. It’s summarized very well in this essay.
UPDATE II: Much fuller details in this news story. And the Discovery Channel website for the movie is here. Many more connections to the DVC/Gnostic […]

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Hit “Pause” On That Youth Ministry Bashing

Posted Sep 19 2008

 
March 2nd, 2007 by iMonk
I can be very critical of youth ministers. Trust me on that if you don’t know. That’s because I am one. I’ve got the gold watch. But I believe in youth ministry. I see what it is, where’s it’s gone wrong, and what it’s done right. The current “kicking spree” […]

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For a fairer Games, cut out the silliness

Posted Sep 18 2008

For a fairer Games, cut out the silliness
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The AustralianBarry CohenSeptember 17, 2008 NOW that the Paralympics are closing, we can concentrate on London 2012 and helping the International Olympic Committee select the host for the 2016 Olympics. If Beijing is the yardstick, the winning city should be in Saudi Arabia, North Korea, […]

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Why do Christian leaders and ministers fail?

Posted Sep 17 2008

 

Posted: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 11:30 (BST)
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Mal Fletcher
This morning, I received a call telling me that a young minister friend of mine, a man who has influenced thousands of young people for good, has confessed to living a lie for the past two years.
A pastor friend of mine […]

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Bible has power to free poor - Tutu

Posted Sep 16 2008

 

Posted: Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:14 (BST)
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“The Bible has revolutionary power to free the poor,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a conference of UK Christians and church leaders in London on Saturday.
The Nobel Prize winner was speaking at an event organised by Tearfund and Jesus House for all the Nations, where he challenged […]

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Happy Holy Day!

Posted Sep 15 2008

 
 
by Jonathan Edwards, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain
Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 8:38 (BST)
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It has been great to have a good long break this summer. Time with the family. Time to relax away from the pressure of a busy diary and the normal demands […]

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