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New ‘Manga’ Bible Casts Jesus as Ultimate Superhero

posted by akornfeld

By Lilly Fowler Religion News Service Superman may have been able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but for Christians, Jesus has always been the ultimate superhero. After all, they say, only Jesus was able to bring salvation [...]

Clinton, Obama Make Pitches to Black Baptist Meeting

posted by akornfeld

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Atlanta – The top remaining Democratic candidates made their pitch to a meeting of four black denominations Wednesday (Jan. 29) as they seek support from a constituency they are both fighting to have [...]

Pope Defends Vatican’s Weighing in on Bioethic Questions

posted by akornfeld

Associated Press Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday defended the Vatican’s right to speak out on bioethics, including its opposition to artificial procreation methods and embryonic stem cell research, and dismissed criticism that the Church blocks scientific progress. [...]

Beatles’ Maharishi Retreats Into Silence

posted by nsymmonds

Associated Press – January 29, 2008 THE HAGUE, Netherlands – It was 1967 and the Indian meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dressed in white with long flowing black hair and a gray beard, beamed as he stood surrounded by four [...]

Previous Posts

Understanding Christian Political Engagement
Guest Blogger: Bethany Blankley Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, North Carolina created a firestorm among Christians and non-Christians when he suggested that homosexuals be rounded up and put inside electrical fences, left to die. Obviously, this is not the Christian message of loving our neighb

posted 10:10:12am May. 24, 2012 | read full post »

Why would "anti-bullying" youth convention speaker mock the Bible, Christian teens?
The report is difficult to believe: A paid “anti-bullying” expert is caught on video ranting at a national convention of high schoolers and is recorded bullying the Christian kids who were offended by his obscenities. They quietly follow his advice to homosexual youth in his “It Gets Better Pr

posted 10:54:19am May. 18, 2012 | read full post »

Are Americans finding God in cyberspace?
Will the church of the future be on line? We seem to be heading that way, says think-tank president Ron Sellers who points to recent findings that among American adults who use the Internet, 44 percent use it for religious purposes.  "This is particularly common among younger Americans," say

posted 1:14:32pm May. 17, 2012 | read full post »

Are "unacceptable religions" fatal for U.S. presidential candidates?
Is there an unwritten religious litmus test for the U.S. presidency? Do voters require candidates to be "not just religious, but acceptably religious"? Yes, say Northwest Nazarene University professors Steve Shaw and Darrin Grinder. [caption id="attachment_11319" align="alignleft" width="480" cap

posted 12:56:17pm May. 14, 2012 | read full post »

U.S. Marine dies after rescuing ORU trustee's daughter from deadly air crash
The daughter of an Oral Roberts University trustee was pulled from the wreckage of a crashed small aircraft by a former U.S. Marine sergeant severely injured in the crash, who then helped her wave down help along a highway. Three were killed in the crash, and former U.S. Marines Sgt. Austi

posted 1:39:20am May. 13, 2012 | read full post »


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