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It is a debate that could change the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policy: whether to allow leeway on the ordination of gay clergy and lay elders and deacons.
Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian.
Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club."
It is with great joy I read your words of greetings. All people of faith must be joined to each other in the spirit of goodwill. Yet we must differ in our treatment of Christ, for the Qu'ran says these words, from Maryam, the sura you have quoted:
"THE EARLY Christians did not know when Jesus was born. The infancy narratives in the gospels of Luke and Matthew, the only biblical reference to the nativity, contain no clues to the season of his birth. It could have been high summer, for all anyone knows.
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer prize winning writer and author of "American Fascists." In his latest release, the former New York Times correspondent compares the U.S. Christian right to 20th Century fascism.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Pope Benedict on Thursday and later Sarkozy made an impassioned appeal to France to remember its Christian roots.
For US Army soldiers entering basic training at Fort Jackson Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, accepting Jesus Christ as their personal savior appears to be as much a part of the nine-week regimen as the vigorous physical and mental exercises the troops must endure.
Religion has been unfairly blamed for conflicts around the world in recent years, but Christians should remember the benefits of their devotion, Sydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell says.
An Islamic youth centre in south-western Sydney says it is concerned that comments by the Reverend Fred Nile have triggered talk of revenge attacks amongst disaffected Muslim youths.
THE Christian Democratic Party is behind a mysterious group called the Committee for Public Affairs Education that organised a large meeting this week to protest against a proposed 1200-student Muslim school in Camden.
The greatest threat to Christmas is not local governments' preventing Nativity scenes from being displayed in public places but America's overthrow of Iraq's government and occupation of it public places.
Dr Morgan said: "All of this is what I would call the new "fundamentalism" of our age. It allows no room for disagreement, for doubt, for debate, for discussion.
Members of Newsvine have recently made claims that Christianity is right and Islam is wrong because Christianity is older than Islam. These claims have merit. Clearly, Islam is wrong - at least how it is practiced today.
A controversial Christmas card reading "O come all ye faithless" has been strongly criticized by Christians as an "ill judged and insensitive joke." Borders book stores began giving away the card free with every copy of Richard Dawkins' well known atheist work, The God …
Now around 15% of Latin Americans have become Pentecostals, one of the many varieties of Protestant Evangelical Christianity.
The practice of atheism can be dated back to a time where God existence had always been in doubt by these unfounded teachings. There is no evidence that suggest that atheism could ever be approached as a way of life.
People have often asked me over the years what I would predict for America. I can only say what I have been able to discern and the few things God has intimated to my heart from time to time.
A Midwestern university has mandated "Merry -----mas" as a holiday greeting, banning "Christ" in apparent violation of the U.S. Constitution, according to Liberty Counsel, which works to advance religious freedom and the traditional family.
Evangelical influence is all over the election of 2008. The debates are laden with questions about candidates' favorite Bible verses or how often and heartily they pray.
Nativity scenes -- from small ones in shop windows to elaborate stagings in town squares featuring live characters and animals -- are a common sight around the Christian world at this time of year. But Naples has an especially rich tradition, one rooted in artistic excellence.
2 Timothy 4:8 — Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
People who want to take "Christ" out of Christmas should be pitied - to a point. These folks see Christ as the leading character in an ancient book of fiction, and are offended by people who express a different perception.
The GOP's clamor to identify itself as a party of Christian piety has failed to include some key elements of the faith -- namely Christian principles, according to a Washington Post columnist who says modern Republicans recall the hypocrisy of the Ku Klux Klan.
Hilarious tape of a British man's 'witty letter to angry Christians'. Judge for yourself.
THE adult-entertainment industry has declared war on the fundamentalist Exclusive Brethren sect for allegedly infiltrating local councils.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury has been inducted as a druid in a centuries-old Celtic ceremony. Dr Rowan Williams, the current Archbishop of Wales, said that he had been "saddened" by the misrepresentations about the ceremony, which sparked concern about pagan links.
The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has assembled a list of what it considers the seven worst incidents of Christian-bashing that happened in 2007, and it's headed by the attacker who shot and killed Christians at two ministry sites in Colorado just days ago.
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