"CUFI's position of uncritical support for Israel separates it from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and traditional Protestant Churches, all of whom support Israel while at the same time advocate for a Palestinian state," insisted the NCC's news release, which mostly quoted Associated General Secretary for International Affairs and Peace Antonios Kireopoulos.
Read moreIf the world is to be saved from Muslim conquest, it will be America who does it. And if America is to be saved, only conservatism can do it. And if conservatism is to be saved, it will be those Bible-believing patriots who do it–those conservative, evangelical Christians who are the bedrock of the American way of life.
Read moreConservatives say if Democrats want to counter the messages of popular radio broadcasters, they should do so by placing entertaining liberal radio hosts on the airwaves, not by having the government mandate that radio stations afford equal time to leftist radio voices. Sen. Pence's bill is just the beginning of the fight.
Read moreWhen she was a young seminarian, the president of the Unitarian denomination actively opposed the ordination of women. He couldn't keep women from entering the seminary, but "he was very effective at discouraging congregations from hiring women."
Fast forward 20 years. Miller serves as interim senior minister at Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universality Church. Women now outnumber men in Unitarian Universalist seminaries.
Read moreAs the article states, "The 88-page report . . . underscores a widening gap between parenthood and marriage-at a time when living together out of wedlock has grown increasingly common and nearly one in four births is to an unmarried woman."
Read moreFor example, Memorial Day saw the opening of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where Genesis comes alive with Adam and Eve alongside animatronic dinosaurs from 6,000 years ago. More of God's country in Tennessee is slated for despoliation with a theme park to be called Bible Park USA.
Read more"Most of the people who come here start to question the Koran," one of the Egyptians said. "They can read sources not available in our countries, especially sources in Arabic." The government of Saudi Arabia, for example, blocks thousands of Web sites through its Internet Services Unit in Riyadh, including anything criticizing Islam. A Harvard University study conducted in May showed that out of 2,038 sites banned by the Saudis, 250 were religious.
Read moreThe nondenominational event marked 40 years since the "Summer of Love" in San Francisco unleashed a wave of sexual promiscuity, drug abuse, abortion on demand and pornography in the country and separated a generation of Americans from God, organizers said.
Read moreWatch Charlene Israel's report and Pat Robertson's comments by clicking on the play button to the right.
She organized and marched with other lesbians in gay rights parades. And as editor-in-chief of Venus magazine , a national gay and lesbian publication, she wasn't about to change -- until something happened at a gay pride celebration that she never expected.
Read more"This will actually be news to anybody I used to relate to," he told WND.
The radical change in his life, Glatze recalls, began with inner "promptings" he now attributes to God.
"I hope I can share my story," he said. "I feel strongly God has put me here for a reason. Even in the darkest days of late-night parties, substance abuse and all kinds of things - when I felt like, 'Why am I here, what am I doing?' - there was always a voice there.
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