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IRD: Health care
by Ruth Moon In an e-mail, Mark Tooley berated religious groups that supported health care reform, saying “Religious Left activists primarily see religion as an organizing tool for extinguishing priva… more →
Tracking American Evangelical Politics
Jay Bakker’s Rainbow Bread “Communion”
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wrote 4 days ago: (Photo Credit: Tony Jones) Kristin Rudolph (@Kristin_Rudolph) This week Minnesota became the twelfth … more →
Andy Langford Calls for Defunding Denominational Establishment
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wrote 5 days ago: Pastor Andy Langford of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference (Photo credit: United Methodist … more →
Church of Scotland: Israel has a Right to Exist, Just not in Israel
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wrote 6 days ago: By Luke Moon (@LukeMoon1) The Church of Scotland came under attack on Wednesday for its release of a … more →
A ‘Thank You’ to My Mom on Mother’s Day
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wrote 1 week ago: Mom comforting a two year old me after I took a tumble. Kristin Rudolph (@Kristin_Rudolph) We common … more →
Sex Education for a Brave New World
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wrote 1 week ago: (“… individuals, with or without uteruses, with or without sperm …” Credit: … more →
Gender Roles: The Search for a Third Way
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wrote 1 week ago: (Homemaking is important, but it shouldn’t define women. (Credit: Amerika.org) Kristin Rudolph … more →
UMC Seeks to Fill a Rather Odd Denominational Leadership Position
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wrote 1 week ago: The GBCS has curious notions of how to support women and chidren. (Photo credit: Solid Gospel AM 940 … more →
Episcopal Bishop: Reflect “Divine Glory in Fully Alive-ness” on Climate Activism
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Church of Sweden Archbishop Anders Werjyd and Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts S … more →
ELCA partnership with United Methodism: “Full Communion” or Denominational Suicide Pact?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Bishop Mark Hanson (right), Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, with Brach Jennings, a member of Proclaim, … more →
Our Existential Need for Jesus
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wrote 2 weeks ago: “The Prodigal Son in Modern Life: The Return” by James Tissot (Photo credit: Art and the … more →
Evangelicals Embracing Doubt and Changing Culture
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wrote 2 weeks ago: (Rod Stafford, Mike Summers, Curt Thompson, Aly Hawkins, and Rachel Held Evans discuss “Embrac … more →
Sojourners’ Jim Wallis Ponders Immigration, Guns at Washington National Cathedral
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Sojourners’ President Jim Wallis appeared at the National Cathedral recently to talk about the … more →
Some Thoughts on the Great Natural Law Debate
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Photo credit: arc1.uniroma1.it by Nathaniel Torrey (@nathanieltorrey) I’ve read with much enjoyment … more →
Sex, Individualism, and the End of Civilization
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wrote 3 weeks ago: (Dale Kuehne is a professor of politics and a pastor at Emmanuel Covenant Church in Nashua, NH. Cred … more →
David Gushee Urges America to Recover its Torture Ethic
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Photo Credit: Pasadena Now By Aaron Gaglia (@GagliaAC) “Being able to hold onto one’s principles in … more →
Wheaton Theology Conference Showcases Appeal, Limits of Hauerwasianism
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School. (Phot … more →
Integrity Official Argues Opposition to Homosexuality Rooted in Opposition to Change
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Rev. Caro Hall on right with Integrity USA founder Louie Crew (Photo Credit – Sharon Sheridan … more →
Evangelicals on a Quest for a New Identity
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wrote 3 weeks ago: (Gabe Lyons interviews USA Today writer Tom Krattenmaker. Source: IRD) By Kristin Rudolph (@Kristin_ … more →
Western Jurisdiction Continues to Take More than it Gives
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Bishop Robert Hoshibata was one of the Western Jurisdiction bishops who occupied the floor and drape … more →
