Religious disaffiliation opens the door for the church to minister to young adults Most people are not surprised to hear that fewer young Americans identify as religious or attend regular services than members of any other living generation. It seems that millennials would rather skip youth group and Sunday service and opt to drop the religious practices of their parents. […]
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Religion is the key motivator behind jihadists’ violence, not economic woes Jobs — that is what the Islamic State needs. Jobs. According to State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf, that is the solution. But the reality is Islamic State radicals do not need a “shovel-ready,” five-step path to employment. The displaced, abandoned and abused Christians, Yazidis and peaceable Muslims are […]
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Mississippi legislature votes to make the Protestant primer their official text Legislators in Mississippi are in the process of passing ordinances that will make the Bible the official state book. The lawmakers are still trying to get the ordinances passed even though it is believed they may violate the First Amendment. This is not a law respecting the establishment of […]
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How one provocative publication speaks to the greater issue of free speech Stepping out of virtual obscurity to the unknowing world, Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine printed weekly in Paris, splashed onto front pages and flashed onto breaking news reports around the world. A magazine that only printed 60,000 copies a week became the international poster child for the freedom […]
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Catholic leader causes uproar as he voices support for ‘Big Bang’ theory “When we read in Genesis the account of creation, we run the risk of imagining that God was a magician with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so.” These words might sound as if they came from some controversial preacher. But they did […]
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