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Annual meeting report, part 3A committee is working on the process of replacing pastor Piper.

“At a time when many states are making it harder for women to get abortions, Washington state appears headed in the opposite direction.”

Richard Dawkins Reveals He Is Agnostic(On a 7-point scale of certainty that God does not exist, he claims a 6.)

Warren “has embarked on an effort to heal divisions between evangelical Christians and Muslims by partnering with Southern California mosques and proposing a set of theological principles that includes acknowledging that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.”Rick Warren builds bridge to MuslimsEdit 3/2/12: Warren

“More than a dozen families have fled Sweden, according to The New American Feb. 17. Himmelstrand’s family is in exile in Finland, facing fines of more than $26,000 in Sweden for choosing to educate their children at home.”

“I want to offer a pastoral look at the underlying issues that prompt these questions and encourage pastors to go for the heart, not merely the surface, when approached with questions of this kind.”The issues he identifies:1. Recognize the legitimacy of the questions.2. Go beyond the surface of the questions.3. Challenge our culture’s obsession with sex.Go Beyond the Sex Questions.

“Holding signs that read ‘Religious Freedom’ and ‘King Abdullah: Free Illegally Detained Ethiopians,’ demonstrators shouted chants demanding [the release of ] Christians in Saudi Arabia who had been imprisoned for their beliefs.”