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Black Churches and the Prosperity Gospel“It is much easier for clergy to preach this gospel when they are living proof that the “system” works. Hence the celebrity-like lifestyles of so many religious leaders. The fact that the people most likely to do well in the prosperity gospel movement are the people at the top suggests that it is all an ecclesiastical pyramid scheme.”

New Sex Ed Funding Ends Decade of Abstinence-OnlyNational Abstinence Education Association estimates 169 abstinence programs serving 1 million teens nationwide will lose millions in funding. Those programs have received about $100 million a year in direct funds since 2005.

Topic: “Thinking Purposefully for the Glory of Christ: Developing the Mind of Christ.” (7 PM Central)The selection of Warren as a speaker at this event has been controversial.

Good News Glut - Common English Bible joins the crowd.Phoenix Seminary professor Paul Wegner identified nearly 100 English versions by 1950. He estimates there are twice as many now, although only a handful controls a dominant share of the market.CEB Official site

Hong Kong Catholics say prayer meeting blocked“the Roman Catholic Church has the right to operate freely in Hong Kong, a former British colony promised Western-style civil liberties, including freedom of religion, as part of its special semiautonomous status.”