Authoritative count of U.S. Muslim population elusive
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Estimates of Religious Populations Require a Bit of Faith Comment: associated with the article is an interesting graph - “Self-identification of U.S. adults by religious identity”
"Wannabe cool" Christianity - are these gimmicks really going to bring young people back to church?
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The Perils of ‘Wannabe Cool’ Christianity One of the most popular—and arguably most unseemly—methods of making Christianity hip is to make it shocking. What better way to appeal to younger generations than to push the envelope and go where no fundamentalist has gone before?
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Richard Pratt: “You should not do what we have done in the West. The results of that approach have become clear.”
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TGC Asks: What one thing you would change about seminary? Can you imagine what kind of soldiers our nation would have if basic training amounted to reading books, listening to lectures, writing papers, and taking exams? We’d have dead soldiers.
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Church protests strip club. Bikini-clad dancers protest Church in return
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Dancers from Coshocton area strip club protest at church
A central Ohio strip club owner who grew tired of a church’s protests outside his club is leading his own protests of the church with the help of some of his club’s bikini-clad dancers.
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