"...(T)he Church is not dying in America; it is alive and well, but it is alive and well among the immigrant and ethnic minority communities and not among the majority white churches in the United States."
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Scot McKnight- “The Old Coalition is Passing” HT:Rod Dreher, who considers “The Future of Evangelicalism”
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"Islam is a political and social ideology that will never submit to a secular form of government. Islamists will wait until such time as they are able to transform societies into Sharia-dominated ones"
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Michael Youssef Speaks Out on Proposed Mosque in Manhattan Islam continues its march around the world. There were 50,000 Muslims in Western Europe in the early 1900s.
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Pastors as "the spiritual equivalents of concierges"
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Congregations Gone Wild The trend toward consumer-driven religion has been gaining momentum for half a century. … Americans now sample, dabble and move on when a religious leader fails to satisfy for any reason. In this transformation, clergy have seen their job descriptions rewritten.
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Views on right responses to Walker Proposition 8 ruling.
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What Is the Gospel Response to the Prop. 8 Decision?
- Matthew Lee Anderson: “Majorities are unstable, and while traditional marriage has the upper hand now, it may not in 20 years.”
- Timothy George, “The decision of Judge Walker could lead to a Supreme Court ruling as charged as Roe v.
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Canadian "church" seeks exemption to pot laws
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Devotees “find God through cannabis.” Toronto Sun
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Christopher Hitchens and Deathbead Conversions
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Rod Dreher muses on the claim of noted atheist Hitchens (recently diagnosed with cancer)- “If I convert, it’s not really me.”
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