"The roots of global mission are in the Radical Reformers"
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“Rick Warren … says that the 16th-century Anabaptists shaped his Purpose Driven model for the church.”
ACLU Sues Wash. Public Library for Restricting Access to Porn
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“We are a publicly funded institution. It is crazy to think that we should be required to use tax dollars to allow open access to Internet pornography or to become illegal casinos.”
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The Army Silenced Chaplains Last Sunday
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On Thursday, January 26, Archbishop Broglio emailed a pastoral letter to Catholic military chaplains with instructions that it be read from the pulpit at Sunday Masses the following weekend in all military chapels… The Army’s Office of the Chief of Chaplains subsequently sent an email to senior chaplains advising them that the Archbishop’s letter was not coordinated with that office and asked that it not be read from the pulpit.
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"Authorities and institutions don’t repress the passions of the heart, the way some young people now suppose. They give them focus and a means to turn passion into change."
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“A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called ‘Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus’ ”… NYT: How to Fight the Man
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Komen Foundation reverses Planned Parenthood decision?
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“Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Friday it was reversing its decision to end grants to Planned Parenthood, after facing mounting pressure from pro-choice lawmakers and accusations that the breast cancer awareness organization had bowed to political influences.”
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Driscoll "has made an educated, informed decision to reject the historic, biblical definition of the relationship between the persons of the Trinity."
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Mark Driscoll, the Trinity, and W. G. T. Shedd
Note that Driscoll rejects some important theology regarding the eternal generation of the Son, and the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son.
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Rubio takes aim at Obama's contraceptive funding
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bill this week that would limit a controversial decision by the Obama administration mandating health coverage for contraceptive services. Interview: Sen. Marco Rubio Discusses Bill to Limit Contraception Mandate
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The Elephant Room Controversy - driven by 'White Idolization'?
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“Some of the strongest reactions were African Americans in the blogosphere…And to take a little bit of a tangent here, and I’ll get back, the loudest voices in the conservative evangelical world, in my estimation right now, are your older, white reformed voices…And you’ve got some African Americans who so idolize that – what some people would call white idolization – that they then feel as if they’ve got to be the voice for black culture to speak against people like T.D.
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