"We want to meet at least one Mormon leader and extend the hand of friendship"
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NAE board member: “It is very encouraging to those of us who have been in more informal ways negotiating behind the scenes, engaging in dialogue and forming friendships…. We see this as a very encouraging public act.”Evangelical Delegation Extends Friendship to Mormons in Utah
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Boy's bestseller: "Heaven Is for Real"
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Boy’s Tale of Heaven Is Publishing PhenomenonJust two months shy of his fourth birthday, Colton Burpo, the son of an evangelical pastor in Imperial, Neb., was rushed into emergency surgery with a burst appendix.
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Evangelical Left Leader: Social Justice is Biblical, 'Pretty Conservative'
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Liberal social policies are “actually pretty conservative because the biblical teachings are from the prophets, from the Torah, from the Old Testament, from Hebrew scripture, and from Jesus.” Dr. Paul Alexander
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"the report calls for the elimination of [policies] that prohibit women from being directly assigned to combat units"
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“A military readiness watchdog says a Pentagon commission’s recommendation that the military allow women to serve in direct frontline combat units has ‘little or nothing to do with military reality.’” Recommendation: women should be in ground combat
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Planned Parenthood report: abortions up by 8,270
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“the country’s No. 1 abortion provider, recently reported its affiliates performed 332,278 of the procedures in 2009, marking an increase of 8,270 abortions from 2008.” P. Parenthood reports abortion increase
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"What's new is the notion that you have to have new music in a worship service. That's unprecedented."
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CT interviews T. David Gordon, author of Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns
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Advancing the Church Conference Audio Now Available
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Check it out here.
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Abstinence education: maybe it works after all?
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“A growing number of teenagers and young adults are virgins, according to a study by the Centers For Disease Control …What’s more, the mainstream media is recognizing that the trend may be attributable in part to abstinence education. An Associated Press article stated, ‘… perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence.’”
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