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October 08 2008 By virtueonline CAMPING IT UP: Deceit Stalks Exodus Conference by London Times Reporter

Camping it Up?

by Peter Ould
October 7th, 2008

The London Times yesterday ran a feature about the recent Exodus Conference in North Carolina. You can read it here. This is one of the opening paragraphs that sets the scene:

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October 06 2008 By virtueonline Words are powerful - Thoughts shape - Ideas have consequences

What's missing is simple. Joy-stick terrorism-coupled with overly long, clichéd, and bloody movie plots-lack moral centering without which "anything goes," even (and perhaps especially) the sanctity of human life.

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September 30 2008 By virtueonline Pastors' political endorsements draw complaints

The group released a list Monday of 33 participating pastors - most if not all from conservative evangelical churches - and pledged to defend them.

The pastors intend to send copies of their sermons to the IRS. But Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State didn't wait for that: The group filed complaints Monday with the IRS about six pastors whose sermons were detailed in media reports.

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September 30 2008 By virtueonline "On Faith" -- On Overturning "Roe v. Wade" - Albert Mohler

Roe should be reversed because it took the power to establish law out of the hands of the people and their elected representatives. Reversing Roe would not end the abortion debate, but it would send it back to the 50 states, where the people can have their say.

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September 29 2008 By virtueonline "It is sinful" - Bishop James Soto

When we meditate on the person of Jesus, we often call to mind the many ways that Jesus cared for people. In all the many instances in the gospel when people come to the Lord Jesus with their needs, he fed them, he healed them, he forgave them, and he saved them. This can oftentimes lead us to the conclusion that Jesus always said "yes." He always gave people what they wanted. He was an agreeable person.

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September 29 2008 By virtueonline Author seeks to unravel God's truth about homosexuality

"It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken told the magazine, which arrives on newsstands Friday. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."

Aiken's confession comes less than two weeks after another self-professed born-again Christian, CCM veteran Ray Boltz, made public his struggle with and eventual acceptance of his homosexual desires.

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September 26 2008 By virtueonline Ministers to bring politics to pulpits.Pastors challenge IRS rules for nonprofit

"I'm going to talk about the un-biblical stands that Barack Obama takes. Nobody who follows the Bible can vote for him," said the Rev. Wiley S. Drake of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif. "We may not be politically correct, but we are going to be biblically correct. We are going to vote for those who follow the Bible."

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September 26 2008 By virtueonline The Not-So-Gay Lifestyle: Pastoral care for homosexuals who want out

"If we wrap it in masking tape, you can keep it on during the X-ray," she said.

"Thank you," the young man replied. That symbol of Jesus around his neck was the last vestige of the Christian faith to which he'd once looked as a source of hope.

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September 25 2008 By virtueonline RICHMOND, VA: Five Chaplains Lose Jobs for Praying 'In Jesus' Name'...

House Republican Leader Morgan Griffith and Delegate Charles W. Carrico, (R-Grayson) both issued public statements defending the chaplains, questioning Governor Kaine's role in terminating the chaplains, and vowing to introduce legislation protecting police chaplains' right to pray according to their own conscience.

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September 22 2008 By virtueonline Under Anti-Spam Laws, the Founding Fathers Would Be Criminals Today

The anti-spam law was used to prosecute Jeremy Jaynes, a prolific spammer from North Carolina. Convicted of using a false identity to send junk email and advertise penny stocks or a new career as a FedEx refund processor, Jaynes was sentenced to nine years in jail.

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