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March 17 2008
ON FAITH -- Character and Leadership
Americans know that leaders are human. The public elected President Grover Cleveland to office in 1884, even as he acknowledged that he was the likely father of a child born out of wedlock. Voters judged him by his long record of public service and moral recovery. Franklin Roosevelt's place in the top rankings of most powerful U.S. presidents is secure -- even with the knowledge of his affair with Lucy Mercer.
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March 17 2008
How Do Christians Behave in Tough Times?
Few of us will escape the repercussions-which leads to at least one important challenge: How do Christians behave in tough times?
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March 13 2008
SCOTLAND: Catholic bishop hits out at 'gay conspiracy' to destroy Christianity
He singled out the actor Sir Ian McKellen, who was given a New Year honour for services to gay rights, pointing out that Oscar Wilde was locked up only a century ago for homosexual acts. The bishop said he would "not tolerate" the "behaviour" of a child struggling to come to terms with his or her homosexuality. Last night his views were attacked by gay rights groups, which branded them "unChristian" and "deeply out of step" with the views of ordinary Scots.
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March 10 2008
The "Changing" Evangelical Movement?
Charles Colson and Anne Morse respond to this supposed shift eloquently in Christianity Today. They argue that evangelicals have always had a broad set of concerns, including Sudanese slavery, sex trafficking, AIDS in Africa, and prison rape, in addition to abortion and homosexuality. Colson and Morse believe that the limited perception of evangelicals was put in place by the media, who like to build up and then destroy groups because "it's good copy."
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March 07 2008
Multiculturism a Factor Turning Moderate Muslims Radical?
Germany's Spiegel, Dec. 20, 2007, reported in the article "Interior Ministry warns of radicalization of Muslims":
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March 06 2008
The Liberal Jihad - Steven C. Salaris
As an alternative to my friend's views on the pending takeover of western civilization, I offer up the hypothesis that a different type of jihad in Europe and North America has already occurred under the guise of modern liberalism. However, as a result of this trend in our western society, we have actually created a sort of mirror opposite of Islam under the guise of a liberal monotheistic religion.
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March 05 2008
Transforming Culture: Christian Truth Confronts Post-Christian America
To this the Christian Church would say far more, but the great danger today is that many Christians are seeing the same evidence, and saying far less. A remarkable culture-shift has taken place around us. The most basic contours of American culture have been radically altered. The so-called Judeo-Christian consensus of the last millennium has given way to a post-modern, post-Christian, post-Western cultural crisis which threatens the very heart of our culture.
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March 04 2008
BAGHDAD: Young Iraqis are losing their faith in religion
Atheer, a 19-year-old from a poor, heavily Shiite neighborhood in southern Baghdad, said: "The religion men are liars. Young people don't believe them. Guys my age are not interested in religion anymore."
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March 02 2008
AIDS in Africa: Abstinence Works
Q: You seem to be something of a lone voice in the wilderness promoting Catholic principles in the fight against AIDS, and yet so much of the research is showing that this approach is really what is heading off the disease. How and where is this actually working?
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March 02 2008
AIDS in Africa: Abstinence Works
Q: You seem to be something of a lone voice in the wilderness promoting Catholic principles in the fight against AIDS, and yet so much of the research is showing that this approach is really what is heading off the disease. How and where is this actually working?
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