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EVANGELICALS - The evening descends
2008-06-02 21:23:00 Dead Oceans - 2.008 Puñetera manía de comenzar y/o terminar los discos con intros o chaladuras que no llevan a ningún sitio. Mal comienzo para un buen disco, o cuanto menos muy personal, cosa que aveces (o casi siempre) es de agradecer. Con una producción tan barroca como la de los canadienses y pop ácido al estilo neoyorquino, desde Oklahoma nos traen un lp con temas de dificil clasificación, aveces bizarros, aveces psicodélicos, otras tantas recargados hasta la extenuación, ensoñadores,..., pero canciones como "Skeleton Man", "Party Crashin" o la fantastica "Stoned Again" forman el núcleo duro de un disco que seguro no pasará desapercibido. Salvando las diferencias se les ha llegado a comparar con "Grandaddy" o "Flaming Lips".
McCain, Huckabee & Evangelicals
2008-05-12 17:48:00 by Mike Huckabee Send to a friend Janet and I hope you had a great Mother?s Day weekend. After seeing our niece graduate from Ouachita Baptist University on Saturday, Janet went to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Will Leftist Evangelicals Demand Believers Get On Obama Bandwagon?
2008-04-13 00:00:00 -By Frederick Meekins Just because some white liberals are going out of their way to vote for Barack Obama for no other reason than that he happens to be half-black, some within the Evangelical leadership are once again beating on their drums about congregations being too split along racial and ...
By: Publius Forum
God-talk in the presidential election (or why evangelicals are voting for B
2008-03-12 14:28:00 by Dr. Lynn Schofield Clark When it’s time for politics in the U.S., it seems, it’s also time to talk about religion. So first there were stories of Huckabee’s success among evangelicals, and then there was the quelched rumor about Obama’s supposed connections with Islam (he is a member of the United Church of Christ, a liberal Christian denomination). Hillary Clinton received fewer stories about her Methodist faith, although she did speak of it at the Global Summit on AIDS at a large California megachurch pastored by Rick Warren (best selling author of “The Purpose-Driven Life”), according to one story. By far the most religion-and-politics coverage so far has gone to Huckabee. Indeed, Adelle Banks of the Religion News Service wrote a nice piece suggesting that Mike Huckabee could be a “Republican Kingmaker” due to his ability to appeal to the “new center” of the evangelical movement, which she characterized as interest...
Evangelicals Honor Israel?s 60th Anniversary With Hallmark Event
2008-03-02 11:08:00 Evangelicals Honor Israel’s 60th Anniversary With Hallmark Event …Web ...
By: Israel-Times.com
How to turn white evangelicals into Democrats
2008-02-27 23:54:00 Feb. 26, 2008 | Amy Sullivan is a senior editor at Time, a liberal Democrat, and an evangelical Christian. One of those things is not supposed to be like the others, but she argues in her new book that her fellow Democrats need to reach out to her fellow evangelicals if they hope to build an electoral majority. In "The Party Faithful: How and Why D read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Huckabee Schmoozing In Secret Meetings and Cayman Islands
2008-02-19 03:23:00 I got this great tip from a reader. Our friend Mr. Huckabee is involved in even more shady dealings than we could ever hope to cover. There are some deep pockets creating all kinds of 527 special interest groups that can’t be traced thanks to McCain-Feingold. The other problem is that there are tax-exempt issues ...
It?s About Time: Pastors Endorsing Huckabee Getting Investigated By IRS
2008-02-15 02:11:00 Oh here it is folks, and with GREAT joy, I hand you this bombshell on a silver platter: IRS Probes Pastors Huckabee Endorsement Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:05 AM from Newsmax A Southern Baptist preacher who endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on church letterhead said Wednesday he was being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for mixing ...
Unconscionable Evangelicals
2008-02-13 21:00:00 Most Evangelical Leaders Still Support Iraq War Most evangelical leaders still support the war in Iraq and want the United States to ?stay until the job is done,? according to a survey released Monday. How can one love the enemy, love their enemy, if one kills them? That is not possible. If Christ did not love His enemy, ...
Evangelicals send McCain a message
2008-02-13 16:34:00 WASHINGTON - Mike Huckabee’s recent refrain about believing in miracles makes the ordained Baptist minister appear almost prophetic. Christian evangelicals in Virginia who favored him in droves seemed to send the would-be Republican presidential nominee John McCain a message from on high ? they won’t roll over so easily. Although the Arizona senator has effectively sealed the ...
By: TexasFred's
Winds of War: Evangelicals Have Second Thoughts
2008-02-13 15:59:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog Remember that letter the Muslim leaders sent to the Christian community that many Christian leaders rushed to accept. Well, some are having second thoughts. Administrators from one of the most influential evangelical colleges in the country removed their names from a controversial letter addressed to Muslim leaders that some say compromises the ...
Why Evangelicals Support Huckabee over Romney
2008-02-07 16:21:00 No. It’s not because Romney’s Mormon and Huckabee’s Baptist. I contend Huckabee’s evangelical support goes deeper than that. The roots of his support are grounded in concepts the political punditry and main-stream media can’t seem to comprehend. Evangelicals are a multi-faceted bunch. We are controlled by a Scriptural, and highly moral ethic. ...
My God, Evangelicals are Dumb-bellicals!
2008-01-21 06:01:00 George Washington was always associated with never telling a lie. Jerry Falwell was always associated with never telling the truth. So as to who is the liar; my money is riding on Four Chin Falwell as opposed to the Father of our Country. I'm often confused as to what forces out there continue to perpetuate this obsessive, compulsive disorder known as evangelicalism, that a limited but vocal percentage of this country suffers from. The dictionary defines evangelicals as being in agreement with the Christian gospel. Also with emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual. At first glance, an individual capable of thinking for oneself would assume the Christian gospel is a combination of bigotry, intolerance and narrow minded stupidity. But the Christian gospel is defined as glad tidings, good news, welcome information, a shout, or something that ma...
By: Breaking Views
Young Evangelicals Embrace Huckabee as Old Guard Balks
2008-01-12 20:32:00 Much of the national leadership of the Christian conservative movement has turned a cold shoulder to the Republican presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee, wary of his populist approach to economic issues and his criticism of the Bush administration?s foreign policy. But that has only fired up Brett and Alex Harris. The Harris brothers, 19-year-old evangelical authors and speakers who grew up steeped in the conservative Christian movement, are the creators of Huck?s Army, an online network that has connected 12,000 Huckabee campaign volunteers, including several hundred in Michigan, which votes Tuesday, and South Carolina, which votes Saturday. They say they like Mr. Huckabee for the same reason many of their elders do not: ?He reaches outside the normal Republican box,? Brett Harris said in an interview from his home near Portland, Ore. The brothers fell for Mr. Huckabee last August when they saw him draw applause on ?The Daily Show With Jon Stewart? for explaining that he belie...
It?s the FAIR TAX, not Evangelicals Stupid!
2008-01-08 19:20:00 Are pundits, political hacks, bloggers and the media stupid or just flat out liars? I keep reading and hearing over and over again that the reason Huckabee is doing so good in the presidential primaries is because of evangelical votes. That has got to be the most dishonest load of horse squeeze that I have ever heard. The reason and almost the only reason Huckabee is doing so well in the Republican primaries is: He is not a Democrat He is not Ron Paul and the FAIR TAX! I know most of you lying ass special interest shitheads will melt like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz if you say the words FAIR TAX, but say it with me now, FAIR TAX If Fred Thompson stays in the race I will be voting for him, my second choice for the Republican nominee is Huckabee. Before you say it believe me I know Huckabee is not a conservative, no candidate but Fred Thompson is, but if I had to choose one other candidate that has even one thing going for them it would be Huckabee for supporting the FAIR T...
It?s Not Just Evangelicals
2008-01-04 21:29:00 (image: nytimes) Despite a whopping nine point advantage in last night’s Iowa caucus vote, we’ll continue to hear about the Huckabee phenomenon as merely a propellant of Evangelical Christians. I shouldn’t have to remind conservatives that unlike the Pat Robertson run of 1988, a race many a confused skeptic like to compare to 2008, Huckabee ...
By: postpolitical
Evangelicals are running scared. in Conservative Corner
2008-01-01 00:00:00 Might Makes Right, 01/01/08 (5 Replies)
[itstoolong] Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
2007-12-29 00:00:00 War dieses Weihnachten wirklich das letzte auf Erden? Werden die Evangelicals gross? Werden sie beim SXSW spielen? #196;ndert itstoolong bald schon wieder sein Theme? Dieses 2007 ist noch nicht einmal ganz ausgestanden, da wage ich sc...
By: BlogNews
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
2007-12-28 21:39:00 War dieses Weihnachten wirklich das letzte auf Erden? Werden die Evangelicals gross? Werden sie beim SXSW spielen? Ändert itstoolong bald schon wieder sein Theme? Dieses 2007 ist noch nicht einmal ganz ausgestanden, da wage ich schon die ersten Blicke in den Kaffeesatz für 2008. Genau beobachten würde ich diese Evangelicals, denen ich ein gutes Jahr ...
By: itstoolong
Are Republicans Shunning Evangelicals?
2007-12-19 18:24:00 (image: oxfordstudent) While not a major part of the discussion, Governor Huckabee raised an interesting point on the Today Show this morning (the interview is below). For all these years, evangelical Christians have played a major role in electing Republicans into office. Since Ronald Reagan, no Republican candidate for president can say he was nominated without ...
By: postpolitical
Glenn Beck meets Huck face to face, Mormon-hating Evangelicals are a cult,
2007-12-16 17:50:00 Well, could this be the next face of evil? Glenn Beck “ran” into Mike Huckabee at an Iowa airport. Read about the encounter here. Glenn has a lot of stuff figured out. He’s connecting the dots in ways that few other non-MSM are. I can’t say enough about Glenn’s work and it’s important for ...
Baptists and Evangelicals BREAK THE LAW when they preach HUCKABEE from the
2007-12-15 02:25:00 Well, it was a tip from a commenter from another blog, Swertfeger said in response to Iowan’s for Mitt’s post: I think we are seeing a trend . . . and it’s disturbing Here’s the highlights from that post: Pastors for Huckabee: 1) “Are Christians Bigiots If They Can Not Support Mitt Romney Because He Is A ...
Mitt Romney, Eye on Evangelicals, Defends His Faith
2007-12-07 06:41:00 Mitt Romney asked the nation on Thursday not to reject his presidential candidacy because of his religion, assuring evangelical Christians and other religious voters that his values matched theirs in a speech that used the word ?Mormon? only once.
Evangelicals Split on POTUS Nominee
2007-11-08 00:00:00 This is awfully interesting. The Evangelical leadership is split on who to support for the GOP nomination for president. Just last week, Paul Weyrich came out in support of Mitt Romney (despite that Romney is no Christian) and today Pat Robertson has come to the banner of Rudy Giuliani. Neither candidate ...
By: Publius Forum
JK Rowling angers US Christian evangelicals for outing Dumbledore as gay
2007-10-29 10:45:00 Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, has landed herself in a soup by outing Albus Dumbledore as gay. The much-loved author has become a ...
By: B4U India
How to Stop Confucian Evangelicals
2007-10-29 03:25:00 Confucian evangelicals? Torgodevil (A Geek in Korea)calls them “cultists,” but I’d lump them into the same category as the evangelicals in their tactics. He has an amusing story on how his Korean wife dealt with these aggressive folks who regularly accosted her at her bus stop.
By: ZenKimchi
Evangelicals reject Giuliani(AFP) (Religion News)
2007-10-25 03:32:00 Evangelicals reject Giuliani(AFP) AFP - Several thousand Christian conservative voters rebuffed an olive branch from Republican White House hopeful Rudolph Giuliani Saturday, over his support for abortion rights. Rabbi expands lawsuit against N.J. town(AP)AP - A rabbi who sued a New Jersey town because he claimed it was persecuting him over prayer services held at his house says the town is trying to further meddle with his religious freedom by defining his home as a place of worship. Iran holds its Black Church as symbol of tolerance(Reuters) Reuters - The last priest left theBlack Church more than half a century ago and now the pictureon the wall of a former monk's cell is of the IslamicRepublic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, not Jesus. Pope says faith can't justify violence(AP) AP - Visiting one of Italy's most crime-ridden cities, Pope Benedict XVI told ayatollahs, rabbis, priests and patriarchs from around the world Sunday that religion must never ...
Self-Righteous Evangelicals Could Cost Us the Whitehouse
2007-10-23 06:52:00 ”I am not running f0r a religious office,” said Rudy Giuliani when questioned regarding Evangelicals lack of supporting his candidacy. Most people that read here on The HILL know that I support Rudy Giuliani for President. I have always been brutally honest in all I write - even to the point that I have lost readership ...
Should evangelicals support Mitt Romney?
2007-10-19 01:50:00 I’ve seen several evangelical opinion columnists endorsing Mitt Romney lately. Personally, I don’t care that he’s Mormon. However, the timing of his “conversion” to the conservative cause is just too suspect. If he had made his conversion and run for president several years later after developing a strong social conservative record I’d have no qualms ...
Evangelicals thinking again about sexuality
2007-10-06 11:10:00 This week an initiative called 'Would Jesus discriminate?' will give evangelical Christians who question the anti-gay 'party line' a chance to make their voices heard. read more
By: Ekklesia
Poll: Young White Evangelicals? Support for Bush Plummets
2007-10-01 00:00:00 pewresearch.org ? White evangelical Protestants (ages 18-29) have been one of the most faithful Republican constituencies in presidential elections in recent years. In 2002, for example, an overwhelming majority (87%) approved of Bush's job performance. By August 2007, however, Bush's approval rating among this group had plummeted by 42 percentage ...
Evangelicals Turn on Thompson
2007-09-27 19:33:00 Fred Thompson is failing to meet expectations that he would rally widespread support from Christian conservatives, and he almost certainly will not receive a joint endorsement from the loose coalition of "pro-family" organizations, according to leaders of the movement. Many religious conservatives, faced with a Republican primary top tier that lacked a true kindred spirit, initially looked to Thompson as a savior. But the former Tennessee senator has disappointed or just not sufficiently impressed the faith community since his formal campaign launch earlier this month. While Christian conservatives once seemed willing to readily give Thompson the benefit of the doubt earlier this summer, when questions were raised about his lobbying for a pro-abortion-rights group, they are not willing to turn the other cheek anymore. Even some on the religious right who remain sympathetic to Thompson are unhappy about his refusal to back a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and we...
Evangelicals in America | The bond between God and power
2007-09-26 00:00:00 Evangelicals in America | The bond between God and power | Economist.com How did these supposedly ignorant buffoons arrive at the heart of the American power structure? Michael Lindsay, a sociologist at Rice University, who has interviewed 360 Evangelicals who have made it into the American elite, including two former presidents, answers this question with a ...
By: Hector Lima
News & Current Events :: Evangelicals Unsure About Thompson
2007-09-12 12:50:00 Author: Eric Subject: Evangelicals Unsure About ThompsonPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:50 am (GMT -4) Evangelicals Unsure About Thompson Michelle Vu WASHINGTON – Evangelical Christians who were rooting for Fred Thompson to join the White House race are now pulling back and more carefully scrutinizing the man they might rally behind and call their commander-in-chief. “A month or two ago, I sensed there was some urgency for people to make a move and find a candidate,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, according to The Associated Press. “Right now, I think people are stepping back a little and watching. The field is still very fluid.” Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and an actor on the hit TV drama “Law & Order,” has portrayed himself as a conservative candidate opposed to abortion and gay “marriage” – two key political concerns of evangelical conservatives. However, under closer scrutiny, Thompson has been seen by some Christian leaders as...
Thompson Already Losing Key Primary Group: Evangelicals Hesitant About Him
2007-09-09 23:59:00 Prominent evangelical leaders who spent the summer hoping Fred Thompson would emerge as their favored Republican presidential contender are having doubts as he begins his long-teased campaign. For social conservatives dissatisfied with other GOP choices, the "Law & Order" actor and former Tennessee senator represents a Ronald Reagan-like figure, someone they hope will agree with them on issues and stands a chance of winning. But Thompson's less-than-clear stance on a federal gay marriage amendment and his delay in entering the race are partly responsible for a sudden shyness among leading evangelicals. "A month or two ago, I sensed there was some urgency for people to make a move and find a candidate," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a Washington-based conservative Christian group. "Right now, I think people are stepping back a little and watching. The field is still very fluid." A loose network of influential evangelical leaders known as the Arling...
Evangelicals Threaten Nigerian Artifacts [Afarensis]
2007-09-05 22:53:00 Earlier today I wrote about the repatriation of some Maori remains, this next story is a little more bleak. According to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch priceless pieces of Nigerian heritage are being destroyed by fundamentalist Christians - usually native Nigerians (from the Post-Dispatch article): Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/152-745094/
Will evangelicals support a Mormon?
2007-09-02 07:31:00 If it comes down to a match between Romney and Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards, evangelicals are likely to side with Romney, said Mark DeMoss, a former aide to the late Rev. Jerry Falwell who now runs an Atlanta public relations firm.
Right Wing Evangelicals Take Over the U.S.?
2007-08-24 14:23:00 [Given that roughly half the eligible voters in the U.S. do not vote, a right wing Christian takeover is not all that unlikely — at least something to worry about — abortion, homosexuality, criminalized again, women rejected from the workplace and a variety of other disastrous moves — war on Islam wherever, preparation for the apocalypse with nuclear attacks here and there, exclusion of immigrants from schools and medical care. etc. etc. Don’t think these characters don’t have an agenda — or perhaps both public and secret ones — only born agains in the White House or on the Supreme Court? And members of minority groups need not apply. Capital punishment for a new range of crimes. And imagine all those signing statements relating to some of the Constitutional basics — particularly the First Amendment speech protections and establishment restrictions! They said it could not happen there in one of our most civilized nations back in th...
News & Current Events :: Survey: Evangelicals Worry Most Over Health of Chu
2007-08-22 07:50:00 Author: Eric Subject: Survey: Evangelicals Worry Most Over Health of ChurchesPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:50 am (GMT -4) Survey: Evangelicals Worry Most Over Health of Churches Audrey Barrick When it comes to what changes are "absolutely necessary" for the United States to address in the next 10 years, the most likely answer among Americans pertains to children's future. Among evangelicals, however, the priority was much different, a new survey found. Among various groups – including conservatives and liberals and blacks and whites – the latest Barna survey found that the most radical differences of opinion on what needs to change in America were between evangelicals and those who are not born-again Christians. Overall, 82 percent of American adults said a change in the overall care and resources devoted to children is absolutely necessary in the immediate future. Evangelicals were 20 percentage points below in ranking that issue a top priority. While enhancin...
Brazilian Evangelicals Jailed for Smuggling Money
2007-08-19 23:21:00 A husband and wife who lead one of Brazil’s largest evangelical churches were sentenced to nearly five months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to smuggling more than $56,000 into the United States hidden in luggage, a child’s backpack and a Bible case. Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, must serve an additional five months of house arrest in the U.S. and pay $60,000 in fines under a sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno. Hernan-des, 53, is to surrender Monday to begin serving his prison term. His 48-year-old wife will serve her house arrest term first at their home in Boca Raton and then report to prison Jan. 21. Both must also serve a probation period after their 10-month combined sentences are up. Both were given credit for 10 days they spent in custody after their initial arrests at Miami International Airport. Their lawyers had asked for probation, and Moreno could have gone as...
By: Holy Sarcasm
Jews Boot Evangelicals Out
2007-08-19 22:26:00 An American evangelical pastor and his wife who have been living in Israel for nearly two decades have been ordered to leave the country within two weeks, after their request for permanent residency was turned down. Ron Cantrell, 59, and his wife Carol, 54, have run a small Jerusalem-based ministry, Shalom Shalom Jerusalem, for the past four years. Cantrell previously worked for Bridges for Peace, an evangelical organization, for 14 years. Two of the couple’s children have married Israelis and have Israeli ID cards. Interior Ministry officials said the decision was made following suspicions that Cantrell was involved in missionary work. The pastor categorically denied the allegations as baseless. Cantrell, who has been active in raising money for Israel as well as working on behalf of Soviet Jews, had resided in Israel on a special clergy visa during his work for Bridges for Peace, but then went back to a regular tourist visa, which needed to b...
By: Holy Sarcasm
News & Current Events :: Evangelicals Support Conversion Code
2007-08-16 22:16:00 Author: Eric Subject: Evangelicals Support Conversion CodePosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:16 pm (GMT -4) Evangelicals Support Conversion Code BRADLEY S. KLAPPER GENEVA -- Evangelical groups have joined efforts spearheaded by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and mainstream Protestant churches to create a common code of conduct for religious conversions that would preserve the right of Christians to spread their religion while avoiding conflict among different faiths. The World Council of Churches, which joined the Vatican last year in launching talks on a code, said Wednesday that the process was formally joined by the World Evangelical Alliance at a meeting earlier this month in France. The code aims to ease tensions with Muslims, Hindus and other religious groups that fear losing adherents and resort to punishments as extreme as imprisonment and even death for converts from their faith and foreign missionaries. The Taliban kidnapping of 23 South Korean Christians in Afghanistan la...
Why Do Evangelicals Ignore Ron Paul?
2007-08-13 23:00:00 Evangelical Christians are already beginning the process of selecting the Republican presidential candidate whom they can anoint as their successor to George W. Bush. Somehow, evangelicals have this deluded idea that President Bush is one of them. How they came to this delusion both fascinates and escapes me. Bush is anything but one of them. However, most evangelicals believe he is, and today it seems that illusion is greater than reality, anyway. Bush proves that more than anyone I have ever known. But enough about Bush. The question burning in the minds of evangelicals today is: Which Republican candidate for president will we anoint? There are several possibilities, but apparently Congressman Ron Paul is not one of them. For example, Jerry Falwell's widely distributed National Liberty Journal, in its March 2007 edition, had a major section entitled "Campaign 2008-Identifying the Republican Presidential Candidates." A total of ten Republicans made the Journal's list. The ten...
News & Current Events :: Who Speaks for America’s Evangelicals?
2007-08-13 22:33:00 Author: Eric Subject: Who Speaks for America’s Evangelicals?Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:33 pm (GMT -4) Who Speaks for America’s Evangelicals? Frank Pastore Liberals are predictably doing everything they can to win in 2008. Everyone knows a key part of their strategy is to “get religion” and trick as many Christians as possible to care less about the Bible, abortion and gay marriage and more about liberal policy positions: secularism, socialism, bigger government and higher taxes. This includes spinning conservative Christians with the yarn that their brand of Christianity is now obsolete and that “everyone important” is buying the “new and improved” progressive, emergent, sensitive, conscientious brand of Christianity that these new liberal Christians are selling. And, in order to become “cool, popular and relevant” once again, old Christian dogs will have to learn new liberal tricks. Nonsense. Conservative Christians aren’t becoming liberals. Believers aren’t becomi...
News & Current Events :: Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist F
2007-08-08 23:00:00 Author: Eric Subject: Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist FoldPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:00 pm (GMT -4) Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist Fold Juliet Eilperin LONGWOOD, Fla. -- At 8 on a Saturday morning, just as the heat was permeating this sprawling Orlando suburb, Denise Kirsop donned a white plastic moon suit and began sorting through the trash produced by Northland Church. She and several fellow parishioners picked apart the garbage to analyze exactly how much and what kind of waste their megachurch produces, looking for ways to reduce the congregation's contribution to global warming. "I prayed about it, and God really revealed to me that I had a passion about creation," said Kirsop, who has since traded in her family's sport-utility vehicle for a hybrid Toyota Prius to help cut her greenhouse gas emissions. "Anything that draws me closer to God -- and this does -- increases my faith and helps my work for God." He...
News & Current Events :: Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP Pick
2007-08-03 17:43:00 Author: Eric Subject: Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP PickPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:43 am (GMT -4) Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP Pick Nathan Black A week ahead of the Republican straw poll, evangelicals in Iowa find themselves with no sure presidential pick. Some believe the GOP presidential candidates have strayed from the moral issues that are essential to the Republican party platform, including abortion and same-sex “marriage.” "The whole faith and values conversation is falling by the wayside," said the Rev. Mike Rose, senior pastor of First Federated Church in Des Moines, according to The Des Moines Register. "The country as a whole feels there are issues more pressing at this time. The war with Iraq is on everybody's mind. Right to life and gay marriage, which are important to Christian conservatives, aren't as big with the general public." According to a poll by Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of all registered voters marked abortion ...
Evangelicals? letter backs PA state
2007-07-29 20:31:00 Many evangelical Christians throughout the United States support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and seek “justice” for both sides, reads an open letter to US President George W. Bush published in Sunday’s New York Times. The letter, signed by several dozen evangelical clergy and activists, urged the Bush administration not to “grow weary” in ...
News & Current Events :: Brownback, Huckabee Resonating Among Evangelicals
2007-07-28 16:54:00 Author: Eric Subject: Brownback, Huckabee Resonating Among EvangelicalsPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:54 am (GMT -4) Brownback, Huckabee Resonating Among Evangelicals Nathan Black Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback is reaching out aggressively to communities, including influential evangelical leaders, weeks ahead of the Aug. 11 straw poll in Ames, Iowa. The Kansas senator who describes himself as a "bleeding heart conservative" met with more than 15 evangelical pastors in West Des Moines this week and said religious conservatives are moving in his direction as they become aware of his position opposing abortion and gay marriage. "It's typical in an election that people hold back and want to get a good feel for the candidate," said Brownback, according to The Associated Press. "Now we're getting within eyeshot of Aug. 11 and they're breaking and a lot of them are breaking our way." And the evangelical Christian community is an ...
News & Current Events :: Evangelicals Start Push in the Arts
2007-07-27 21:46:00 Author: Eric Subject: Evangelicals Start Push in the ArtsPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:46 pm (GMT -4) Evangelicals Start Push in the Arts ERIC GORSKI There are no crosses in Makoto Fujimura's paintings. No images of Jesus gazing into the distance, or serene scenes of churches in a snow-cloaked wood. Fujimura's abstract works speak to his evangelical Christian faith. But to find it takes some digging. After the 2001 terrorist strikes on the World Trade Center, three blocks from Fujimura's home, his work explored the power of fire to both destroy and purify, themes drawn from the Christian Gospels and Dante's "The Divine Comedy." "I am a Christian," says Fujimura, 46, who founded the nonprofit International Arts Movement to help bridge the gap between the religious and art communities. "I am also an artist and creative, and what I do is driven by my faith experience. "But I am also a human being living in the 21st century, struggling wit...
Evangelicals, Muslims start rare dialogue
2007-07-24 13:59:00 They sat facing each other, 14 evangelical preachers on one side, 12 U.S-based Arab diplomats on the other. Nabil Fahmy, the Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., listened as introductions began, and he found himself amazed. |
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