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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Christian Post News

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  • David Axelrod: Romney's Mormonism Should Not Be a Campaign Issue
    David Axelrod, a top adviser for President Obama's reelection campaign, said Sunday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's Mormon faith should not be made an issue in the election. He criticized Romney, though, for not repudiating strongly enough proposals to make Obama's relationship to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright an issue.
  • Love and Dating: How Most Singles Have Love Backwards
    Last year, one of the world's largest online dating sites released results of a survey they took of 5,200 singles. Said to be the most comprehensive poll of its type ever taken, the survey of 21- to 65-year-olds (and older) reported that 72 percent of singles would live with someone in the future without marrying.
  • Same-Sex Marriage Battle Intensifies in Minnesota
    The battle for and against the constitutional ban on gay marriage has kicked into full swing in Minnesota six months ahead of the vote due to President Barack Obama's recent support of same-sex marriage.
  • Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Arrives in US
    Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest in China last month, made his way with his immediate family out of his country and arrived in Newark, N.J., Saturday evening after three weeks of high-level negotiations between Washington and Beijing.
  • Becoming a Burden Bearer
    Romans 15:1-2
  • NAACP Endorses Same-Sex Marriage Amid Opposition by Black Pastors
    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation's oldest African American civil rights group, voted Saturday to support a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage at its board meeting in Miami, Fla.
  • TBN Asks Court to Seal Records in Response to Blog Investigation
    The Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, better known as Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), filed an emergency motion in Orange County Superior Court last week to prevent The Orange County Register from publishing information against the network contained in a recent court filing.
  • Life Sentences for 'Blasphemy' in Pakistan Overturned
    A court acquitted a Christian couple of "blasphemy" charges Thursday, overturning their life sentences, their lawyer said.
  • Anger Behind Convict's Strong Showing Against Obama, Biden Says
    A convicted felon won 40 percent of votes in last week's West Virginia Democratic primary because Americans are angry about the state of the economy, Vice President Joe Biden said, blaming it on the recession President Barack Obama "inherited."
  • Would Jesus Approve of Same-Sex Marriage?
    It was one thing for President Obama to call for the legalization of same-sex marriage. But it was quite another to say that it's Jesus who causes him to embrace this position. Today people sometimes say that Jesus never condemned homosexuality.
  • 8 Things to Keep in Mind in Regards to Conflict at Work/Church
    Email DOES NOT WORK! It often drags out the conflict way longer that it should be. It can easily be misinterpreted, thus causing new conflicts.
  • Pelosi Calls Chaplain 'Conscience Clause' a 'Fraud'
    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted a Republican proposal that would protect military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages, saying the provision in unnecessary.
  • Defending Life
  • Let's take a Walk. . . WITH GOD!
    The word "walking" speaks of regularity, of moving at a certain pace. The Bible tells us in Genesis 5 about Enoch, who walked with God. But what does it mean to "walk with God?
  • Relentlessly Relational
    We should long to see everyone in our circle of influence (and outside of it for that matter) receive the forgiveness, life and hope of Jesus.
  • First-Grader Can Perform Chris Tomlin Song After Idaho School Reverses Ban
    An Idaho first-grader's plan to perform a song by worship singer Chris Tomlin using sign language for a talent show is back on track after the school's principal originally banned the entry, deeming the song "too religious."
  • African-American Pastors Call on Obama to Reconsider Gay Marriage Stance
    A group of influential black ministers – some of whom are connected with the fifth largest denomination in the U.S. – gathered Thursday in one of the nation's most famous civil rights cities to ask President Obama to reverse his stance on same-sex marriage.
  • North American Mission from Judsons to Global Christianity
    It might be tempting, on this 200th commissioning anniversary of the first ordained American foreign missionaries, to directly attribute the current status of global Christianity to their courageous obedience to the Great Commission. Even limiting the scope of their influence to Burma — their primary place of overseas service— the commendable work of these missionaries would produce a very incomplete explanation for the growth of Christianity around the world from 1812 to 2012.
  • Pat Robertson Says The Episcopal Church Is Becoming 'Apostate'
    Controversial televangelist Pat Robertson recently told audiences that it was only "a question of time before" The Episcopal Church would be declared "apostate" by the Anglican Communion.
  • Coughlin to Church: Stand Up to Bullies