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Ted Turner Partners with Churches to Fight Malaria

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Rachel Zoll
AP Religion Writer
Tue, Apr. 01 2008 04:24 PM ET
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Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," launched a $200 million partnership Tuesday with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria in Africa, apologizing for his past criticism of religion and calling faith a "bright spot" in the world.

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canadianchristian
  • Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:13 am
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I pray that THE HOLY SPIRIT will move in Mr.Turner's heart and that he would come to know the LORD JESUS CHRIST as his personal savior, I also pray that believer's close to him would have a chance to witness to him and give a testimony of what CHRIST has done for them. Mr. Turner can still be forgiven for his sin's like anybody else, we brethren should pray for him regardless of his sin's- don't lose sight of who and what we were before we knew the LORD. IN JESUS NAME.
wrhalver
  • Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:05 am
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We continue to see churches uniting together for causes outside of the United States.
But we see little unity when it comes to meeting the needs of the church here.

We are so conditioned to believe that poverty and sickness do not exist in the United States. And the church wants to believe that too.
lipoftruth
  • Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:58 pm
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Terry, I thought about you today. Thanks for the brief about your Dad. God Bless You!
TerryH
  • Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:49 pm
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lipoftruth,
I agree with you. It is a powerful statement when a man can say in so many words that he has not embraced religion, but still believes in God and knows the character of God as your quote states. Before I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior I had a deep bitterness and resentment toward God for taking my father. I remeber praying that God would set my dad free from the suffering he was going through. When the Lord called him home I took it as God was not interested in answering my prayer. In hindsight I see today that God did answer my prayer as I am not looking at the situation from a selfish perspective. God set my dad free from suffering by calling him home to be with the Lord. This is the ultimate freedom that as believers we will all share one day.
lipoftruth
  • Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:34 pm
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I pray this mere man will be able to have God move on and melt his heart so he might be able to answer the only question in all of life which matters. I pray he will know the eternal riches of Heaven.

"But I'm sure God, wherever he is, wants to see us get along with one another and love one another."

Ted wrote:
A.S.Mathew
  • Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:43 pm
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With God all things are possible. He was very religious, read the Bible but he got bitter with
God due to the untimely death of his sister. Even if he doesn't proclaim to be a religious
person, his compassion for the suffering made him to donate 1 billion Dollars through the
U.N. How many so called Christians will do such a generous act toward the suffering
people of the world? In recent times, so many powerful and influential people have realized
that they need God. So, one day, Mr. Ted Turner will come to bow down before Jesus
Christ because he also needs the Lord Jesus.
Phileo
  • Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:30 pm
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This article should be titled, "And Today's Sign of the Apocalypse". One thing about Turner is that he hasn't found a cure for foot in mouth disease. Nevertheless, we'll see how well this "investment" works towards it's stated goal.
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