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11/20/2012New Jersey Church Plans to Spend Thanksgiving Helping Staten Island Residents
More than 1,300 volunteers of a New Jersey church plan to make Thanksgiving weekend about more than sitting down with family to share a holiday meal. Their main focus is to come alongside Staten Island, N.Y., residents who are still suffering from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and help in any way they can.
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11/17/2012Mark Driscoll: 'Twilight' Is for Girls What Porn Is to Boys
Author and outspoken pastor Mark Driscoll says he wants to make it clear that movies such as "Twilight," which opened this weekend, are something Christians should not treat as harmless entertainment and, in fact, have inspired some real-life demonic trends.
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11/17/2012International Fellowship of Christians, Jews to Send Emergency Aid to Israel
An interfaith group that brings Christians and Jews together for common goals, including the support of Israel, announced on Friday that it will increase its funding of emergency aid for families in southern Israel. Rocket attacks on cities in southern Israel occurred this week and are said to be continuing as the IDF launches a wide assault on what it describes as "terror activity sites" and military infrastructure in Gaza Strip.
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11/16/2012Christian Leaders Use Media Frenzy Over Petraeus Affair to Define Adultery
The headline of one pastor's blog post states: "If it can happen to General Petraeus, it can happen to you!" And so it goes after the recent revelation of an affair between former CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell. Many Christian leaders took the teachable moment as an opportunity to mostly make it clear that an affair is serious – it's adultery.
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11/15/2012National Ministry Launches 'Sleeping Giant' Movement to Re-Engage Christian Men
A national men's ministry led by author and pastor Kenny Luck is expanding an ongoing campaign in hopes of re-engaging Christian men within the church and helping them lead spiritually healthy lives. The "Sleeping Giant" movement is aimed at fulfilling God's plan for men to become strong leaders in their families, communities, and the world.
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11/15/2012'The Shack' Author William Paul Young Says Second Book Better Story
William Paul Young, best-selling author of The Shack with 18 million copies sold, released his second book, Cross Roads, this week and said that his new book may even be better than his first.
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11/14/2012Tim Tebow Still Not Starting; Jets Pulled Publicity Stunt?
As it has been since day one of training camp for the New York Jets, going into the 11th week of the NFL season the question for his devout fans remains – when will Tim Tebow start at quarterback?
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11/12/2012Phil Cooke to Christian Movie-Goers: We Could Change Hollywood Tomorrow
Filmmaker and media consultant Phil Cooke said it's time for Christians to show Hollywood movie executives that movies of high quality and moral standards are in large demand by attending such movies, preferably on opening night, in high numbers.
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11/11/2012Controversy Often Makes Christian Made Movies Win at Box Office, Says Producer
For movies with Christian themes that previously were considered un-buzzworthy inside the Hollywood film industry, it is controversy that often makes them box office successes, says an award-winning film and music producer.
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11/09/2012Christian Coalition Campaigns to Authentically Love Every Person in America by 2020
A coalition of Christian leaders in the United States who are part of the worldwide Lausanne Movement have launched a national campaign to call on Christians and the Church to show the love of Christ to every person in America by the end of the decade.
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11/09/2012San Diego Christian Film Festival Part of Raising Standard in Movies, Says Director
Hoping to strengthen a community of Christian filmmakers interested in bringing about a positive change in the types of movies coming out of Hollywood, more than 100 film industry experts are expected to attend the third annual San Diego Christian Film Festival this weekend, said a lead organizer of the event.
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11/09/2012Post-Election: Are Christians on the Losing Side of the Culture War?
The president of one of the leading Christian-based research organizations in the U.S. says it's time for believers to re-consider how the church in America should engage a culture that appears to be shifting away from Biblical values. This year's election results make it obvious that the country is embracing moral views that differ from evangelical Christianity, said LifeWay Research President Ed Stetzer.
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11/08/2012Survey: Evangelical Voters for Romney Overshadowed by Youth, Minorities for Obama
Evangelical Christian voters turned out in record numbers according to a national post-election survey done by the Faith and Freedom Coalition. However, despite a 78 to 21 percent split in favor of Mitt Romney among white evangelicals, the coalition's leader implied that Barack Obama's win was catapulted by votes from youths and minorities.
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11/07/2012Egypt's New Coptic Orthodox Pope Says Constitution Cannot Ignore Christians
Despite fears by Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church that the country's Muslim Brotherhood majority government will draft a constitution mirroring Islamic Sharia law, the denomination's new pope is encouraging politicians to not ignore Christians.
1 comments | Tags Islam Persecution Church Bodies Denomination Church State Ethics/rights Pope Religious Freedom - 11/07/2012
Social Media's Twitter Makes History on Election Day
Election Day on Twitter became the most tweeted about event in U.S. political history with 20 million tweets. By late Tuesday evening, Twitter announced that there was a spike of 327,453 tweets per minute when TV news networks declared that President Barack Obama had been re-elected shortly after 11 p.m. EST.
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