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02/26/2013Ken Wytsma: No Left, Right or Category for Justice; It Always Exists
The Justice Conference was designed to redeem the word "justice," founder Ken Wytsma explained at a Saturday press conference and interview with The Christian Post. Too often "justice" was simply an arguing point in a political debate between liberals and conservatives, but that misrepresents justice, he explained.
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02/26/2013Christians Should Recover Biblical Grace, Shane Claiborne Says
The gospel is one of love and grace, and God is in the business of loving people back to life, said Christian activist, bestselling author and a leader of the New Monasticism movement Shane Claiborne reminded his audience Saturday at The Justice Conference. If Christians recover the centrality of grace, Claiborne is hopeful that the death penalty will be abolished and gun shops will be shut down.
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02/25/2013On Immigration Reform, Will Evangelicals Follow Their Leaders?
Evangelical leaders have been more supportive of immigration reform in recent years, but whether or not lay evangelicals will follow their leaders on this issue is still an open question, Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover noted in a Wednesday presentation at the American Enterprise Institute.
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02/25/2013To Fight Sex Trafficking, Fight the Ideology That Creates It, Expert Says
In the fight against sex trafficking, the Church needs to address the root causes – the ideas in culture that break the linkage sex has to love, responsibility and children, Lisa Thompson, liaison for the abolition of sexual trafficking for the Salvation Army, said during a Friday presentation at The Justice Conference.
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02/24/2013World Relief CEO: Global Aid Programs Need to Break Down White Savior Image
The image of the white savior is a powerful one in relief efforts, many have observed. While well-intentioned, Westerners can perpetuate the power differential between themselves and those they serve. World Relief CEO and President Stephen Bauman told a story to The Christian Post at The Justice Conference in Philadelphia, Pa., of how he experienced this problem himself after he went to Africa in 1994.
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02/23/2013Justice Is About Becoming Just, Not Faddish Causes, Speaker Says
Christians should not just seek to change the world, but to let the search for justice change them so that justice does not become just a fad, Ken Wytsma urged during his Friday keynote address at The Justice Conference in Philadelphia, Penn.
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02/21/2013For Evangelicals in Politics: Is the Bible a Good Enough Argument?
The Bible is not sufficient for evangelicals when they address public policy issues, participants agreed at a Wednesday conference at the American Enterprise Institute called "Is the Good Book good enough? Evangelical perspectives on public policy."
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Wildlife Documentaries Should Show More Gay Sex, Academic Study Says
Wildlife documentaries should show more homosexual activity in the animal kingdom, an academic study complains.
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02/19/2013Democrat or Republican: Blame It on the Brain?
A study found that a person's political party identification can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy by examining which part of their brain processes risk.
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02/19/2013Marco Rubio Visiting Middle East; Will Meet With Netanyahu
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is traveling in the Middle East this week and will meet with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
- 02/18/2013
Boy Scouts May Have Misrepresented Catholic Position on Gay Leaders
Boy Scout leaders reportedly told both Latter-day Saint and Southern Baptist leaders that it had the support of the Catholic Church regarding its proposed policy change on gay members and leaders despite the fact that Catholic officials were still discussing the issue at the time, sources familiar with the conversations informed The Christian Post. However, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took that a step farther and told CP that it has offered no such support.
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02/18/2013Interview: US Decline Ahead Without More Babies, Author Says
The United States is facing a crisis due to its falling fertility rate, author Jonathan Last argues in What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster.
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02/18/2013Does Obama Really Want Immigration Reform?
Republicans are asking whether President Barack Obama really wants immigration reform to pass in the narrow window that experts say now exists in the Congress, pointing to a leak late last week and statements by officials over the weekend.
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02/18/2013Rising GOP Star Bobby Jindal for President in 2016?
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) is preparing to run for president in 2016, according to some political observers in Louisiana.
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02/17/2013Neurosurgeon Ben Carson: Politically Incorrect Speech Was Me Diagnosing Problems
Dr. Ben Carson said he has no intention to run for president, but he will "leave that up to God," in a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week." Carson gained national attention for his Feb. 7 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in which he condemned political correctness and called for a flat tax and a more decentralized health care system.
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