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Gay marriage opponents make their case to Supreme Court
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Foes of same-sex marriage are warning the Supreme Court that lifting state or federal restrictions would threaten their own...
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COMMENTARY: Gospel lessons from ‘Downton Abbey’
(RNS) I got home from a church event on Sunday evening, in time to watch the season three finale of "Downton Abbey" on PBS, but I stuck to my guns about catching up on previous episodes first.
But on Monday morning, The New York Times had two articles about the finale and I cou...
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Gay, transgender band breaks barriers in Christian music
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) The bios of the musicians who make up the band Micah's Rule read like many Christian artists.
Grew up singing in the church. Preacher's son. Then became a preacher. In many bands. Degrees in music and ministry. Recorded some albums. Toured with Christian...
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Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’?
(RNS) The third season of the megahit PBS series "Downton Abbey" wraps up on Sunday (Feb. 17), capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham's stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzled over the absence of what should be a leading Upstairs player i...
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Poll: Bad sex a bigger problem for couples than religious differences
(RNS) Unchurched Americans have high expectations that they will have sex on Valentine's Day. Lutherans, Presbyterians and other mainline Protestants? Not so much.
A new study from the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute, conducted in partnership with Religion N...
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As novelist, James Dobson portrays a bleak future for families
(RNS) Christian conservative leader James Dobson, the founder of the Focus on the Family ministry, has gained a new title: novelist.
Working with co-author Kurt Bruner, a Texas pastor, he's out with "Fatherless," the first of a dystopian trilogy that looks into the future when...
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On Grammy weekend, Christian music bounces back
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ATLANTA (RNS) Christian recording artist TobyMac's blend of rap, hip-hop, rock and soul...
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SIDEBAR: Muslim views of the Apocalypse
(RNS) Muslim and Christian views of the Apocalypse are remarkably similar, albeit with a different ending.
As in the Bible's Book of Revelation, Islamic tradition speaks of signs -- unnatural disasters, wars and moral decay -- that will portend the Last Days. And like Christian...
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How the Antichrist reflects an era’s anxieties
(RNS) Every age needs an Antichrist.
Protestant Reformers picked the papacy as their embodiment of evil. American colonists chose King George III and some Cold War Christians suspected the Soviet Union was satanically led.
Now, amid threats of Islamic terrorism, a nuclear-...
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COMMENTARY: The key to entrepreneurial success
Some enterprises, like tech start-ups, are all dream and no structure.
A founder's dream of making a world-changing product compels other pioneers to work long, self-sacrificial days. In what resembles religious fervor, they are like monks in constant prayer, hunched over computer...
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