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On Immigration Issue, Big Evangelical Groups Conspicuously Mum
In the latest RNS article of the week, linked above, G. Jeffrey MacDonald looks at reasons why evangelicals seem to be keeping quiet on the issue of immigration. Sample grab:
Evangelicals' hesitancy traces, observers say,...
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Did High-Born Nun Pen Bold Love Letters?: `Letters of a Portuguese Nun’ by Myriam Cyr (Miramax
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Who can resist a gorgeous love letter, particularly the throbbing words of a nun whose soldier has returned to duty, leaving her distraught in her convent?
Not many, it turns out, when the letters are this frank, intelligent and lush _ both...
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Fast Growth of Germany’s Jewish Population Creates New Hope, Tensions
c. 2006 Religion News Service
BERLIN _ By almost any benchmark, Boris Rosenthal is a German success story. Fifteen years after arriving here with his family and a few suitcases, the native Ukrainian juggles a teaching job with a blossoming musical career, and speaks proudly in his a...
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On Immigration Issue, Big Evangelical Groups Conspicuously Mum
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Advocates at World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, can usually expect a warm greeting from large evangelical groups wielding clout in the halls of Congress.
But this year, they're getting a downright...
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Don’t bet on gambling and campaign contributions
Quote of the Day: Focus on the Family Chairman James Dobson
"If the nation's politicians don't fix this national disaster, then the oceans of gambling money with which Jack Abramoff tried to buy influence on Capitol Hill will only be the beginning of the corruption we'll see."
-Focus...
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Hanukkah an Opportunity to Address Pitfalls of Gambling
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) At a time when gambling has become increasingly popular, with poker matches online and on television, some in the Jewish community say Hanukkah can be an opportunity to address the addictive dangers of wagering.
Among the festivities associa...
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Hanukkah an Opportunity to Address Pitfalls of Gambling
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) At a time when gambling has become increasingly popular, with poker matches online and on television, some in the Jewish community say Hanukkah can be an opportunity to address the addictive dangers of wagering.
Among the festivities associa...
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Betting on Children’s Hanukkah Game Raises Concern
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Is Hanukkah a gambler's holiday?
According to some, it has the potential to be.
Among the festivities associated with the holiday is the children's game of dreidel _ a penny-betting game involving a spinning top.
Innocent enough. But at...
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Strong words from Richard Land
Quote of the Day: Southern Baptist Leader Richard Land
"I don't think the most damaging issue in this country is poverty, as important as the issue is. Yet not a single day has gone by in the last 32 years that I have not personally grieved and prayed for the 4,000 babies-disproportio...
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COMMENTARY: Abortion Issue Should Be Personal and Pastoral, Not Political
c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Now comes abortion to the political forefront. With the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, apparently tailored to suit cultural conservatives, the battle is joined again.
Now, more than ever, we need to recognize that there is...
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