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COMMENTARY: No matter who occupies the Oval Office, God’s on his throne
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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COMMENTARY: Whitewater pardons: Shall the law be king?
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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SPECIAL REPORT: RELIGION’S EFFECT ON ELECTION ‘96
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Commentaries on the political obliteration of Robert J. Dole are focusing on gender gaps, rank miscalculations, increasing abrasiveness and a truncated speaking style. They also speak of the candidate's age and perhaps even snafus such as the...
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COMMENTARY: The spirit of King Herod is alive and well
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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HANUKKAH MEMOIR: Tribute to a matriarch who shines with light of love and faith
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Eli Hecht is vice president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He is the director of Chabad of South Bay in Lomita, Calif., and has been involved in counseling and outreach programs for more than 25 years.)
UNDATED _ My sweet grandmother is...
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COMMENTARY: The grim nativity of an inconvenient infant
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book"Real Choices"(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.)
UNDATED _ The story has become familiar: Amy Grossberg and...
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COMMENTARY: Bias against religion remains with us
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Those whom the gods destroy they first make mad
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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TOP STORY: CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE TRIMMINGS: A simple Christmas, where the light comes from within
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. _ There are no Christmas lights, but a fire burns in the wood stove.
There is no Christmas tree. Instead, there is an Advent wreath _ white pine branches and purple candles that have burned their way through December.
Santa is...
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Presidential character, glimpsed through lenses of faith and charity
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are in a double bind. The public demands that they make some show of religious belief and give generously to charity _ but questions their motives when they do.
When it comes to matters of faith and charity, howe...
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