Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
The biggest world conference for evangelical Protestant leaders ever concluded Sunday night with a Communion service, rousing songs by a multiracial youth choir from 50 nations and brief marching orders from its absent chairman, the Rev. Billy Graham.
Graham, looking reasonably ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
In Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore has managed to choose as his running mate an Orthodox Jew whom many Christians -- and especially conservative evangelicals -- regard as an ally on many social and moral issues.
Lieberman has been seen by ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Police posted two guards Tuesday at the home of a prominent rabbi after a Holocaust survivor threatened him for saying that Jews killed during the Holocaust were reincarnations of sinners.
Scuffles erupted Tuesday outside the home of Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef -- ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
President Clinton addressed 12,000 evangelical Christian pastors -- including 700 in Minnesota -- during a 90-minute exchange Thursday with the Rev. Bill Hybels. The president said that he was rebuilding his life after his personal crisis in 1998, which he ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
A number of people have communicated with me about worship in their congregations, and their sentiments might surprise some people who are in church every Sunday.
The truth is they are bored out of their minds. If you've been wondering lately ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
The Most Rev. Frank Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will undergo prostate cancer surgery next month.
The 62-year-old bishop said that the cancer has been found in the early stages and that he expects a full recovery.
``By way of ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
There is growing evidence that a candidate's religion is of diminishing importance in national politics and that religious prejudice is in decline as a factor in elections and high appointive office, particularly for Jewish candidates.
But many Jews don't believe it, ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Next month, a 10-foot, bronze sculpture of the Apostle Paul will be unveiled inside the entrance of the cathedral.
Until the year 2000, the beautiful Cathedral of St. Paul has never housed a major image of St. Paul.
That might strike some ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
A controversial Christian seminar aimed at helping gay men and lesbians reverse their sexuality arrives at a St. Paul suburban church today.
Love Won Out, as the seminar is called, is a ministry of Focus on the Family, a Colorado-based organization ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
The morning calm outside North Heights Lutheran Church in Arden Hills was broken Saturday morning with sounds of protest.
Focus on the Family, a Colorado-based religious organization that aims to help gays and lesbians become heterosexual through counseling, conducted the daylong ... Read More
