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...foreign country but be unable to quickly provide aid to its own hurricane victims? Could it be that these predominantly poor victims are considered unworthy of a massive deployment of our military to provide for their basic needs? Bush is a Christian, as am I. Is this really a Christ-like response to people in need? Norman E. Gibson Sacramento, California...
...word; mainline protestantism has for a long time drifted increasingly into greater engagement with liberal politics. Christianity does not follow one side of the political spectrum or one political party because Christianity bears witness to truth: the truth of Gods revelation, of Gods love, and the truth that Christ suffered, died, was buried, and rose again on the third day in payment for our sins. These are truths wholly independent of political issues, and they are the central concerns of any serious Christian believer. Although they long ago foreswore the Popes authority, the leaders of the Churches who constantly enmesh...
...pass, in this case it seems to me that rendering unto Caesar and instead taking up the cross is the best route. This would entail a great deal more effort than belittling Israel, where the region as a wholeespecially the West Bankis woefully inhospitable to the followers of Christ. It might seem crazy or a little too orthodox, but actually bearing witness to Christs teachings and bringing them to new people might be a better way of offering Christian Witnessthe phrase the Presbyterian Church used to describe its campaignthan conducting a political hatchet job. Until the mainline denominations recognize that...
...Cash divided thematically into four discs. The real find is the Family and Friends disc, which has a selection of Cash's work with the Carter Family plus a spectacularly weird duet with Bob Dylan (Girl from the North Country) and a previously unreleased You Can't Beat Jesus Christ, in which Cash and Billy Joe Shaver discuss Jesus as sports fans might talk about the Shaq and Kobe--era Lakers...
...first, Bordenkircher and other yoga teachers encountered skepticism. Officials at Bordenkircher's church asked her if she could call her exercises something other than yoga, and she has had to convince potential students that meditation is not anti-Christ. John Keller, a pastor at St. Andrew's, tells doubtful parishioners that the Bible describes many postures for prayer and that "yoga is just another way to pray." Also, says Keller, it draws potential converts through the church's doors; about a quarter of Yogadevotion students are not churchgoers...