Word: christe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Presbyterian minister, had arrived in Chicago with a petition, signed by more than 30 activists, that called the shooting justified. Flip Benham, director of Operation Rescue, which was once considered the radical wing of the antiabortion movement, spoke against the attack and later confronted Hill. "For the cause of Christ, for the sake of the children and the sake of your own family, cease and desist from spewing this misrepresentation of the Scripture," Benham recalls telling Hill in a corridor. Hill refused, but he promised others that he would never pull the trigger...
...House Life have struggled with House masters to preserve their right to choose in the housing system. And this year, student members of the Committee on College Life fought a strong, if misguided, fight for the university's recognition of a student arm of the Boston Church of Christ...
Groups that have no place at the Ministry include cults, as the Boston Church of Christ (BCC) has been called. The characteristics o these "DESTRUCTIVE RELIGIOUS GROUPS," according to the Ministry's brochure, include "a leader who claims divinity or a special relationship to God." One could logically include almost every religion now sanctioned by the Ministry in this definition, at least in their early stages. Webster in fact agrees with this all-encompassing usage of cult. In the 10th Collegiate edition of Merriam-Webster, a cult is described as "a system of religious beliefs and ritual...
...gospel music proved to be something much more, as the Reverend Bruce Wall of the Dorchester Temple Baptist Church informed us in his invocation. The purpose of the Kuumba show was not simply to please the ears of the audience, but to spread the word of the Lord Jesus Christ. The singers did so successfully with such numbers as "Silver and Gold," "I Will Go in Jesus's Name," "The Blood" and "He's Ever Faithful...
...particularly poignant scene occurred when Joel Kemp '97 provided "testimony" to the Lord's good deeds. Kemp essentially claimed that despite his family's hardships of which the worst was hopelessness, Christ resurrected Kemp's life and allowed him to attend Harvard. The concert was most definitely evangelical, yet the group has been recognized by the University for a quarter-century and is now supported personally by Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, according to the Kuumba playbill. Are Kuumba and other "non-religious" groups such as Under Construction truly secular? After seeing one of its concerts...