Word: evangelists
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KING PREACHED "THE DRUM MAJOR INSTINCT" AT Ebenezer that Sunday, Feb. 4. He freely adapted a sermon published under that title during his seminary years by evangelist J. Wallace Hamilton, based on the biblical story of two disciples who beseech Jesus for the most prominent eternal seats in heaven. Their desire springs from a universal impulse for distinction, said King--"this quest for recognition ... this drum major instinct." An extreme drum major "ends by trying to push others down to push himself up," he warned, driving racism in culture and arrogance in nations. Yet Jesus in the Bible account does...
...force" at Tiananmen Square. But Bush's gesture no doubt delighted his conservative base. After the service, he stood outside the church with his arm around the female minister who had just delivered a sermon on loving one's oppressor. Joined by Laura Bush and U.S. evangelist Luis Palau--and a smiling choir to boot--Bush insisted that the Chinese government "not fear Christians." The President, often portrayed abroad as an arrogant Texan bully, had found a more appealing niche: a sightseer with a higher purpose...
WARRANT ISSUED. For the arrest of EDUARDO VILLANUEVA, 59, popular Philippine evangelist and politician known as Brother Eddie, in connection with fraud allegations made by a partner in a television joint venture; in Manila. Villanueva, a onetime presidential candidate who has sided with opposition forces calling for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, called the case an attempt to silence his criticism of Arroyo's administration. Government officials and the businessman who made the fraud claim, Benito Araneta, have denied Villanueva's allegations of political intimidation...
...array of significant events from the previous century. But he goes over the top when he criticizes the Times anthology for failing to mention—among other examples—the 1913 Armory show of modern art in Manhattan, or the life of early 20th-century Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson...
...those who are one or more steps removed, if there is a pressing line of spiritual inquiry right now, maybe it's less "What is God trying to say?" but rather "What does he want us to do?" The evangelist Billy Graham called Katrina "perhaps the worst tragedy America has known since the Civil War." But he added, "It may be the greatest opportunity to demonstrate God's love in this generation." And indeed last week, even as the remains of the dead were being gathered and the living were trying to catch their breath at last and the President...