Word: gospels
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...though the lyrical content is substantially less idyllic. Melodramatic string arrangements grace “It’s a Fine,” while nothing but an acoustic guitar keeps Green company in “Be My Man.” Nothing is off limits: a gospel choir makes occasional appearances, as does the sproingy sound associated with clown cartoons. Green churns out diverse, cheeky ballads at an almost alarming rate, with only one of the album’s twenty songs reaching the three-minute mark. Though it may not provide the most cohesive listening experience...
...faith in clear and inspirational terms, shrewdly noting that "if this seems counter-cultural, that is simply further evidence of the urgent need for a renewed evangelization of culture." In light of secularism on one hand and competing religions on the other, Benedict urged his lieutenants to preach the Gospel "as an integral way of life, offering an attractive and true answer, intellectually and practically, to real human problems...
...reality and presenting it in an engaging and imaginative way, to a society which markets any number of recipes for human fulfillment." Said he: "I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth." Key to all this is prayer itself, which can even address the nagging vocations shortage in America by allowing a would-be priest to know that it is his destiny. "If they know how to pray, they can be trusted to know...
...Friday at 5:00 p.m. he will become the first Pope to visit an American synagogue when he drops by to deliver Passover greetings at Manhattan's Park East synagogue. The only controversy may occur at his Thursday 9:30 a.m. Mass at Washington's Nationals Park. The gospel passage the Pope has chosen is the verse from the Gospel of John including Jesus' offering to his disciples, "peace be with you." But that sentence begins, "On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked ... for fear of the Jews." Abraham Foxman...
...Harvard students worked on the Greater Gospel Temple Church—a part of the African-American evangelical denomination Church of God and Christ—which arsonists destroyed in Nov. 1995. Though there was evidence of burglary, McCarthy said the case remains inconclusive...