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...wife must be a witch," "It feels like I fell off of the city upon a hill," "My wife's been cheating (while I'm in prayer meeting)," "If this is predestined, what does the Lord have against me?" and the far-and-away all-time bestseller, "Repent, or thou shalt suffer eternal damnation...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Achy-Breaky Harvard | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...today, Janofsky explains, many Americans have lost faith in the ability of the government to make life better. These mass events are symbols of a newfound belief that the responsibility for social change stops at the individual. Instead of lobbying to change government policy, we should look within ourselves, repent, and change our lives for the better. This, Janofsky concludes, is the message of these recent mass events...

Author: By Noah I. Dauber, | Title: A New American Individualism | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

...think that there will ever be an earthly society in which there are no homosexuals? No," he says. "Do I desire people to repent of their sins...

Author: By Ariel R. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Ex-Gay' Movement Draws Criticism, Mixed Support on Harvard Campus | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

Perhaps to compensate, some admirable men are striking out on their own. First, we have the Promise Keepers (PK). PK is a mass, Christian-based movement of men known for filling football stadiums with men who repent their sins and shortcomings, and then promise to be stronger husbands, fathers and spiritual leaders. Tomorrow, in its largest event ever, PK will attract hundreds of thousands of men to the Washington Mall. Those (improved) men will then return to their homes and churches, joining the small, PK-influenced men's groups that now populate one-third of churches nationwide. Second, we have...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Promises and Covenants | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

Television has come to repent, for it has sinned, my brothers and sisters, yes it has. It has sinned with thongs on Baywatch, it has sinned with adultery on Melrose Place, and it has sinned, time and time again, on MTV. But now prime time is appearing before you to beg forgiveness, to prove that it too can be a virtuous member of our community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE GOD SQUAD | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

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