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...poll taken by Kinnaman's organization, the Barna Group, found that 83% of Americans identified themselves as Christians, and that fewer than 20% of non-Christians held an unfavorable view of Christianity. But, as Kinnaman puts it in his new book (co-authored with Gabe Lyons) UnChristian, "That was then...
...megachurch in Tampa, Fla. Divorce, once a taboo in evangelical culture, is now a fact of life. But the Whites' apparently no-fault parting appeared so matter-of-fact - few details were offered, and neither partner seemed to take a time out from preaching - that some grumbled about the unchristian notion of marriage as a convenience. Then there was the drugs-and-call-boy-abetted exit of marquee-name Pentecostal pastor Ted Haggard from his leadership of the National Association of Evangelicals. Clearly, Pentecostalism is facing testing times...
...President," Mondale told the B'nai B'rith delegates, "should attempt to transform policy debates into theological disputes. He must not let it be thought that political dissent from him is unChristian. And he must not cast opposition to his programs as opposition to America." He took issue with a letter addressed to Christian leaders by Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, a close friend of the President's and chairman of his re-election campaign. The letter, Mondale said, "had defined Mr. Reagan's supporters as 'leaders under God's authority.'" There was laughter...
...clergyman I was dismayed to read "Born Again at the Ballot Box." This kind of politicizing of the Word is dangerous and fundamentally unChristian. The Gospel calls us to inner transformation, not external coercion. This yearning for simplistic philosophies of life is also an affliction of the left...
...traditional teaching that Negroes, the cursed sons of Cain, are not eligible for the priesthood, which is open to males of every other race.when they reach the age of twelve. (Negroes, however, can join the church and are not excluded from the Mormon concept of heaven.) Williams calls it "unChristian and theologically unsound," says that the teaching "looks so anachronistic that it engenders hostility in the world around...