President (on TV) Calls God a 'Feckless Thug' and Worse
"Trinity Western can teach teachers and believe homosexuality is a sin, Richard Mouw thinks polygamy should be legalized, and other stories from media sources around the Internet."
Ted Olsen | posted 5/01/2001 12:00AM
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Evangelicals taking heat for opposing Sudan war
You'd think that opposing slavery and genocide in Sudan would be pretty uncontroversial. The cause has brought such together a diverse group that includes Kenneth Star and Johnnie Cochran, Al Sharpton and Franklin Graham, Dick Armey and Michael Jackson. But evangelicals—who have been pushing to make Sudan a foreign policy priority—have been taking some heat in the papers lately. "The vigor of the response [against Sudan], combined with the continued indifference to a wide variety of other international concerns, leads me to the inescapable conclusion that we are about to become a Great Christian Nation once again," San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll. He sees Christians' foreign policy efforts as only the first step toward new bloody crusades to retake the Holy Land. Meanwhile, AfricaOnline reports, "Fears are rising that if American evangelicals continue to focus exclusively on the religious dimensions of the Sudanese war, there could be a backlash from Islamic fundamentalists, thus intensifying the conflict."
Violence begins in Accra
Weblog earlier noted the impending battle between Christians in Accra, Ghana, and the animist Ga, who have banned drumming and loud music for a month. The violence has started. Militant youth stormed Christ Apostolic Church, which the Ghanaian Chronicle identifies as the capital's oldest and possibly biggest Pentecostal church. The church members "returned the violent confrontation with equal zeal and a number of people sustained injuries," reports the Chronicle.
Final note:
Weblog will be on vacation next week (houseboating on Lake Powell and visiting relatives in Phoenix). There may be a few brief updates if major religious news breaks, but otherwise the feature will return after Memorial Day.
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