Weblog: At Least Ten Christians Killed as Indonesian Violence Reignites
"Disciples of Christ leader takes leave of absence after sermon plagiarism exposure, and many more articles from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM
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America obsessed with future apocalypse | There is no work in all literature that has been more misunderstood, prostituted, exploited and abused than the Bible's final book, titled simply in the Greek, "Apocalypse of John." (Tom Harpur, The Toronto Star)
Trouble in the pastor's house | In his first week as an Arizona church's pastor, John Vawter learned that his adult daughter was addicted to heroin (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Holding the Bible by day, seeking oracles by night | Events cast doubt as to whether the faith has really stamped its authority on the lives of the people (Joseph K'amolo, African Church Information Service)
Ethiopia recovers looted manuscript 135 years on | An ancient handwritten Book of Psalms taken from the fortress of Ethiopian Emperor Theodros by British troops 135 years ago was returned to the Horn of Africa country on Monday (Reuters)
Son of a preacher man | Mark Curtis Anderson's '70s memoir looks at what happened when white evangelicals first embraced the devil's music (City Pages, Minneapolis)
Pagan, Christian debate continues | Religious debate returned to Sylva last week as a local Baptist preacher and pagan high priestess traded volleys during an Oct. 2 meeting of Sylva's town board (The Sylva Herald, N.C.)
Religion news in brief | NCC gets financially healthier, North Carolina Baptists expel church, and other stories (Associated Press)
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