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Education:

• Lodi Academy principal takes job in Egypt | "When I go there, I want to run it as a Christian school without offending the Islamic religion," said Samir Berbawy (Lodi News-Sentinel, Ca.)
  
  
• Two candidates back study of creationism in schools | Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Keating and Ken Miller believe creationism should be taught in public schools, while the other four major political party candidates for the office disagree (Billings Gazette, Mont.)
  
  
• The Bible college that leads to the White House | The campus is immaculate, everyone is clean-cut and cheerful. But just what are they teaching at Patrick Henry College? And why do so many students end up working for George Bush? (The Independent, London)
  
  

Bible and Jesus:

• Southern Baptist publishing house produces new Bible translation | Dozens of translations and interpretations of the Bible fill bookshelves, but general editor Edwin Blum and others said there's something different about this one, which is being promoted as the first major English-language translation in more than 30 years (Religion News Service)
  
  
• Author stresses 4 different Gospels | John Dominic Crossan is no stranger to controversy (The Capital Times, Madison, Wis.)
  
  
• Expert: Jesus fell prey to times | Jewish view didn't jive with Romans, leading to clash (The Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kan.)
  
  
• Jesus died for us, but that's not the end of it | Those who think Jesus was sacrificed so they can walk away scot-free have missed the point of Easter (Michael Okema, The East African, Nairobi)
  
  

Church life:

• Anglicanism's new holy warriors | The fundamentalist Diocese of Sydney - and its outposts abroad - can now be seen as the Church of England's militant tendency (Mary Ann Sieghart, The Times, London)
  
  
• 'Inclusionism' deemed heresy | A popular black preacher has been found guilty of the "heresy of inclusionism" after a year-long debate among his fellow bishops on whether non-Christians can be admitted to heaven (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Neighbors agree on expansion for church | Some Arlington Heights residents and a Birchman Street church reached an agreement Monday night that will let the church grow while protecting homes in the neighborhood, participants said (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Holy boldness | The big success of Evangelical Christianity (Colleen Carroll Campbell, National Review Online)
  
  
• Display of crosses raises questions | A group of Bradley University students say they are offended by the use of religious symbols in a display on campus. They say it misrepresents the cultural and religious diversity on Bradley's campus (WEEK, Peoria, Ill.)
  
  
• Holy rollers | The hottest trend in new music: Christian pop. (World News Now, ABC)
  
  
• Youth shelter scrambles to find money | Downtown short-term housing for homeless youth scrambles to replace state and federal money (Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.)
  
  
• William H. Weiblen dies at 85 | He was the former president of Wartburg Theological Seminary (Miller Press, S.D.)
  
  
• Related: Bio page for William H. Weiblen (Wartburg Theological Seminary)
  
  
• Quarterback attests to faith, persistence | Kurt Warner didn't talk about his Super Bowl ring, his 14,447 yards or his 102 touchdowns. That wasn't what drew a crowd of 1,200 people to the eighth annual spring fund-raising banquet for Foothills Community Christian School (Great Falls Tribune, Mont.)
  
  
• Revival sends message -- 'There's power in prayer' | The power of faith was evident in joyful shouts, hand-clapping songs and uproarious laughter at New Hope, on the first night of a weeklong revival by the city's predominantly black Baptist churches (The Grand Rapids Press, Mi.)
  
  
• Melbourne biologist now elite papal adviser | Melbourne biologist Suzanne Cory, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, has been elected to the scientific council that advises the Pope (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  

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