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Quotation Marks
Comments on evangelical baggage, imprecatory prayer, and other subjects.



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"I'm an evangelical with a capital E. I hesitate to make such a confession, for I am painfully aware of the baggage the label carries. Without wanting to blame Americans for all the problems of the world, it is, well, largely their fault."
Joel Edwards, president of the Evangelical Alliance U.K.
(Source: The Times)

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"The righteous have dominion, but only through imprecatory prayer against the ungodly."
Wiley S. Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, California, urging Christians to pray against Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
(Source: Christian NewsWire)

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"Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on, we will name God Allah?"
Martinus "Tiny" Muskens, Roman Catholic bishop of Breda, Netherlands.
(Source: Netwerk.tv)

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"The emphasis I tried to leave was love … that they need to have love for the people who were opposed to them."
Billy Graham, on his relationship with 11 presidents.
(Source: Time)

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"Whether a woman works outside or strictly in the home, her first priority is her family and home. We just really want to step up and provide some of these skills."
Terri Stovall, dean of women's programs at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which offers a bachelor of arts in humanities degree with a 23-hour concentration in homemaking.
(Source: The Associated Press)



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Chuck   Posted: October 04, 2007 6:47 AM
Let's see, shalom aleichem, salaam aleikum, or pax vobiscum- of the three which is more correct?

Dave   Posted: October 03, 2007 4:21 AM
Matt W: PLEASE . These Arabic speaking "christians" must be afraid to use God's name for fear of reprisal.While we are being politically correct the whole world groans waiting for the messiah and it will jump at the wrong guy.This bishop should be given the boot.Read the bible again because it does NOT say Allah in it . The greek aramaic and hebrew words for God are not allah Satans almost perfect counterfiet.I don't think God wants us to use the name of a false god. C'mon lets call a spade a spade

Rudy   Posted: October 02, 2007 8:02 PM
I wonder what Evie was agreeing with. John's comments represent one of the most confusing assortment of contradictory statements, malaproisms, assumptions and assertions I've seen in a while. Kudos, John, for getting so much bang for your buck, as it were. Matt, your comments were insightful and helpful. I wonder how Joel Edwards gets off so easily laying "all the problems of the world" at our feet? Or is he referring to Evangelical problems. It is so easy to just blame us. Or blame our "idiot president". I wonder who the idiot really is? It is not the president.

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