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Salvation Not Needed
The star of Save Me says ex-gay ministries can do a world of good for its clients, but also believes there's no such thing as "converting" homosexuals to go straight.
Mark Moring

DISPATCHES FROM ST. PAUL
Energy on the McCain Ticket
Palin's speech, endorsements from religious conservatives elevate oil policy as well as family values.
Poll: Was Palin a good choice for McCain's running mate?

Caesar's Sectarians
The government keeps trying to favor one kind of religion over another. A Christianity Today editorial

Continuing Harvest
Greg Laurie keeps preaching after son's death.

Healing ORU
$70 million and Mart Green's business acumen are repairing a scandal-scarred school.

Community Organizing 101
Republicans mock Obbama's community organizing experience.
The List: MusicWatch
The editor of Christian Music Today lists his favorite sites for music.
The God of Kitsch
Why does our Creator not appreciate good taste?
The Last Lecture
Fuller professor taught students to live and face dying as Christians.
Salvation Army Ready to Deploy Tomorrow Morning
It’s not just the size of the storm that separates ministry’s response to Gustav from its response to Katrina.
Responding to Gustav
Jesus vs. Gustav
American church girds for battle with massive hurricane due to hit Cuba, Gulf Coast.
Faith-Based Eco-Action
The documentary Renewal shows religious people saving the world.

The Home Stretch
What's In a Word?
The prayer from John McCain's pastor
"Father, we think that he has been prepared for such a time as this."
'What Good Fortune. ... The Stars Are Aligned'
Football coach: 'Electing John McCain and Sarah Palin will spark a return to God's Word'
God talk on the final convention night.
Sen. DeMint butts heads with McCain but thinks Palin will keep him on track
Tom Delay on Palin's Inspiring Christian "Worldview"
Rep. Pence: evangelicals remember McCain's 2000 race
But Pence says it's ancient history.
Surprised?
Which Party Is Better on American Poverty?
Hastert: VP pick ‘quintessential John McCain’
An excerpt from Cindy McCain
Sarah Palin's religious background and what it could mean
More praying at the convention
The Servant

[wednesday \| 09.03.08] Healing Oral Roberts University From Bishop to President in Paraguay	[tuesday \| 09.02.08] Hosting the Homeless Dispatches from St. Paul: Still Pumped About Palin
[friday \| 08.29.08] Reflections: Praise News Quiz: Riot Déjà Vu Dispatches from Denver: Looking For God at the Democratic Convention	[thursday \| 08.28.08] Slideshow: Albrecht Dürer's Visual Exegesis Bookmarks
[wednesday \| 08.27.08] My Gospel Was Too Large Comparing the Platforms: Where the Parties Stand My Top 5 Books on Leadership	[tuesday \| 08.26.08] Debunking Debauchery Review: Sex and the Soul

Firing Up the Faithful With Echoes of Culture War Rhetoric
This year’s Republican convention hardly measures up to the belligerence of Pat Buchanan in 1992, but some of the same refrains are playing in the background (The New York Times)
They Raise Children, Pray and Support Palin
Although strong opposition to abortion and an evangelical approach to Christianity are often shared traits among the Palin women, they do not necessarily walk lock step with Republican politics, said Serrin M. Foster, president of Feminists for Life, a lobbying group with 28,000 members, including Ms. Palin. (The New York Times)
Eastern University Installs First Chancellor
Chris Hall had been a professor of biblical and theological studies at the St. Davids-based college since 1992. His new job is to oversee everyday academics while David Black, Ph.D., president of Eastern, will focus on fundraising (The Bulletin, Philadelphia)
What Scarlet Letter?
Why Christian conservatives have only admiration for Sarah Palin. (Hanna Rosin, Slate)
Christian Campus Is Disturbed by Hazing
Point Loma Nazarene University apologizes, fires dorm director. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vietnam's Religious Repression
Several Roman Catholic parishoners reportedly have been beaten by police while participating in peaceful prayer vigils. (WSJ.com)

[CT Classics]Heavy Medal
At the Olympics, if you don't medal, you certainly must be a loser.

Mark Moring | posted 2/23/2006

The Transfiguration
Artists depict Jesus' meeting with Moses and Elijah.

Compiled by Susan Wunderink | posted 8/02/2007

A Russian Call to Repentance
Alesksandr Solzhenitsyn returns from exile to point a way out of the Soviet quagmire.

Peggy Jackson, with reports from TASS News Service | posted 8/15/1994

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