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The King’s College has a press release about receiving a five-year renewal on its accreditation.

The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America‘s decision to leave the National Council of Churches was reported in The Christian Century, The Weekly Standard, and The Wichita Eagle.

The Kansas State Department of Education science division has a copy of the draft standards.

Ave Maria School of Law has a press release about its receiving accreditation from the American Bar Association.

The United Bible Societies has more information about its work in Iraq.

News elsewhere about the church coalition for victims of Rober Mugabe’s demolition campaign includes:

Mugabe rips opposition church leaders | President Robert Mugabe lashed out Sunday at church leaders who have been among the most outspoken critics of Zimbabwe’s human rights record. (Associated Press, August 28, 2005)

Mugabe takes aim at church leaders | Zimbabwe’s president fired derogatory comments at churches, but opposition grew in another corner as child welfare groups united to criticize him. (Associated Press, Aug 30, 2005)

Mugabe rips opposition church leaders | President Robert Mugabe used the funeral of a former Cabinet minister Sunday to publicly reprimand church leaders, who have been among the most outspoken critics of Zimbabwe’s human rights record. (Zim Observer, Aug 28, 2005)

CT reported on the appeals court verdict that overturned the judgment against Big Idea.

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Purpose Driven in Rwanda

Timothy C. Morgan in Kigali, Rwanda

Bridging the Ephesians 5 Divide

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Raiders of the Lost Pool

Gordon Govier

Emerging Solutions--and Problems

Reviewed by Eddie Gibbs

Bookmarks

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Squeezing the Reader's Heart

Under Reconstruction

Nate Anderson and Leah Seppanen Anderson

Salvation sans Jesus

J.I. Packer

Can I Really Expect God to Protect Me?

Nancy Guthrie

The Beginning of Education

Grace That Surprises

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

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The $65,000 Question

The Sunday After

Tony Carnes with Rob Moll

Live Patients & Dead Mice

David A. Prentice

Ethics Interrupted

Christine A. Scheller

Stemming the Embryonic Tide

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Facing an Unwelcome Truth

Janice Shaw Crouse

Q+A: Ben Kwashi

Deann Alford

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Hunting the Big Gazelle

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Mark I. Pinsky in Orlando

Judge to Diocese: Hands Off

Rebecca Barnes in Louisville

A Question of Repentance

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Leader's Death Unsettles Nation

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