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Tuesday | Church Executive

Ex-Haggard counselor: We wish he would not do this

A member of Ted Haggard's now-defunct restoration team says he and the others wish the former megachurch pastor would have followed their counsel rather than doing what he is now.

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Related Topix: Classical, Phoenix Metro

Sun Nov 29, 2009

The Gazette

the Pulpit: Is Palin the new Dobson?

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson has masterfully combined conservative Christianity and GOP politics for decades.

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Related Topix: Classical, Wedding, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Town Talk

As Haggard returns, questions still linger

After disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard decided to start holding prayer meetings at his Colorado home, advisers and observers, perhaps not surprisingly, reacted with disappointment.

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, Classical

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Examiner.com

Focusing on the real Christmas gold

Focus on the Family is at it again, along with the miraculous resurrection of Ted Haggard, demanding that local businesses put Christ back up on the marquees and in the slogans and on the "for sale" signs.

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Gazette

Focus wants merchants to put 'Christmas' back in their stores

Focus on the Family is worried that Christmas is being forgotten. For the third year in a row, Focus is taking retailers to task for using generic language like "season's greetings" and "holiday sales" with no reference to "Christmas," calling the omission an insult to the Christian faith.

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Related Topix: Classical, Retail, Target, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Kansas City Star

Child incest pamphlets found in second search of Mohler property

A second police search of the Independence property of Burrell Mohler Sr., charged with an array of sexual offenses against some of his grandchildren, turned up child incest pamphlets.Also seized were more adult movies, including a pornographic DVD about having sex with Grandma & Grandpa, according to new documents released today.Other items listed ...

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Related Topix: Independence, MO, Classical, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Community of Christ, Lexington, MO

MediLexicon

Conservative Christian Leaders Issue Declaration Affirming Opposition ...

The declaration states that President Obama's desire to reduce the need for abortion is "a commendable goal" but that his proposals are likely to increase the number of abortions.

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Related Topix: Classical, US Politics, US News, George Bush, W., Women's Health, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Corner

Gollum as Screwtape -- By: John J. Miller

Judging from the video link, Serkis sure does a good evil-genius howl. Years ago, John Cleese recorded a very good Screwtape .

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Related Topix: Classical

Tue Nov 17, 2009

US News & World Report

Sarah Palin's Surprising Line on Sex

On Oprah Winfrey's show yesterday, Sarah Palin said her daughter Bristol had one message for other young women about her experience as a teen mom: Her only public mission right now is to remind her sisters and to remind other young women, her peers, that there are consequences to unprotected sex.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Classical

Associated Content

Christian Radio Stations

There's nothing more uplifting than hearing music that adequately matches your beliefs.

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Radio highlights

WMIT/106.9-FM. 'Turning Point,' 11:30 a.m. David Jeremiah. WMIT/106-9-FM. 'Focus on the Family,' 12:30 p.m. James Dobson.

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Related Topix: Turning Point, Jazz, Classical

Wed Nov 11, 2009

WMBI-AM Chicago

Screwtape

Wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis's masterpiece is one of the most engaging accounts of temptation---and triumph over it---ever written.

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Related Topix: Classical

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Controversial Homosexuality Conference

Around six hundred people attended the seminars and break out sessions of the "Love Won Out" conference at Metropolitan Church of God in Birmingham , according to Melissa Fryrear.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Denver Post

Editorial: Next chapter for Dobson and Focus on the Family

James C. Dobson founded the conservative Christian ministry. "One word I don't suspect we'll hear him use is 'retirement,' " says a Focus exec.

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Related Topix: Classical, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, W., Opinion

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Examiner.com

Ministry activities bring spotlight back to Colorado Springs

Sometimes referred to as the "evangelical Jerusalem" because of the concentration of evangelical Protestant parachurch ministries headquartered there, Colorado Springs has often brought national attention to the city at the gateway to Pikes Peak and the home of the United States Air Force Academy.

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Related Topix: United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, CO, Classical

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Daily Bastardette

3RD Annual Demons in Adoption Award Winner: Bethany Christian Services

Please read the entire essay for a good explication of the enemy. Here is what he writes specifically about Bethany: Bethany Christian Services is also a prominent member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, a coalition of Christian adoption agencies, foster care agencies, orphan care organizations and churches, supported by Campus Crusade for ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Jackson, MS

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Advocate

Pflag Protest Generic Progay X390 (Pflag) | Advocate.Com

Several gay rights organizations in Alabama announced plans to protest a Focus on the Family conference on LGBT youths that will be held Saturday, November 7, in Birmingham.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Classical, Equality, AL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

NBC 15 Online

Gay Rights Groups Plan Protest at Ala. Conference

Focus on the Family will hold a conference on Saturday at Birmingham's Metropolitan Church of God.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Classical, Birmingham Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Focus on Family conference in Birmingham, Alabama will draw gay rights protest

Several gay rights organizations in Alabama have announced that they plan to protest a Focus on the Family "Love Won Out" conference on homosexuality that will be held Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Metropolitan Church of God.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Classical, Equality, AL

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Creative Loafing

The Family Research Council: Family values to hate by

One of the biggest weasel nests in America can be found at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, a "religious right," socially conservative group, originally formed by James Dobson of Focus On The Family, and designed to lobby for "traditional family values." The group may have topped itself yesterday.

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Related Topix: Classical, Family, Elderly, Gay/Lesbian

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