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'Calm down, calm down', C of E tells commuters
As holidays for many people end and the northern hemisphere winter approaches after a wet summer, Monday mornings can be difficult.
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Churches delegation concerned about South Ossetia after visit problems
A pastoral delegation sent by the World Council of Churches to Georgia and Russia has not been able to visit South Ossetia from the Georgian side of the ceasefire line.
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A Lesson from Samson and Delilah: It's Never Too Late
In this Bible story summary, we'll look at the tale of Samson and Delilah from the book of Judges.
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Online poll shows opposition to mental health DNA policy
Black church leaders have joined health experts in welcoming findings from a new opinion poll showing widespread opposition to the current trend of adding the DNA of innocent mental health patients to the ...
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Diversity, attainment and faith schools
Quite a lively debate has opened up on faith schools policy reform following the launch of Accord.
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Peacebuilding message needs to spread to world community, says UN
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said that the UN Peacebuilding Fund "has swiftly become a unique and dynamic tool to help countries emerging from conflict avoid slipping back into war." However ...
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Protesters face police raids at the Republican Convention
In developments which have been largely ignored in the US media, police have staged preemptive armed raids targeting protesters and alternative media around the Republican National Convention - including ...
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Russia accused on cluster bomb use in Georgian republic
Despite the official termination of Russian military operations in Georgia, tensions in the region remain high, and campaigners claim that Russia has been dropping cluster bombs on innocent civilians in the ...
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World churches' delegation visits Russia and Georgia
A pastoral delegation from the World Council of Churches is visiting Russia and Georgia today, staying through to 7 September 2008.
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Theologians to tackle contested concept of 'Promised Land'
A conference in Bern this month will discuss the often thorny concept of the "Promised Land" and related theological issues with a view to helping more churches become advocates for a just peace in the Middle ...
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Sarah Palin Brings Hope to Evangelical Voters
Sarah Palin as a running mate. Up until now, one outspoken conservative leader, Dr.
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Russian and Georgian Orthodox leaders seek understanding amid conflict
A Russian Orthodox Church missionary has defended Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II against charges that he is a Georgian nationalist, whilst other leading Russian clerics have warned against the war between ...
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Civil rights activists criticise UN religious defamation resolution
Civil rights organisations, advocates of religious freedom, anti-censorship groups and government in Europe and beyond are expressing alarm at a United Nations General Assembly resolution that demands respect ...
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This Week's Testimony: Tracy's Loss and Restoration
... featured testimonies from you, the members and visitors of this site. Each story reveals a life transformed by Christian faith. If your relationship with God has made a significant difference in your life, we would like to hear about it. * Submit ...
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Communities and churches act over Hurricane Gustav
Church and community groups across the USA are preparing to assist those who may be displaced by Hurricane Gustav, as it heads towards the city that was torn apart under the strain of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Examining fundamentalism in Europe
At the end of July 2008 I went to Prague this for the Tenth International Bonhoeffer Congress, to present a synoptic view of fundamentalism .
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Internet mapping bypasses 'church and pub' navigation
People in Britain, whether religious or not, have been used to negotiating their directions by first locating churches, pubs and other notable landmarks.
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Book Review: Lost Boy by Greg Laurie
... had a troubled childhood. Although he's now senior pastor of one of the largest churches in America, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, his youth was precariously unstable. Born illegitimately and raised by a wild and reckless, ...
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Continued concern at teenage street stabbings
Celebrations marking Britain's best Olympic success in 100 years, with the country's athletes winning 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding ...
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Weekly Prayers & Poems - Eternity in Hell
If you died today, would you be ready for eternity? This week's member-submitted poem called Eternity in Hell , will make you stop and consider that all-important question.
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