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SBC Report Calls ERLC’s Trajectory ‘Distraction’ from Great Commission
In a long-awaited report released Monday (Feb. 1), a task force commissioned to study the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission calls the convention’s public policy arm a “significant distraction from the Great Commission work of Southern Baptists.”
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Man in China Fined More Than $24K for Christmas Gathering
Chinese authorities have fined a man named Niu Guobao over $24,000 for holding a Christmas celebration where around 40 people prayed and sang hymns.
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Royal Purple Cloth From King David’s Era Found in Israel
Researchers estimate the scraps came from King David's era. The recent cloth findings are the earliest ever found in the region, and the find gives credibility and context to the period of time described in the Bible when King David conquered the Edomites.
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Rick Warren Apologizes for Racially Insensitive Children’s Video That Was ‘Unchristlike’
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has apologized for a children’s Sunday school curriculum video that used Asian culture stereotypes to teach kids about the Bible.
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Is the GameStop Wall Street Saga a Modern-Day Parable?
Some church leaders are using the financial drama like a modern-day parable about stewardship and wealth inequality.
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Gallup: Only 39% of Americans Think Pastors Have High Ethical Standards
Americans who see pastors as highly honest people are in the minority. Only 39 percent of the respondents to Gallup’s latest Honesty and Ethics list ranked clergy members as having “very high”/“high” ethical standards.
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After Doctors Told His Mom to Abort, Tim Tebow’s Life Is a Miracle
Tim Tebow's life is literally a miracle. The football star and Christian celebrity shared how his mother chose life instead of listening to advice from doctors.
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When It Comes to Building Trust, Belonging Beats Belief, Study Finds
Using data from the General Social Survey, two sociologists found that those who belong to religious groups or attend services have a lower level of misanthropy, or dislike of other people.