Chance discovery sends Michael W. Smith back to the studio with new Christmas songs Christian-pop crossover artist on the road with fresh music to sing along with the standards Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2022
High School Esports 2022 fall regional rankings: Final regular-season ‘NBA 2K23’ standings Final top 10 teams in each region for fall 2022 "NBA 2K23." USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 5, 2022
Supreme Court to decide if a Christian business owner can turn away gay weddings WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about whether a conservative Christian business owner has a 1st Amendment right to refuse to work with same-sex couples planning to marry. Los Angeles Times · Dec 5, 2022
LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges Tensions over gender identity and sexual orientation pervade the campuses of hundreds of U.S. Catholic and Protestant universities The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022
Supreme Court taking up clash of religion and gay rights The Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, that’s the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022
Evangelical Christians are crucial voters in Republican primaries. Would they support DeSantis or Trump? Ron DeSantis’s re-election as governor of Florida was one of the few bright spots for Republicans in an otherwise disappointing 2022 midterm election. DeSantis originally won the governorship by less than half a percentage point in 2018. in 2022, he defeated his Democratic opponent (and former Republican governor) Charlie Crist… The Conversation · Dec 4, 2022
The big business of church communion These days, prepackaged "rip and sip" plastic cups of juice and wafers are a common sight at large churches Salon · Dec 4, 2022
White Britons are declining and immigrants help prop up Christianity. Does it matter? New census data reveals a complex emerging society increasingly at ease with itself. Not that you’d know it from our bitter public rows The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022
Saturday’s high school basketball scores All the scores from around the area. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 3, 2022
'I was surprised Farage and Tories were so outraged that fewer Brits are Christians' Mirror columnist Mark Steel thought the Conservatives and Farage would be delighted by the census - given the Bible's teachings of 'loving foreigners as you love yourself' Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022
Christmas past, Christmas present: how secular Britain found new ways to celebrate the season The census shows the UK is now a minority Christian country – but inventive blends of the pagan and pious still bring us together in deep midwinter The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022
Areas in Merseyside with the most and least Christians Our region is home to some of the most religious areas in the UK Liverpool Echo · Dec 3, 2022
Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022
Schools call for end to ‘archaic’ daily worship following UK census results With fewer than half the population in England and Wales describing themselves as Christian, there are calls to end religious assemblies The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Dec 3, 2022 The Mancunian Way: Strangeways, off you pop A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - Manchester Council Strangeways prison out of city
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022 Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022 BBC not covering religious issues adequately, says former Religion Editor The comments come in light of census figures which found those in England and Wales identifying as Christian fell below half for the first time.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022 ‘I couldn’t pretend any more’: readers on why they left the Christian faith Readers respond to the census finding that England and Wales are now minority Christian countries
The Conversation · Dec 2, 2022 Religious freedom and LGBTQ rights are clashing in schools and on campuses – and courts are deciding Disputes over religious freedom and LGBTQ rights in the United States have led to some of the most high-profile judicial controversies – and 2022 is no exception. For example, the Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 5, 2022, about whether a designer can refuse to create wedding websites for same-sex…
Salon · Dec 2, 2022 Christian nationalism's racism problem Christian podcast host "canceled" over long history of ugly racist tweets as war breaks out on religious right
Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2022 Pope Francis to visit DRC and South Sudan in February 2023 Pope Francis I has rescheduled his long-delayed trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan for 31 January to 5 February 2023 – cutting out a stop over in the troubled eastern DRC, but fulfilling a long-held wish to accompany other Christian leaders to South Sudan.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 1, 2022 Thursday’s high school basketball scores All the scores from around the area.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022 The decline and fall of the established church Letters: Dr Douglas Board, Rev Dr Lisa Curtice, Rt Rev Gregory K Cameron and Jackie Robertson on implications of the census showing that less than half of people in England and Wales now identify themselves as Christians
Reuters · Nov 30, 2022 Italy's rightist govt welcomes migrants airlifted from Libya Italy welcomed on Wednesday 114 migrants from Libya as part of a 'humanitarian corridor' organised by Christian charities, with members of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's rightist administration saying they supported legal migration channels.
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