Religion journalist Julia Duin reports on church giving during the recession: The nation’s churches are staggering under the depressed economy, with more than one-third reporting decreases in giving last year, according to a survey. A “State of the Plate” survey of 1,017 churches sponsored by
The veteran civil rights activist Roy Innis is blasting the administration for the way its policies to combat the alleged global warming are devastating Africa: The president signed an executive order requiring that the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) and other federal agencies reduce greenhouse
We have posted about the conflict between still-communist China and Google. The “Washington Post” has obtained a translation of the instructions from the Chinese government to its web journalists and bloggers, explaining what they will not be allowed to talk about. From China’s instructions on
Today is Annunciation Day, celebrating the day the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear, through the Holy Spirit, Christ the Savior. Think of the implications of this conception: Christ the embryo, Christ the Fetus! Here is Luther preaching on
Bart Stupak, the pro-life Democratic congressman from Michigan, went from a hero to a goat in a single moment. With his blocking of the health care reform bill unless it included anti-abortion provisions, pro-lifers were thinking they too might be able to become Democrats after
Ruth Marcus BELIEVES in the new health care reform law. But she points out that no one knows exactly what it will do: If I were a member of Congress, my floor speech before casting a yes vote would have boiled down to: Gee, I
The Church of Christ, Scientist, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, teaches the gnostic and Buddhist/Hindu notion that evil, including sickness, is an illusion, which can be dispelled by proper thinking and meditation. The Christian Scientist movement used to be quite popular among the nation’s upper
The President has signed the healthcare reform bill. It is now the law. How do you think this will shake out? Some conservatives feel glee, thinking they will now trounce the Democrats for pushing through this unpopular proposal. Democrats, though, are going on the offensive,
The major parts of the new health care reform law won’t go into effect until 2014 or later, with some kicking in during 2012. But some measures go into effect either now or in a few months: Indoor tanning salons will charge customers a 10
The religious freedom organization Forum 18 tells of a police attack on a Lutheran church outside of Moscow: Police in the town of Kaluga south-west of the Russian capital Moscow raided the Sunday morning service of St George’s Lutheran congregation on 28 February, Kaluga police,
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