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June 1999

June 30, 1999
Virtually anyone linked to God and cyberspace gets the same letter several times a year...
June 23, 1999
The two men spoke on the same topic, on the same day and at luncheons...
June 16, 1999
Early in his first pastorate, the Rev. Clyde McDowell was hit with one crisis after...
June 09, 1999
It's tricky for anyone to sign a document in Belgrade these days with the word...
June 02, 1999
The Rev. Calvin Miller is one Southern Baptist preacher - a seminary professor, no less...

May 1999

May 26, 1999
Every epic story needs a central character and he has to come from somewhere.So the...
May 19, 1999
It's been seven years since Bishop C. FitzSimons Allison faced the fact that some of...
May 12, 1999
On a clear day, an adventurer atop Mount Brandon can gaze into the Atlantic and...
May 05, 1999
GREENVILLE, Ill. - After 35 years of work in television and sports, Bob Briner is...

April 1999

April 28, 1999
The Greek word "martyria" - which meant "witness" - appears throughout the books and letters...
April 21, 1999
A few years after Roe vs. Wade, one of America's most passionate preachers publicly attacked...
April 14, 1999
The Epistle of James warns that it's crucial for gossips to mind their tongues."If we...
April 07, 1999
In the fall of 1992, Serbian Patriarch Pavle came to Washington, D.C., to explain why...

March 1999

March 31, 1999
It takes extra luggage to hold the Byzantine miter and all the ornate vestments an...
March 24, 1999
Soon after the 1961 breakthrough of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," with...
March 17, 1999
George Bush never did learn to open up when anyone asked about his faith, salvation,...
March 10, 1999
Anyone who grew up in a parsonage knows that "PK" stands for "preacher's kid."Early on,...
March 03, 1999
It's amazing how Sunday school songs can stick with people for the rest of their...

February 1999

February 24, 1999
Some people give up candy or soft drinks, while others sacrifice something as major as...
February 17, 1999
From Adolph Hitler's point of view, Christendom had it all wrong.Jesus wasn't a humble savior...
February 10, 1999
As worshippers entered the dim sanctuary, they could tell that this wasn't the usual Wednesday...
February 03, 1999
No gathering of Catholic social activists would be complete without rows of cars outside with...

January 1999

January 27, 1999
Whenever Pope John Paul II travels, the events that receive the most attention are his...
January 20, 1999
As she pulled into traffic, Elaine Benes turned on her boyfriend's car radio and began...
January 13, 1999
It's an archetypal image in Nashville mythology - a young singer pulling into town with...
January 06, 1999
STAFFORD, Texas -- Father Tony Tripi's new church is called Tri-City Fellowship, a businesslike name...

December 1998

December 30, 1998
After the altar call urging sinners to come find salvation, the Rev. Rex Horne read...
December 23, 1998
There were only two people in the office, so historians may never know the truth...
December 16, 1998
Undertakers bury people, tax collectors collect taxes and Mannheim Steamroller makes Christmas albums that bore...
December 09, 1998
It happens about the time shopping malls hire their Santas, schools schedule "Winter Concerts" and...
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