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August 1996

August 14, 1996
SAN DIEGO -- As Star Parker faced the Republican National Convention, she struggled to stay...
August 07, 1996
Visit all of the churches in an American city on the same Sunday and the...

July 1996

July 31, 1996
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. -- Every summer, Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians and others flirt with making historic...
July 24, 1996
Church historian Bill Leonard never expected to become friends with the late Brother Arnold Saylor,...
July 17, 1996
So far, Robert Hussein has lost his wife, children and fortune and, right now, his...
July 10, 1996
Somewhere, there's a big book that determines how networks televise the Olympics.In addition to the...
July 03, 1996
For the next 12 months, the Rev. Richard Land will try to convince Southern Baptists...

June 1996

June 26, 1996
All Quentin Schultze did was run the "Top 15 Biblical Ways to Acquire A Wife"...
June 19, 1996
Quentin Schultze felt relieved and sad as he transmitted what he thought would be his...
June 12, 1996
Time after time, Reform Judaism's new leader made one point: It's obvious that millions of...
June 05, 1996
Every year, the Central Christian Church in Wichita, Kan., has "Repentance Sunday" and seeks God's...

May 1996

May 29, 1996
It is one of modern Christendom's most familiar images.Evangelist Billy Graham finishes inviting his listeners...
May 22, 1996
It's possible to buy a Christian slave in southern Sudan for as little as $15.Last...
May 15, 1996
The data sheet for would-be bishops asked for the usual facts -- driver's license number,...
May 08, 1996
Two very symbolic Americans -- Billy Graham and Hillary Rodham Clinton -- recently preached very...
May 01, 1996
COLORADO SPRINGS -- This year's national Evangelical Press Association convention theme was "Justice, Mercy and...

April 1996

April 24, 1996
OK, here's where things stand in the war of words between the U.S. Supreme Court...
April 17, 1996
Every day, journalists who cover religion face waves of letters, press releases, magazines, books and,...
April 10, 1996
Everyone now and then, people on TV dramas or sitcoms quote scripture, kneel before crosses,...
April 03, 1996
The premiere issue of Jewish Family & Life includes a recipe for Matzah Brei. You...

March 1996

March 27, 1996
SEATTLE -- Outside the Golf Park club house, rows of men are hitting practice balls...
March 20, 1996
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Anyone seeking Middle America's true marketplace of ideas need only click...
March 13, 1996
It's hard to debate religious liberty issues with a superstar pig from Hollywood. The star...
March 06, 1996
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- This was only Janine Nitterauer's second time in the pulpit and her...

February 1996

February 28, 1996
One easy way to create fog is to bring together clashing fronts of lawyers and...
February 21, 1996
For years, Nashville has sort of played for Southern Baptists the role that Rome plays...
February 14, 1996
As the late Southern humorist Grady Nutt always said, you know you're in Baptist country...
February 07, 1996
The agenda for next week's Promise Keepers clergy conference ends with a tiny note saying...

January 1996

January 31, 1996
It wasn't a firestorm, but British newspapers recently found a subject hot enough to compete...
January 24, 1996
Amid the tumult surrounding Super Bowl XXX, Americans will congregate to party, pray, swear, chant,...
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