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Posted by Bob Smietana 5 weeks 2 days ago
The name Jesus Christ doesn't appear in "The Voice," a new translation of the Bible. Nor do words such as angel or apostle. Instead, angel is rendered as "messenger" and apostle as "emissary." Jesus...
Posted by Bob Smietana 7 weeks 2 days ago
One of the largest student religious groups at Vanderbilt University is leaving campus in a dispute over the school's non-discrimination policy that bars student groups from requiring their leaders...
Posted by Bob Smietana 15 weeks 23 hours ago
The saga of the Anglican Mission in the Americas sounds like the words to an old country song: "Why have you left the one you left me for?"Founded by breakaway Episcopal priests who left their former...
Posted by Bob Smietana 40 weeks 42 min ago
Rev. Steve Stone was just trying to be a good neighbor. Two years ago, the pastor of Heartsong Church in Cordova, Tennessee, on the outskirts of Memphis, learned that a local mosque had bought...

Articles by Bob Smietana

A Tennessee church welcomes its Muslim neighbors.

A theological variety show mixes humor, music, and cultural analysis.

A growing number of Nashville-based Christian musicians are discovering that their faith compels them to play and work for social change.

Megachurch leaders Kay Waren and Lynne Hybels confront the challenges of HIV/AIDS, personally and globally.

Should embryos be created for stem cell research?

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