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Repent, the End is Near!

by Jim Wallis 09-30-2008
We are all familiar with the crazy-looking street preacher in some public square haranguing every passerby with a message of doom and gloom while holding up a sign that reads, "Repent, the end is near!"
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A Satirical Sermon Mocks Mammon-Worship

by Diana Butler Bass 09-30-2008
When I was a girl, my mother told me one should never discuss four things in polite company: religion, politics, sex, and money.
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Hard Data on the Shifting Evangelical Ethos

by Brian McLaren 09-30-2008
The soul of evangelical Christianity is under stress.
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The Legacy of Wartime Slurs

by Anna Almendrala 09-30-2008
I thought our culture had no more use for wartime curses. Granted, my sophisticated analysis is nothing more than noticing if people are calling me any names, until I realized
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Zogby's Purple People Poll

by Marcia Ford 09-30-2008
While most political junkies were distracted by the big news of the week - the economic meltdown, the first presidential debate - the good people at Zogby Internatio
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Video: Financial Crisis Has Election Implications

by Jim Wallis 09-29-2008
Jim Wallis was on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly yesterday to discuss the Wall Street bailout and the moral implications for the nation and the election. Watch it here.
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SBC-Controlled Bookstores Remove Magazine With Women Pastors on Cover

by Mimi Haddad 09-26-2008
Just recently, more than 100 bookstores controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) removed the recent issue of Gospel Today-an issue whose cover highlighted the gospel-work of women.
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