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Audio: Biblical Redistribution of Wealth -- What You Think You Own is Not Yours

by Efrem Smith 11-20-2008

In this clip, taken from a Nov. 2 sermon, Pastor Efrem talks about the implications of the commandment not to covet, and a biblical approach to wealth and ownership.

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Addicted to the Streets

by Bart Campolo 11-19-2008
Twelve years ago our dear friend Julia took a badly neglected baby boy away from his crackhead mother and made him her own.
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Paul's Teaching on Women in Context

by Mimi Haddad 11-19-2008
Do you often find comfort and insight, even direction for your life, through a careful study of scripture? Do you believe that God's truth is found in the pages of the Bible?
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Sacred Pilgrimages to the School of the Americas and El Salvador

by Jennifer Svetlik 11-19-2008
Last spring, I made a pilgrimage to rural El Salvador to learn about the violence that had occurred there during the U.S-supported Salvadoran Civil War. The journey became a sacred one for me my first evening there, in the home of my host Florinda.
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Is the Dream Fulfilled? Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America

by Romal Tune 11-19-2008
Where have all the prosperity preachers gone? It seems like only yesterday when we were hearing about prosperity preachers and messages about God pouring out financial blessing.
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How the Big Three Automakers Could Test Better Health Care

by Randy Woodley 11-19-2008
I am a follower of Jesus. As such, I understand God to have a special concern for the poor and marginalized of society.
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Happy Birthday Sojourner Truth!

by Kierra Jackson 11-18-2008
On this day in 1797, Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth) was born in Ulster County, New York. Sojourner Truth was a former slave, women's rights activist, abolitionist, and great orator. On November 26, 1883, Sojourner passed away in her home in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Common Ground Abortion Reduction on The Washington Post's Front Page

by Jason Gedeik 11-18-2008
Today's front page feature in The Washington Post is a good profile of the religious lead
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Signs that SOA/WHINSEC is Losing its Grip on Latin America

by Laurel Frodge 11-18-2008
This weekend, an estimated 30,000 people will meet in protest at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, to close the School of the Americas.
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