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Institute for Religion & Democracy’s Top 10 Church News Stories in 2016

December 27, 2016 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Institute for Religion & Democracy’s Top 10 Church News Stories in 2016

A lesbian pastor elected to be a United Methodist bishop, growing Evangelical seminaries and shrinking Oldline Protestant church staff made news in 2016.

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: Abortion, Church News, Episcopal Church, Jen Hatmaker, mainline protestantism, Oldline Protestantism, Russell Moore, United Church of Christ, United Methodists

Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 1-16-16 (Guest: William Jacobson)

January 16, 2016 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 1-16-16 (Guest: William Jacobson)

This week on CT Radio on the Truth Network 99.3 FM: the GOP Debate and William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection discusses natural born citizenship.

Filed Under: Caffeinated Thoughts Radio Tagged With: Donald Trump, Episcopal Church, GOP Debate, Jeb Bush, natural born citizenship, Ted Cruz, Walmart, William Jacobson

Does God Demand a $10.10 Minimum Wage?

April 9, 2014 By Mark Tooley

Does God Demand a $10.10 Minimum Wage?

As the U.S. Senate considers legislation to raise the minimum wage, Religious Left groups including the lobby offices of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) have advocated an increased wage level, with the Director for Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) J. Herbert Nelson stating that it is “a moral […]

Filed Under: Cultural Issues Tagged With: Episcopal Church, Episcopal Public Policy Network, Herbert Nelson, Minimum wage, Presbyterian Church (USA), religious left, U.S. Senate

How to Kill a Church According to The New York Times

July 17, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

How to Kill a Church According to The New York Times

Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times, asked on Sunday “Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?”  In it he looks at the Episcopal Church as they adapted the changes that John Shelby Spong, the Bishop of Newark, advocated in the 90s. Douthat writes: As a result, today the Episcopal Church looks roughly how Roman […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Episcopal Church, featured, Joel Osteen, liberal Christianity, mainline protestantism, prosperity gospel, Ross Douthat, The Gospel Coalition

Faux Unity Trumps Orthodoxy

August 20, 2009 By Shane Vander Hart

This is an example of why different denominations begin, and they typically involve a call to unity where true unity can’t exist. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Wednesday adopted a new social statement on human sexuality yesterday with exactly the two thirds votes it needed to pass in their 2009 Churchwide Assembly. The […]

Filed Under: Cultural Issues Tagged With: Anglican Church in North America, authority of scripture, ELCA 2009 Churchwide Assembly, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, homosexual clergy, homosexuality and the Church, Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, United Methodist Church

Abortion a Blessing?

May 5, 2009 By Shane Vander Hart

It is according to the Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, the new President and  Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She said so in a speech she gave in Alabama back in 2007.  She is also on the board of NARAL. There is so much that is wrong with this speech, but I […]

Filed Under: Cultural Issues Tagged With: Abortion, Episcopal Church, Episcopal Divinity School, Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, NARAL, prolife

Twenty Items of Interest (v. 23)

July 8, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

Twenty Items of Interest (v. 23)

1.  Last week over 1,000 Anglican leaders met in Jerusalem to discuss the future of the Anglican Communion.  They specifically addressed decisions made (in particular) by the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.) and the Anglican Church of Canada that have abandoned scripture.  Their response can be read in this document. HT: Matt Proctor 2.  Is this an […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: 2 Corinthians, ABC, Abortion, Anglican Church of Canada, Arminianism, Barack Obama, Biblical Leadership, California Wildfires, Calvinism, Challenge '08 Student Conference, Christians and politics, church discipline, Community and Faith-based Initiatives, Confessing Anglicans, conflict resolution, crummy church signs, Democrats, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Free Church of America, gas prices, Hillary Clinton, internet and the brain, John McCain, mainstream media, mean pastors, media bias, news satire, Newt Gingrich, PETA, Pew Religion survey, political flip-flops, Resurrection of Christ, Resurrection tablet, semi-Pelagians, skepticism, success, The Global Anglican Future Conference

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