What’s the Place of the Bible in American Christianity? Surprising Results from a New Survey | Bible Gateway Blog

What’s the Place of the Bible in American Christianity? Surprising Results from a New Survey | Bible Gateway Blog: "There have been quite a few surveys in recent years looking to better understand the ways that American Christians do and don’t put their personal faith into practice. Every time I hear of a new survey, I never know if I’m going to be pleasantly surprised or just depressed by what it reveals about the American church. Well, a new survey this month provides some food for thought, and some good cause to hope that a lot of Americans do make the Bible a central part of their religious life."



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Crunching the numbers: census 2013 and the future of Christianity? | Kevin Ward

Crunching the numbers: census 2013 and the future of Christianity? | Kevin Ward: "The results of the 2013 Census are slowly being released piece by piece. This is true of the figures for religions also, which makes more detailed analysis difficult. Some of the analysis in the mainstream media has been inaccurate on some points, but the main trend is clear that the overall decline in Christian affiliation or identity is continuing and that, as one headline put it"



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The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Bond-servants.

The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Bond-servants.: "Skeptics are often angered by the biblical practice of having a bond-servant (a slave). They presume that “slavery” automatically means tremendous cruelty with chains and whips--because of the history of American slavery."



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Brad is Interviewed for Upcoming Performance at Clarendon Hills Church - Brad Stine

Brad is Interviewed for Upcoming Performance at Clarendon Hills Church - Brad Stine: "Christian comedian Brad Stine started in nightclubs 26 years ago before cultivated a nationwide, faith-based audience for his standup performances, mixing clean-cut observational humor, Christian commentary and conservative politics."



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World Vision Reverses Decision To Hire Christians... | Christianity Today

World Vision Reverses Decision To Hire Christians... | Christianity Today: "Only two days after announcing it would hire Christians in same-sex marriages, World Vision U.S. has reversed its ground-breaking decision after weathering intense criticism from evangelical leaders."



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Raunch: Huffington Post Says Friends Should Have Casual, Meaningless Sex - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update

Raunch: Huffington Post Says Friends Should Have Casual, Meaningless Sex - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update: "I don’t know whether to laugh, throw up or both. A reader tipped me to this Huffington Post article by D.A. Wolf headlined: “5 Benefits Of Having a Friend With Benefits.” In case you’re not hip to liberal-speak, “friends with benefits” refers to the “progressive” idea that it’s really cool for friends to use each other for casual, meaningless sex.

What could possibly go wrong?"



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Pin drop! Obama lawyer stuns Supreme justice

Pin drop! Obama lawyer stuns Supreme justice: "In a dramatic moment at the Supreme Court Tuesday, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told justices that U.S. business owners have no religious freedom to reject government mandates forcing them to cover abortions.

Justices and lawyers also sparred over whether businesses actually have religious freedom and whether striking down the Obamacare mandate makes women second-class citizens."



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Noah Movie HD Official Full Version - YouTube

Noah Movie HD Official Full Version - YouTube: ""



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-Persecution of Christians Continues to be Ignored | Christian News

-Persecution of Christians Continues to be Ignored | Christian News: "The ongoing persecution of Christians around the world continues to be substantially ignored by the media and the Obama administration. Most of the trouble for Christians is happening in Muslim dominated countries which is one of the reasons the MSM in America ignores most of the stories for the fear that the truth will lead to an escalation of so-called ‘Islamophobia’ in the USA."



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Nigerian Christians in the Crosshairs of Muslims | Christian News

Nigerian Christians in the Crosshairs of Muslims | Christian News: "ABUJA, NIGERIA (Worthy News)– Muslims have once again targeted Christians in Nigeria, killing more than 100 over the past weekend."



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