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What Is Hell? Book Stirs Debate About Afterlife

Mar 27th 2011 – 6:07PM
Romain Blanquart, Detroit Free Press/MCT

Romain Blanquart, Detroit Free Press/MCT

RALEIGH, N.C. - What does hell mean to you? Is it an endless nightmare for sinners and unsaved souls, as mainstream Christianity has taught for centuries? Or is hell here on Earth, in the distractions, addictions and emptiness of daily life? Those ideas are receiving fresh scrutiny from some believers after a prominent...

A UFO Is Still a UFO: From Antiquity to Today

By Lee SpeigelFeb 4th 2011 – 6:04PM
Hans Glaser

Hans Glaser

Circular ships, vertical aerial cylinders, spheres, disks, wheels in the sky, hat-shaped things, flying pillars or columns and triangular-shaped objects. At first glance, you might think those are common, almost daily, descriptions of UFOs reported by eyewitnesses. Well, yes ... sort of. Those are the actual words, found...

Ted Haggard Acknowledges He's Bisexual: A Brief History of His Sexual Orientation Scandal [VIDEOS]

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 26th 2011 – 5:23PM

Is that his final answer? In a new GQ profile, the Rev. Ted Haggard opens up about his sexual orientation, which has been the source of many rumors and revelations over the years. "Here's where I really am on this issue," he says. "I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a...

Doomsday Is Just Another Day for End-Time Evangelist

By David MoyeJan 5th 2011 – 8:09AM
S.F. Chronicle / Corbis

S.F. Chronicle / Corbis

What would you do if you knew the world was going to end? Family Radio Worldwide evangelist Harold Camping has received a lot of attention in the last few days for announcing the exact date of the Rapture -- May 21, 2011 -- but he tells AOL Weird News that he's not making any big plans for the big day. "The Bible says...

May 21 Is Judgment Day? Harold Camping's Latest Doomsday Prediction

By Dave ThierJan 3rd 2011 – 5:26PM

If the "biblical" scale flooding in Australia and the mass die-off of fish, birds and bees weren't proof enough, a growing chorus of doomsayers say that they have proof that the end of days is quickly approaching. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, former civil engineer Harold Camping is one of the leading voices...

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Christopher Lane: Biblical Homophobia And Christian Pastors

May 23rd 2012 - 04:30PM

As we contemplate the political and religious implications of Mississippi GOP lawmaker Andy Gipson citing Scripture to suggest that lesbians and gay men be " put to death ," a claim he has since walked back even as his original post on Facebook remains, we are left wondering about the moral health of not just the GOP but...

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Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto: Acts 2:1-21: Think Differently About Difference

May 23rd 2012 - 12:13PM

Christians have often hoped for a time when our racial and economic differences would cease, when in Christ we would all be indistinguishable.

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Archaeologists Discover Evidence That Bethlehem Existed Centuries Pre-Jesus

May 23rd 2012 - 10:32AM

Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they had discovered the first physical evidence supporting Old Testament accounts of Bethlehem's existence centuries before the town became revered as the birthplace of Jesus.

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The Earth Is the Lord's: Our Responsibility for God's Creation

May 22nd 2012 - 11:07AM

Another election cycle in which climate science is being debated by high ranking elected officials, party activists and interest groups with the power to sway what our candidates say they believe and how they act in office.

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Jennifer G. Bird: How Amendment One Distorts The Bible

By Jennifer G. Bird May 10th 2012 - 12:20PM

Many people have been surprised to see me, a professor of biblical studies, at "Vote Against" forums and rallies.

Bible News From the Web

  • 05/27/12 Words of God in the Bible never will lead you in wrong... Source: Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville OH I am still in shock from the statements made by our nations' two top leaders concerning same-sex marriage.
  • 05/27/12 Thought for the Week Source: Brechin Advertiser - Brechin - Angus - UK I have been preaching through the Gospel of John so I expect you will get a few of these 'John Moments' over the next several years as I work through it on a Sunday message series.
  • 05/27/12 Gospel of St. Barnabas, Adam Will Cause Christianity... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ Gospel of Barnabas; Adam, the Bible & Iran Christianity collapse claim.
  • 05/26/12 Biblical vs. modern ideas of love Source: The Japan Times I agree that love is genuine when chosen freely and not forced, but I don't see how this describes love in the Jesus story.
  • 05/26/12 Even the Bible has its hiccups Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada The Bible calls it the "evidence of things unseen" - which is as good a definition as any.

Background on Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek ta biblia "the books") is any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity.

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