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Most Christians have never heard of this Muslim sect, but in Indonesia they've got a target on their backs: A breakaway Islamic sect's struggle to survive has become a major test of tolerance for Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Conservative, hardline Muslims are confronting moderates over the existence of Ahmadiyya, a 100-year-old minority sect …
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David Virtue offers us a "photo gallery" of the end of the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem, highlighting the final agreement the conservative Anglican gathering came to. But take a look at this photo after the signing: Pentecostals and Charismatics spend a lot of time emphasising how they raise their hands to praise the Lord--and how …
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The message that GAFCON sent out is clear to some: In a revolutionary move bordering on schismatic, African archbishops unilaterally announced Sunday in Jerusalem that they have taken over the leadership of the Anglican Church from England and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Southern Cone, Uganda and West Africa and, later, …
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The Iranian firm FARAB has recently been award a contract from the goverment of Mali (in west Africa) for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant at Kénié, 35 kilometres from the capital of Bamako. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2008. The power plant will have a capacity of 35 MW, using Pelton …
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The Telegraph's Catherine Elsworth wonders if geothermal energy can help drive down prices: Companies are being invited to lease the rights to explore geothermal resources beneath Mount Spurr, a snowcapped 11,070-foot volcano that most recently erupted in 1992 showering much of Anchorage with volcanic ash. The state Division of Oil and Gas hopes the lease …
Publix Market's plans to expand/replace the venerable Palm Beach store is testament to the fact that the original opening of the store was The Event of the Season, as I documented in a Christmas 2006 post. No doubt that Publix has a long way to go in satifying everyone before they start, but there's no doubt …
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This week's podcast features Rev. Tim Hill, Second Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God, address the Tennessee State Campmeeting on Tuesday, 17 June 2008. For those of you not in the Church of God, it will give you a look at what a Pentecostal campmeeting actually looks like. (The award for the 55-year …
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Following up on an earlier posting, Travis Johnson's church conducted its baptismal service without interference from the Miami-Dade County Parksand Recreation Department. You can see his account of it here. Kudos to Travis for his handling of this situation.
I have to say that the back and forth between James Dobson and Barack Obama on the Bible is one of the least edifying discussions we have going this election year. So Obama says that Leviticus tells us we can't eat shellfish? Evidently Jeremiah Wright, like many of his counterparts on the right, never bothered …
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