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If ever sober-minded folks thought that they could take refuge in the Christian church from the left-wing juggernaut that is our culture’s zeitgeist, they can think this no more. In the vestibule of the Lutheran church in which my son’s summer camp is held, I noticed that the most recent edition of The Lutheran is devoted to the topic of “economic inequality.” Norma Cook Everist, a professor of church and ministry, quotes Luther who wrote that “the poor” are routinely “defrauded” by the rich. Matters, she declares, are “no less” true “today.” Dividing, as it does, the world into...

A Spanish-born Jesuit priest, a social activist and the president of Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), Luis Ugalde answers back the accusations made against him by President Hugo Chávez. The President "claims he likes to discuss such ideas. Well, I am willing to do so, publicly or privately," Ugalde said. Q: Setting aside President Hugo Chávez' accusations ("a pro-coup priest who has gone nuts"), does it have any importance at all for mankind by now to discuss whether or not Jesus Christ was a socialist? A: The question should be "for Venezuela" not "for mankind." Chávez is very smart and...

Christian website hopes to win the faithful for the Democrats -07/09/06 A new Christian website has been set up to try and change the minds of the many American Christian voters who tend to see the Republicans as their natural party of choice. FaithfulDemocrats.com is not officially part of the Democrat party. However it claims to comprise religious and political leaders, writers, and regular Americans who are ‘committed to the Gospel and the common good’. Echoing the calls of Jim Wallis, dubbed by the UK press ‘Gordon Brown’s Guru’, that Christianity has been hijacked by Republicanism, FaithfulDemocrats.com aims to mobilise...

The Christian conservative backlash is upending the expected battle lines in the nomination debate. Several Republican senators - two of them, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, on the Judiciary Committee - say that unlike their stance during the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice, they are taking a wait-and-see stance on Ms. Miers. Even if their displays of caution prove to be short lived, some conservatives say the damage has already been done to Mr. Bush's Republican base. And at a time when polls show his approval rating hovering...

In the Harrisburg federal courtroom, he sits in a pew behind the plaintiffs. At a different time in his life, he might have been on the opposite side of the courtroom, behind the people who want intelligent design in Dover Area High School science classes. That was back when he tithed money to creationists and believed Jews were going to hell. Now, he wears a tie depicting man evolving from his apelike ancestors. Dr. Burt Humburg shakes his head. An internal medicine resident at Penn State’s College of Medicine in Hershey, he talks about his personal evolution. And he talks...

IRD Calls For Action To Prevent Radical Islam From Taking Over Sudan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mail@ird-renew.org Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: jwarrene@ucmpage.org Subject: Urgent Action Alert on Sudan Dear Friends: North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the War on Terror…. Perhaps you think our government has enough on its plate. Today, I beg to differ. The IRD has just received an extraordinary document from the Catholic and Episcopal bishops of Sudan. These courageous Christian leaders are imploring the world not to forget the plight of their people. We are releasing their appeal immediately. The bishops offer inspiring pastoral admonition...