Items of Interest

January 16, 2012

Study finds atheists with families are open to church

Dan Merica

Nearly one in five atheist scientists with children involve their families with religious institutions, even if they personally do not agree with the institution’s teachings, a recent study says.

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January 16, 2012

Taking steps beyond secularism

Christians [in Europe] have been told they must find a framework for promoting their beliefs if they are to confront the challenge of aggressive secularization and the erosion of Christian values across all spheres of life.

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January 16, 2012

Search for 'the God particle' continues

John Yemma

In the world of physics, the elusive field associated with the Higgs boson is believed to confer mass to particles that make up the material universe.

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January 9, 2012

Forum of Bible Agencies of North America conference – a call to action

Indifference toward Scripture has gone far enough! That was the theme of the Forum of Bible Agencies of North America.

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January 9, 2012

Listening and bridge-building

Anna Bowness-Park

Isaac Newton once stated: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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January 2, 2012

Historic Christian Science church reopens its doors

Kent Tempus

When Jim and Linda Leindecker stepped into First Church of Christ, Scientist, here in Oconto, Wisconsin, in summer 2010, they found dust, cobwebs, and some old paint.

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December 26, 2011

Healing – miracle or natural for everyone?

Eric Nelson

In the movie Oh, God! the title character, played by George Burns, explains to co-star John Denver that the last miracle he performed was the 1969 Mets—the implication being that God is a kind of celestial superhero whose random interventions result in some amazing things happening here on earth.

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December 26, 2011

Chilean miners' story highlights power of hope

For several suspenseful hours on October 13, 2010, the attention of the entire world lay centered on a solitary spot in the Chilean desert.

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December 26, 2011

Inflation is a blessing to Russian church

John Walsh

We’ve heard of the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant.

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December 19, 2011

New view of health emerges in medical community, linking spiritual and physical health

Vanessa Summers

In the United States, more than 70 percent of deaths are due to chronic diseases, and communities of color are disproportionally affected.

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December 19, 2011

Study emphasizes progress in ending extreme poverty

Jeff Schapiro

According to a new study, 93 percent of American Christians say they are concerned about global poverty, but many of them are unaware of the progress that has been made in the quest to eliminate poverty worldwide.

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December 19, 2011

Mary Baker Eddy Library event shines spotlight on the King James Bible

On October 25, in celebration of the King James Bible’s 400th anniversary, The Mary Baker Eddy Library hosted the Massachusetts Bible Society for an event in its annual Beck Lecture Series.

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