Items of Interest

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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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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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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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Indifference toward Scripture has gone far enough! That was the theme of the Forum of Bible Agencies of North America.
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Listening and bridge-building

Isaac Newton once stated: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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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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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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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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We’ve heard of the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant.
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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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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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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.