Examining Faith

Saddleback Civil Forum Changes the Face of American Politics

Examining Faith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:04:14 +0000

Presidential hopefuls Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) chose an unprecedented venue and format for their first joint appearance in the campaign. For the first time in American history, the presumptive nominees had a formal, televised conversation with one of the nation’s leading pastors – Dr. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church - at [...]

Intolerance: A Christian Virtue

Examining Faith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:39:28 +0000

Popular opinion in these early years of the twenty-first century has assailed our minds with “politically correct” sentiment. In keeping with this viewpoint a garbage man ought to be dubbed a “sanitation engineer” and a short person is not short he is “vertically challenged.” Even the term thief might offend so we should adopt the [...]

The Christian Attempt To Hide Jesus

Examining Faith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:51:10 +0000

It’s becoming increasingly popular for Christians who share their faith with others to attempt to make the gospel more appealing by “repackaging” it with something else. That something else may range from the display of magic tricks to tributes to the late Elvis Presley. The mainstream message of America’s churches advertised on billboards emphasize to [...]

What Are The Anglican Church’s Prospects For Global Unity?

Examining Faith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:18:32 +0000

The presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church says the worldwide Anglican Communion is holding together despite deep divisions over homosexuality interpretation of Scripture. Click to watch What Are The Anglican Church’s Prospects For Global Unity? Read the full transcript and more at Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

The Image of the Beast & the Image of God Compared

Examining Faith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:44:39 +0000

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he [...]