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Archive for June, 2006

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Facing the Giants rated PG for Mature Themes, not Christianity

After several weeks of controversy surrounding the Parental Guidance (PG) rating of the film “Facing the Giants”, the MPAA has stated that the furor was caused by nothing more than a misunderstanding.
On June 7th, Kris Fuhr, vice president for marketing at Provident Films (owned by Sony), was quoted by Scripps Howard saying that she was […]

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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Some see Superman Returns as Jesus Christ?

Superman Returns is coming to theaters starting June 28th. Previews for the movie show the hero with his eyes closed as the voice of his father tells him he was sent to Earth because humans “lack the light to show the way. For this reason I have sent them you, my only son.”
Before being kidnapped […]

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Monday, June 19th, 2006

Another way to look at gays and Christianity

Marian Conning is pastor of Amistad United Church of Christ in Vacaville, USA, and is a great example of a progressive Christian. To quote:
“We believe that it is our responsibility to use our God-given intelligence to take the Bible seriously through study and interpretation, but not necessarily to take it literally. (And let me note […]

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Friday, June 16th, 2006

Baby Got Bible, “I like Big Bibles and I cannot lie…”

Found this hilarious Bible rap by Southpaw named “Baby Got Book”, it’s a spoof on the rap tune “I like big butts and I cannot lie”, a classic called “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Obviously this is a clean version of that song about “Christian brothers”. The intro is a bit annoying, but the […]

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Thursday, June 15th, 2006

New congregation Corner Church shows no need for a church

In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples: “Where two or three of you are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them.”
A fledgling North Loop congregation takes that verse to heart every Monday night at 7 p.m., when they worship at Montana Coffeehouse, 514 N. 3rd St.
Scott Woller and […]

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Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Stylish goodbye with a holy bible coffin

The day before his mother’s funeral, Donald Rockson had a last-minute change of heart about her bible-shaped coffin.
He had wanted the coffin to reflect his mother’s position as a devout churchgoer in this suburb of Accra, Ghana’s capital. “She is a church elder so it should be a bible in which she is buried,” he […]

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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Katrina washed Satan out of New Orleans?

According to the president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary anyway. He said Hurricane Katrina has cleansed the city of its past hostility toward Christian evangelism.
Reverent Chuck Kelly spoke Sunday night at the pastors conference preceding this week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, N.C.
Kelly said New Orleans used to be “a […]

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Monday, June 12th, 2006

Facing The Giants movie gets PG rating for being too evangelistic

A conservative advocacy group is angry over the Parental Guidance (PG) rating given to a new family film with a “pro-God theme.” The theme of Facing the Giants is, “Never give up, never back down, never lose faith.” But the movie poster also says parental guidance is suggested “for some thematic elements.”
The American Family Association […]

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Friday, June 9th, 2006

Feds seize gospel tracts & million-dollar bills

The controversy began Friday when the agents visited the Great News Network in Denton, Texas, and threatened to arrest staffer Tim Crawford for hiding evidence in a counterfeiting investigation. The agents took 8,300 tracts and left their business cards and a receipt.
The Christian group argues, however, that “million-dollar” bills can’t be counterfeited because they don’t […]

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Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Automatic donation machine installed in Swedish church

A lack of change won’t work as an excuse for some Swedish church-goers not to give to the collection plate anymore… as a new automatic donation machine is being installed.
The technology is being piloted at the Saint Maria church in the town of Helsingborg on Sweden’s southwest coast.
The Lutheran Church of Sweden says it hopes […]

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