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Not many Methodists seem to be taking their Bibles to church. I suppose that with the availability of pew Bibles and PowerPoint, many might ask, "What's the point?" Perhaps it's a control issue, but I like seeing the verses for myself and being able to refer to the passages whenever I want. I also like to flip to other parts of Scripture. My church uses the Lectionary readings, and sometimes I'm still thinking about the previous reading by the time they move to the next one. By taking my own Bible, I'm not at the mercy of PowerPoint. (Pew Bibles are like the rental shoes at the bowling alley. They get the job done, but they're not as comfortable as having your own pair.)

Lately I've been pulling out my Blackberry in the middle of the service and reading Scripture on YouVersion. The problem is, people think I'm texting during the worship service! What do you think? Will electronic Bibles become more accepted in the future or should I just get used to the dirty looks?

Shane Raynor Bible, Methodist, People, Worship

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likes838: How much did you feel that you will be going to hell for your lifestyle? A. Very Likely Going to Hell B. Likely Going to Hell C. Neither Likely or Unlikely D: Unlikely Going to Hell E: Very Unlikely Going to Hell There’s no option that hell

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(AP) – LEXINGTON, Ky. – It happened early last summer. The desire to help bumped up against an easy way to reach out. The Church at Athens had an empty parsonage. Lots of people were losing their homes. Maybe, the Rev. Roger Ellis thought, the church could offer to let families use the space while they got back on their feet. “We sort of sketched the idea out on a napkin,” he said. He presented it to the congregation, and after a few technical questions about stuff like insurance, it was approved unanimously by the small…

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Many Christians have bought into the idea that the church is about a few people who are paid to make disciples. But that’s not what Jesus envisioned for his church, said one church planter.

Audrey Barrick Jesus, Pastor, People

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In a hard-luck city trying to keep people from moving out, Angeline Fimognari stayed put, often attending Mass twice daily at her beloved "St. Dom's" – almost a mini-fortress with a 6-foot locked fenc…

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The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke yesterday at a conference at Church House. Afterwards a young journalist, Sergei Blair, an intern with Religious Intelligence, asked him about John Terry. The Archbishop said: 'Clearly, a lot of people think there isn't a problem there and that’s
a pity because adultery is adultery. It’s a shame that we lost that
sense that faithfulness matters. I’d like to see it back.'

Listen to the file here.

Lucy Bannerman went to Oxshott and spoke to Terry's vicar, Jeremy Cresswell. Read more about the Archbishop's comments at Religious Intelligence.

Ruth Gledhill Bishop, People, Vicar

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When the Apostle Paul wrote of the “perversion” of men and women who committed “indecent acts” with those of the same sex, he was talking about people he understood to be heterosexuals engaging in same-sex acts, according to The Episcopal Church’s first actively-gay bishop.

Eric Young Bishop, Episcopal, Gay, People, Same Sex, Women

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Manokwari – Indonesian Muslims join Christians in Papua to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Christianity’s arrival in the area. Most people of this easternmost territory of the country p…

(author unknown) Easter, Indonesia, Muslim, People

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Rabat – Morocco has expelled a foreign missionary for "openly converting people to Christianity," the interior ministry said on Friday, a month after five Christian priests were kicked out for the sam…

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In a letter to the Archbishop of Vancouver, the Holy Father expressed his happiness for the occasion of the 21st Winter Olympic Games and the 10th Paralympic Winter Games to be celebrated between February and March, reports Catholic News Agency.

The Pope noted the importance of the event for everyone involved and recalled the words of John Paul II, who said that sport “can make an effective contribution to peaceful understanding between people and to establishing the new civilization of love…. >>

(author unknown) Bishop, Catholic, People, Pope

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AP – In a hard-luck city trying to keep people from moving out, Angeline Fimognari stayed put, often attending Mass twice daily at her beloved "St. Dom's" — almost a mini-fortress with a 6-foot locked fence and 23 security cameras.

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PHULBANI, India (UCAN) — A European Union delegation was today [Feb. 5] blocked from attending trial courts in Kandhamal hearing cases against people charged with taking party in the orgy of anti-christian violence in 2008.
Authorities stopped the diplomats from the planned visit to the courts for “security reasons.” but lawyers say it was to shield [...]

editor Court, Europe, India, People

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JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (UCAN) – Tamil Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam has visited the civil war’s final battlefield for the first time since the fighting ended, and said rebuilding lives and churches in the area was an “unbearable burden” on the people there.
The bishop is the first to be allowed to visit the war zone after fighting ended [...]

editor Bishop, People

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JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (UCAN) – Tamil Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam has visited the civil war’s final battlefield for the first time since the fighting ended, and said rebuilding lives and churches in the area was an “unbearable burden” on the people there.
The bishop is the first to be allowed to visit the war zone after fighting ended [...]

editor Bishop, People

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Everyone has become frozen in a sea of fear. If you are Muslim, you fear what Christians will say; and if you are Christian, you fear what Muslims will say. And even worse, both fear that their coreligionists will think they have let them and their faith down. But if we really want solve our problems, we should be mature and objective enough to apportion blame where it properly belongs without fear of anything. When news of the Jos crisis filtered out, one could have said what John Pilger said of Palestine during the recent Israeli offensive: “A genocide is engulfing the people of Gaza while a silence engulfs its bystanders.” In private, all leaders complain bitterly; but in public they try to outdo each other in being politically correct.

(author unknown) Israel, Muslim, Nigeria, People

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Washington D.C., Feb 5, 2010 / 03:20 am (CNA).- The first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop, V. Gene Robinson, has claimed that the Bible does not address the ethics of “monogamous, lifelong” homosexual relationships. He suggested that the people of St. Paul’s times did not realize that some people were “affectionally oriented” to their own sex.

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Relatives of an American missionary family whose aircraft was shot down over Peru in a CIA operation in 2001, killing two people, denounced disciplinary action against the agents involved yesterday and demanded that those responsible should be jailed.

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Relatives of an American missionary family whose aircraft was shot down over Peru in a CIA operation in 2001, killing two people, denounced disciplinary action against the agents involved yesterday and demanded that those responsible should be jailed.

(author unknown) Family, People

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(AP) – KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A Malaysian court has charged three teenagers with trying to torch Muslim prayer rooms after attacks on churches in a dispute over the use of the word “Allah” in the Muslim-majority country, an official said Friday. The minors pleaded not guilty Thursday in a magistrate court in southern Johor state to mischief by fire to destroy two places of worship, Prosecutor Umar Saifuddin Jaafar said. It brings to 10 the number of people charged with the offense over attacks and…

(author unknown) Court, Muslim, People, Prayer, Worship

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The nation got a rare glimpse into President Obama’s private faith Thursday when he told lawmakers gathered at the National Prayer Breakfast that religion can help them overcome differences and tackle political problems the same way Americans come together in the wake of disaster. “Through faith, but not through faith alone, we can unite people to serve the common good,” Mr. Obama said. “It is this spirit of civility that we are called to take up when we leave here today. That’s what I’m praying for.” Mr. Obama appeared at the breakfast, a Washington institution for a half-century, alongside Vice …

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