Justices say UC Hastings College of the Law did not violate the 1st Amendment rights of a Christian group. The school had denied the group official status because it refused to accept ‘all comers.’ A University of California law school’s refusal to give official student group status to a Christian society that excluded gays was a reasonable application of the school’s nondiscrimination policy, the Supreme Court said Monday in a 5-4 ruling.
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Supreme Court rules against UC student group that excluded gays
Chapter 6 Deceptions For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. — Matthew 24:24 From my own experience, and in the observation of many others, we all tend to make the same fundamental errors when it comes to the discernment of deceptions.
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Chapter 6 Methods of Deception
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Independence Day
Randall Stephens I crosspost here part of a piece I did for HNN . “I don’t believe in change over time.” I wish Glenn Beck would come out and say just that. I’ve watched quite a few of Beck’s 5:00 p.m.
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HNN Post: Past is No Foreign Country
Pope Benedict XVI lashed out Sunday at what he called the “deplorable” raids carried out by Belgian police who detained bishops, confiscated computers, opened a crypt and took church documents as part of an investigation into priestly sex abuse.
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Pope deplores Belgian church sex abuse raids
For the next two weeks PRELUDIUM is taking off in a new direction. Barring great mutterings that make it all the way to the mesas in New Mexico and Arizona and the people of the land, there will not be much written here. Instead I may post, if I can find Internet connections, some pictures and comments on a wonderful Pilgrimage the St
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The Journey and the Destination are the Same (more or less).
According to recent surveys, Americans increasingly are describing themselves as unaffiliated with any particular religious tradition. More than 16 percent of those questioned in the biggest of these surveys, the 2007 “U.S. Religious Landscape” report by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, say they are unaffiliated:
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Spirituality vs. religion
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Full Time Preaching – Mission Christian Church
Randall Stephens I’ve been slogging through a chapter that deals with the evolution of the family values agenda, Christian psychology, and evangelical child rearing. It’s always harder when one moves further up in time.
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Make the Devil Mad, Go to Bob Jones U.
It seems the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and the lieutenant governor of Florida (where is Gov. Charlie Crist?) have issued a proclamation asking for their citizens to pray for a solution to stop the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and for the recovery of affected industries.
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Gulf Governors Ask for Divine Help