var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><style type=\"text/css\">P.item { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em }a { color: #04E; }#items { font-size: 13px; }SPAN.description { color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }SPAN.date { color: #888; font-size: 11px; }SPAN.date A { color: #247; }SPAN.grey { color: #888; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; }</style><div id=\"items\"><!-- Items --><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020030.htm\">Iran: Concern over health condition of Pastor Farhad Sabokroh in prison</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Concern is growing in Iran over health condition of Pastor Farhad Sabokroh who was arrested together with two other Christian converts. They have now been in custody for over 40 days.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020037.htm\">Gospel Reaches Iranian Ship Workers and More</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Farsi speaking missionaries are targeting Iranian ship crews in Christian countries to give them Bibles.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020038.htm\">Sudan & Burma: Christian refugees in peril</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">-- this is a call for urgent prayer for imminently imperilled Nuba and Kachin refugees.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020029.htm\">Pakistani Christian Youth began New Era of Sharing Love with Muslims</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Pakistani Christian youth in Toba Tek Singh, which is in Pakistan\'s Western Punjab Province, have begun a new era of promoting &#8220;peace, love, and harmony&#8221; as well as understanding with Muslims.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020039.htm\">Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert in Somalia</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020036.htm\">Christian News Agency\'s Open Letter to United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, Points Out Injustices Toward New Believers</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In a recent open letter to the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, a Christian news agency says a &#8216;Sword of Damocles\' has been hanging over the heads of new converts to Christianity since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12020033.htm\">Glowing tributes at service for Latin America\'s beloved Christian broadcaster</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:37 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Family and friends gathered to pay tribute to Hermano Pablo (Paul Finkenbinder), the veteran broadcaster who led thousands to faith in Christ through his crusades and programs on radio and television.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2012/02/are-u-s-colleges-hostile-to-christian-students.php\">Are U.S. colleges hostile to Christian students?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:18 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Are Christian kids on U.S. college campuses facing open hostility and discrimination because of their faith? Supreme Court Justice Justice Samuel Alito seems to think so. So does U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Daniel Ripple – a..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.crcna.org/pages/heidelberg_main.cfm\">The Heidelberg Catechism - Christian Reformed Church</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 11:14 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/DZUFTBK0CP.html\">Web watchdogs</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://creativeadvance.blogspot.com/2012/02/obama-contraception-mandate-supported.html\">Obama Contraception Mandate Supported by 23 Christian, Jewish ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 10:21 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Yesterday The Huffington Post published a letter from 23 national religious leaders -- including Christians , Jews and at least one Muslim -- supporting the Obama administration&#39;s insistence that church-related institutions must follow ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2012/02/doors-mr-mojo-risin-the-story-of-l-a-woman/\">HardrockHaven.net &gt; Doors | The - Mr. Mojo Risin&#39;: The Story of L.A. ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 10:17 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Black Metal | Christian Metal | Death Metal | Doom Metal | Glam Metal | Gothic Metal | Power Metal | Progressive Metal | Speed Metal Symphonic Metal | Thrash Metal | Christian Rock | Classic Rock | Hard Rock | Progressive Rock | Stoner ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/frame-game-birth-control-vs-religious-liberty-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frame-game-birth-control-vs-religious-liberty-again\">Frame game: Birth control vs. religious liberty, again</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 10:04 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> At this point, the media storm about Health and Human Services story is growing and becoming more complex. Once again, the goal here at GetReligion is to focus on the coverage of the emerging story lines. At the moment, the main framing de..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEtMtpPyefjjKCHVn_B4G0eDCvZ_w&url=http://www.lifenews.com/2012/02/09/obama-promotes-controversial-mandate-to-democrats-some-balk/\">Obama Promotes Controversial Mandate to Democrats, Some Balk - LifeNews.com</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:58 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> LifeNews.com Obama Promotes Controversial Mandate to Democrats, Some Balk LifeNews.com But not every Democrat is on board with the mandate, which has engendered strong opposition from pro-life advocates and Catholic and Protestant Christia..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://humanepursuits.com/2012/02/09/politics-theology-and-donuts/\">Politics, Theology, and Donuts | Humane Pursuits</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:53 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">More likely, he is referring to a plan to reduce the tax breaks of rich people across the board, and explaining why the Christians among them can take heart that their loss coincides with Jesus&#39;s teaching. If this is the case, then the ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://prestonchristianactionnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/02/tackling-poverty-e-newsletter-february.html\">Preston Christian Action Network: Tackling Poverty e-newsletter ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:51 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Training | Resources | Funding | Effective practice | Policy. This is the e-newsletter from Church Urban Fund (formerly Xchange) with info on events, resources and project ideas for Christians interested in tackling poverty in their communi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHFHtI2u7R3Q3L3BA1btrPrWVqw3g&url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features-the-religion-world/2012/02/09/obama-cathoics-contraception-and-the-hawaiian-option/\">Obama, Cathoics, contraception and the “Hawaiian option” - Orlando Sentinel (blog)</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:38 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Reuters Blogs Obama, Cathoics, contraception and the “Hawaiian option” Orlando Sentinel (blog) Religion News Service blogger David Gibson writes about a compromise President Barack Obama is offering after infuriating Catholic leaders with ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://instrument-rated-theology.com/2012/02/09/necessary-inference-or-is-thomas-rolling-in-his-grave/\">Necessary Inference, Or, Is Thomas Rolling In His Grave ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:30 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Confessional disclaimer here if you are not a member of one of the congregations associated with the American Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ , Christian Church of Disciples of Christ ) or if you do not have any close association w..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://thepietythatliesbetween.blogspot.com/2012/02/opening-night-for-love.html\">The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:29 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective. \"The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, o..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://letters2america.com/2012/02/letter-2-america-for-february-9-2012.html\">Letter 2 America for February 9, 2012 - letters2america</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:12 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Still, Santorum&#39;s avowal of repeal of the current health care law almost guarantees that his only constituents are those red state Republicans who actually are Santorum Christians rather than real ones. But the fact that there are so ma..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanelli/2012/02/09/christianity-and-the-corruption-of-morality/\">Christianity And The Corruption Of Morality | Al Stefanelli</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 09:03 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Although some of the more progressive churches have modified this and a few have even eliminated it, this system has remained fundamental to Christian religiosity throughout the history of the church. The whole idea of heaven and hell is a ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://streetpastor.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/evolutionary-thoughts-creed/\">Evolutionary Thoughts: Creed  The Theological Wanderings of a ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:33 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">As a beneficiary of the Christian tradition, I believe in the power of the new reign of God, embodied and proclaimed in the life of Jesus and offered unconditionally for the liberation of all life-forms. Last summer, I also enjoyed reading ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/02/11th-circuit.html\">TaxProf Blog: 11th Circuit:  107 Parsonage Allowance Applies to ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:32 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressive Christianity & the Law Start Making Sense (Dan .... applies to only one home. Christian singer Phil Driscoll and his wife had claimed parsonage allowances on both their principal residence and a vacation home in these amounts: ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://nalert.blogspot.com/2012/02/christian-leaders-vow-to-be-jailed.html\">Newsalert: Christian Leaders Vow to Be Jailed Rather Than Cave to ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:20 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Christian Leaders Vow to Be Jailed Rather Than Cave to Obama&#39;s HHS Law &iddot; Gateway Pundit. Posted by Steve Bartin. Bookmark and Share. at 8:20 AM &iddot; Older Post Home. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. Contact. sbnl382-at-yahoo.co..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://schansblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/romney-buffett-and-tax-rates.html\">SchansBlog: Romney, Buffett and Tax Rates</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:19 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">When a tax code is loaded with special loopholes deductions and credits for all sorts of activities an otherwise progressive system may not yield progressive outcomes. Rich people can legally avoid (and illegally evade) taxation and pay low..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/from-fanboy-to-frustrated-a-plea-to-mark-driscoll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-fanboy-to-frustrated-a-plea-to-mark-driscoll\">From Fanboy to Frustrated: A Plea To Mark Driscoll | Christ and Pop ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:18 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">His ministry resonated with me in my particular season of life. Faced with some of the backwardness and introversion of the church I was working in, Driscoll drew upon my desire for a more progressive and outward-focused style of ministry.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/09/health-bill-in-more-trouble/\">Health bill in more trouble | Progress | News and debate from the ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:18 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Progress | News and debate from the progressive community Progress Online. Progress is the New Labour pressure group which aims to promote radical and progressive politics for the 21st century. Join Progress as a full member, ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://pairsonnalites-uk.blogspot.com/2012/02/thanet-families-trapped-by-rising.html\">PAIRSonnalits | UK: Thanet families trapped by rising poverty</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:09 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">NEWSBLOG - United Kingdom || PAIRSonnalits Organization || to broadcast news on social exclusion || Social exclusion | Poverty | HIV | Prostitution | Homelessness | Alcohol and drugs | Social reintegration | LGBT | An harm reduction goal | ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://clc.citlchurches.org/devotions/e100-devotions-day-26/\">E100 Devotions  Day 26 | Christian Life Church</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:04 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The progressive path of forgetfulness leads us to fail to be mindful of the times and seasons in our life resulting in a loss of dignity which will always lead us to a lack of self control and therefore sin. The Lord instructed the children..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2012/02/christian-woman-denies-evolution-knows.html\">The Immoral Minority: Christian woman denies evolution, knows ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Christian woman denies evolution, knows exactly where SHE came from. ..... 2 months ago. BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash &iddot; Grope and Change (Satire). 2 months ago .....</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://progressivegeographies.com/2012/02/09/greenblatt-shakespeares-freedom/\">Greenblatt, Shakespeare&#39;s Freedom | Progressive Geographies</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:50 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Follow Progressive Geographies. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Join 394 other followers. Powered by WordPress.com. Send to Email Address Your Name Your Email Address. loading. Cancel. Post was not sent - check your ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://success-by-design.blogspot.com/2012/02/womens-rights-vs-religious-rights.html\">Women&#39;s Rights vs Religious Rights</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:48 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Liberals want gay marriage - Christianity gets in the way. Liberals want drugs made legal - Christianity gets in the way. In fact, the lion&#39;s share of the liberal/ progressive agenda is anti- Christian , including their so-called \"socia..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://mtcarmelhappenings.blogspot.com/2012/02/2122012.html\">Mt Carmel Happenings: 2.12.2012</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:38 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Weekly News at Mt Carmel Christian Church , Cincinnati, OH .... Monday, March 19th from 6:30-8:30 Sherman Bradley, Executive Director of City Gospel Mission will be speaking on how to effectively connect with people in poverty . GreifShare ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://progressivegeographies.com/2012/02/09/leeds-talk/\">Leeds talk | Progressive Geographies</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:36 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressive Geographies. Thinking about place and power. Skip to content. Home &iddot; About &iddot; Books &iddot; Free Downloads &iddot; Live &iddot; The Birth of Territory &iddot; &#x2190; Ian Bogost on Making Books and Writing Books .....</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/2012/02/virgin-birth/\">Virgin Birth  Spiritual wickedness in high places</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:28 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Politics from a progressive Christian perspective. Conventional Wisdom. Virgin Birth. There has been a controversy recently regarding new rules coming out of the Health and Human Services office. Those rules require employers to provide .....</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/50053-another-one-for-the-pile/\">Another One For The Pile - Ex-Christian.Net</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:13 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">First I started reading progressive and emergent Christians like Rob Bell and Brian McLaren and one thing led to another. Fundies hate those guys because they claim (correctly) that they lead to Christians eventually leaving the faith.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16259\">Church of England relies on LGBT clergy, vigil illustrates</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:12 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Anglicans have staged an &#039;Act of Witness&#039; at the Church of England General Synod to highlight the important role of many hundreds of LGB&T clergy. Anglicans staged an &#039;Act of Witness&#039; at the Church of England General Sy..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://glennbalzer.com/2012/02/09/a-new-reality/\">A new reality  Glenn Balzer</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:04 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">What does it mean to be a Christian in North America? If I listen to my Republican brothers and sisters it has something to do with electing a President who can fight for our values. When I visit with the more progressive , socially active ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://roshpinaproject.com/2012/02/09/christian-palestinianism-christian-anti-zionism-palestinian-christianity-and-the-jewish-roots-of-christianity/\">Christian Palestinianism, Christian Anti-Zionism, Palestinian ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 07:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Palestinian Liberation theologians have created a new Jesus in their own perceived image a Palestinian martyr being killed by Israeli troops. Palestinian theologians show aversion to the Tanach as their political prejudice makes God&#39;s ...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2012/02/09/nobody-expects-the-progressive-inquisition/\">Nobody Expects The Progressive Inquisition! - Big Journalism</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 06:58 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressives hate variety, they loathe diversity of thought. The George Soros mouthpiece, Media Matters for America actually pays people to listen to Erickson and Loesch&#39;s radio shows, record them, and try to trump up outrage over noth..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://christianreads.blogspot.com/2012/02/review-something-new-by-dianne.html\">Iola&#39;s Christian Reads: Review: Something New by Dianne Christner</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 06:01 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Fletch Stauffer is also a Mennonite, but from a more progressive sect. He is a missionary kid, now training to be a vet at the advice of Marshall, a long-term financial contributor to his parents&#39; mission. 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As Christians , we are smartest to work .....</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://michael-in-norfolk.blogspot.com/2012/02/do-our-enemeies-celebrate-every-time.html\">Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life: Do Our Enemeies ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 05:48 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">But instead of letting kids act out the violence of their adult role-models who bash gays at the pulpit and the ballot box, Savage called on school members to actively oppose anti-LGBT bullying and on liberal and more progressive Christians..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://in-depthchristianstudies.blogspot.com/2012/02/separated-and-saturated.html\">In-depth Christian Studies: Separated and Saturated</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 05:45 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">We intend to cover all topics of Christian faith in an in-depth, New Testament related manner. ... Two of the most popular words in the Christian vocabulary are \"bless\" and \"blessing\". ... Becoming worldly is progressive ; it happens by deg..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://macmakeupoutlet.blogspot.com/2012/02/christian-dior-sneakers-collection-of.html\">Mac Makeup Outlet: Christian Dior Sneakers Collection of Spring ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 05:44 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The style beliefs of Christian Dior of having progressive patterns has usually influenced their designers in creating new types. Their footwear and boots embody novelty with fantastic designs, curving nicely exercise program texture.It is r..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://fancy-replica-watches-6353.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/jc-penny-jewlery-seiko.html\">Jc penny jewlery seiko - Fancy Replica Watches | Philip Stein, Louis ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 04:56 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Ginger lee and jewlery jacy andrews jacy penny andrews videos jacy andrews sinful desires second congregational united church of jc penny jewlery seiko christ is a welcoming historic and progressive christian community in the heart of ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/09/practical-help-tackling-youth-unemployment/\">Practical help tackling youth unemployment | Progress | News and ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 04:34 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Progress | News and debate from the progressive community Progress Online. Progress is the New Labour pressure group which aims to promote radical and progressive politics for the 21st century. Join Progress as a full member, ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.bonzaiprogressive.com/2012/02/09/bonzai-basik-beats-episode-75-mixed-by-fly/\">EPISODE 75  MIXED BY FLY - Bonzai Progressive</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 04:05 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The music virus hit Christian Fly Pieters when he was 10 years old. At only the age of 16 he was ... Armani, Tiesto, Today he&#39;s still the head honcho of Bonzai Progressive leading the labels on a brand new tech house/house/ & techno pat..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.christiansurfers.co.za/update/sharks-and-prayers-by-nick-pike\">SHARKS AND PRAYERS by Nick Pike. - Christian Surfers</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 03:55 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Christ help me get out of here? God help me get my fingers in this things eye? God make this thing let go?Looking death in the face, God chose to remind Denver of his sin and His forgiveness. (For all have fallen short of the glory of God)..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16257\">Positive church schools debate comes to C of E Synod</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 03:35 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> \"A historic event\" was how one priest described the first &#039;Religion & Education&#039; Accord Coalition fringe meeting at the Church of England General Synod. \"A historic event\" was how Church of England General Synod member the Rev Hu..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/09/third-sectors-new-centre-ground/\">Third sector&#39;s new centre-ground | Progress | News and debate from ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 03:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Progress | News and debate from the progressive community Progress Online. Progress is the New Labour pressure group which aims to promote radical and progressive politics for the 21st century. Join Progress as a full member, ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://justmehomely.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/chapter-4-our-unbelief/\">Chapter 4: Our Unbelief | Justmehomely&#39;s Blog</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Church&#39;s pastoral response is focused on creating new parish and Church structures, such as Basic Christian Communities, to communicate the Gospel more effectively. 173. Vatican II described this .... PCP II has strong words to say ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.mauce.nl/site/2012/phenex-rising-announce-new-vocalist-armath-sargon/\">&#39;Phenex Rising&#39; Announce New Vocalist &#39;Armath Sargon&#39; | The Metal ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 02:49 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressive Christian Metal Phenex Rising welcomes their new vocalist from Finland Armath Sargon. The band now consists of Marc Hoffman - All Guitars, Drum Programming and Armath Sargon - Vocals and Keys. Their debut video for the ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2012/02/research-awards-green-technology/\">3 Research Awards in the Spirit of Competition for Green ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 02:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> ... for Green Technology Development. Created by Christian Crisostomo on Thursday, February 9, 2012 Leave a Comment &iddot; Tweet ... Progressive Automotive X Prize. The X Prize Foundation is a non-profit organization that creates and orga..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://progressivegeographies.com/2012/02/09/ian-bogost-on-making-books-and-writing-books/\">Ian Bogost on Making Books and Writing Books | Progressive ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 01:56 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressive Geographies. Thinking about place and power. Skip to content. Home &iddot; About &iddot; Books &iddot; Free Downloads &iddot; Live &iddot; The Birth of Territory &iddot; &#x2190; No Borders conference. Ian Bogost on Making Book..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://progressiveproselytizing.blogspot.com/2012/02/obamacare-birth-control-and-religious.html\">Obamacare, birth control, and religious freedoms - Progressive ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 01:54 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A startling 20% of people at various times have thought Obama was a Muslim despite his numerous attempts that exceed that of previous presidents to express his Christian piety. The GOP is already using this issue extensively and Obama&#39;s..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://progressivegeographies.com/2012/02/09/no-borders-conference/\">No Borders conference | Progressive Geographies</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 01:44 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Progressive Geographies. Thinking about place and power. Skip to content. Home &iddot; About &iddot; Books &iddot; Free Downloads &iddot; Live &iddot; The Birth of Territory &iddot; &#x2190; Elsevier launches &#39;a new jounal&#39; copyedi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16256\">Egypt&#039;s Christian leaders urge focus on humanitarian need</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 01:29 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Egyptian Christian leaders say that while politics and religion are garnering most attention right now, urgent humanitarian needs must be addressed. Egyptian Christian leaders say while politics and religion are garnering the most attentio..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://reyes-chow.com/2012/02/guest-blogger-greg-bolt-be-who-you-say-you-are/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guest-blogger-greg-bolt-be-who-you-say-you-are\">Guest Blogger: Greg Bolt  Be Who You Say You Are | Bruce Reyes ...</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 01:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/UGXTRHRFKJ.html\">BlogSearched progressive Christian links</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">I have always thought of myself as open-minded, Christian , caring, and passionate. Those are terms that I have used to describe myself since I could remember (or was asked to describe myself). Looking back, however, I realized that the wor..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/2-9-12.html\">Falwell: Prophet of certitude: 2-9-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/02/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> W hen I first glanced at Michael Sean Winter\'s new biography of the late Jerry Falwell, God\'s Right Hand: How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right , my temptation was to give it a fast scan and then just ment..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/gtUze4ZaT4o/-Rick-Santorum-s-campaign-sent-Hanukkah-greetings-with-New-Testament-message\">Rick Santorum\'s campaign sent Hanukkah greetings with New Testament message</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 20:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ABUMPCS8JA.html\">Left media on Christianity</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Just as reminder of the brain trust that passes for the Rick \"Christian Sharia\" Santorum campaign: Santorum\'s South Carolina team sent out this Hanukkah card last, well, Hanukkah. Notice anything? ( Hunter Walker ) Yep. They sent a card to..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHnwWTSR8SZW65eRIwbpaJdIjE_Bw&url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-09/162682-nigeria-has-resumed-its-dance-on-the-edge-of-the-precipice.ashx\">Nigeria has resumed its dance on the edge of the precipice - The Daily Star</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 18:43 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Nigeria has resumed its dance on the edge of the precipice The Daily Star The sect had bombed a church in Madalla, a town on the outskirts of Abuja, on Christmas Day, killing 45 worshippers, and its spokesmen then demanded that all Christi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005358.html\">General Synod - Wednesday night press reports</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 16:35 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Michael White in The Guardian Fratricidal tensions at the Church of England Synod Riazat Butt in The Guardian Church of England reaches compromise on women bishops Avril Ormsby for Reuters Church of England takes step towards allowing women..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFyuW3cUeBJ-X3BOyn8fWFwIgFdxA&url=http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-02/rick-warren-finds-new-purpose-weight-loss\">Rick Warren finds a new purpose: weight loss - The Christian Century</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 08:56 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Rick Warren finds a new purpose: weight loss The Christian Century 2012 Religion News Service LAKE FOREST, Calif. (RNS) Megachurch pastor Rick Warren has become an outsized evangelical superstar: best-selling author of \"The Purpose Driven ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005356.html\">General Synod - Wednesday morning press reports</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 03:46 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Ekklesia C of E General Synod hears of climate change chaos in Bangladesh Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Church of England synod to decide on women bishops Christian Today Church of England’s legislation on women bishops ‘needs more work’..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16253\">Welfare politics and changing the power landscape</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 02:02 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The coalition can force its welfare changes through using procedural measures, minor concessions and ‘financial privilege’ to do so. But the long-term political fall-out from all of this could be immense, says Simon Barrow. The warfare ove..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16252\">We need a system that puts human wellbeing first</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 01:53 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The competitive nature of the top-down, corporate capitalist system means we can never truly be &#039;all in this together&#039;, says Jonathan Bartley. All we do is sacrifice the most vulnerable for the sake of maintaining an unjust order..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/2-8-12.html\">A tri-religious conversation: 2-8-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> I have argued over and over that interfaith, or interreligious, dialogue needs to be a long-term commitment to be effective. One-shot dinners or two-hour seminars may be helpful, but, in the end, true understanding takes time and effort. W..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16251\">C of E General Synod hears of climate change chaos in Bangladesh</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 21:29 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The director of the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh has addressed a meeting at the General Synod of the Church of England, its governing body. The director of the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh has ad..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16250\">Youth longing for peace in the Arab world</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 21:18 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The key role of young people in recent Arab transformations was a recurrent theme for a recent World Council of Churches Christian-Muslim consultation. The key role played by young people during the transformations in the Arab world throug..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/bias-and-balance-in-aussie-catholic-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bias-and-balance-in-aussie-catholic-news\">Bias and balance in Aussie Catholic news</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 15:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Anti-catholic bias in the press is not new. But I do wonder if fifteen years of abuse scandals has shifted the framework for reporting on the Roman Catholic Church.The default position in the press is that the Catholic Church is guilty as ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://willimon.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-spanish-speaking-churches-in.html\">Our Spanish Speaking Churches in the Aftermath of HB56</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 13:25 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ZUSYC3X2Z3.html\">Clergy blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The fastest growing ethnic groupin United Methodism are Spanish-speaking Methodists. North Alabama Methodistshave invested huge resources in establishing nearly a dozen new congregationsin the past few years. These new churches have become..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHWkSPMSyYR3U7BZyCL9rkRI1XSEQ&url=http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-02/vatican-refutes-corruption-charges-made-ambassador-us\">Vatican refutes corruption charges made by ambassador to US - The Christian Century</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 11:45 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Vatican refutes corruption charges made by ambassador to US The Christian Century 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Vatican officials are strongly refuting allegations made by the pope&#39;s new ambassador to the United States that the Vati..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005352.html\">Resourcing Christian Community Action</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 06:45 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Church of England has announced a new project to resource Christian Community Action. How to serve your community&#8217;s needs without reinventing the wheel in every parish: that is the challenge posed by a new project to be launched b..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005350.html\">General Synod - Tuesday morning press reports</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 03:55 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Andrew Brown in The Guardian General Synod: the perfect forum for Anglicans who want to avoid decisions Riazat Butt in The Guardian Church of England has &#8216;no plan B&#8217; on female bishops The Australian Anglican male co-bishop talk ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.alternet.org/world/153723/how_deep_is_the_republican_christian_right%27s_connection_to_the_anti-gay_bills_sweeping_sub-saharan_africa\">How Deep Is the Republican Christian Right&#039;s Connection to the Anti-Gay Bills Sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 02:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ABUMPCS8JA.html\">Left media on Christianity</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">As the horrific \"kill-the-gays\" bill resurfaces in Uganda, Republican politicians deny connections, but their rhetoric is frighteningly similar. </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/that-missing-church-state-angle-in-nyc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-missing-church-state-angle-in-nyc\">That missing church-state angle in NYC</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 16:00 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The clock is ticking in New York City for the many churches that face eviction under the court ruling stating that churches &#8212; unlike other non-profits &#8212; cannot rent public schools. Why? Because worship in a space fundamentally ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://theparish.typepad.com/parish/2012/02/sacrilege-no-not-really-or-still-the-emperor-is-naked-yet-the-crowd-cheers-his-wardrobe.html\">Sacrilege? No, not really. Or, Still the Emperor is Naked, Yet the Crowd Cheers His Wardrobe</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 14:36 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/CV3NCXDOWJ.html\">Theology blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Sacrilege! Love the word. It\'s powerful, if widely misunderstood. Most people, if asked to define it, would likely say something that actually means something closer to blasphemy. It\'s one of those nuance words we don\'t always get, especia..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEFlkNYyWSWfwWm4O2Q5yMKaupHwg&url=http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/911-pawn-or-Al-Qaeda-Mum-20120206\">9/11 pawn or Al-Qaeda Mum? - News24</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 07:11 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> 9/11 pawn or Al-Qaeda Mum? News24 By Sophia Javed, Media Review Network, Gauteng In 1956 the Peoples Temple was established by Jim Jones as a racially integrated Christian Church , uniting people from all backgrounds within segregated Amer..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReligiousRightWatch/message/6373\">Christian Pastor Calls for Starbucks Boycott Over Gay Marriage Suppo</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 04:06 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/PPNSLARPQY.html\">Discussion Forums</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Christian Pastor Calls for Starbucks Boycott Over Gay Marriage Support </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/2-6-12.html\">A president at prayer: 2-6-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> A s most of you know, some Americans continue to claim, against all evidence, that President Obama is a Muslim. This is on the order of thinking the Earth is flat and that the sun revolves around it, but still the goofiness continues. Whic..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFQ-RvDNmBDfAEbcOfmjKSUwM1oJg&url=http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2012/02/panel_on_faithbased_approach_to_bds_unites_christian_jewish_and_muslim_groups\">Panel on faith-based approach to BDS unites Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups - The Daily Pennsylvanian</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 21:58 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Panel on faith-based approach to BDS unites Christian , Jewish and Muslim groups The Daily Pennsylvanian During the panel&#39;s question-and-answer session, many audience members asked how they could get more involved in the BDS movement t..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/race-religion-maryland-and-gay-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=race-religion-maryland-and-gay-marriage\">Race, religion, Maryland and gay marriage</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 12:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Time for a quick flashback into the tmatt GetReligion folder of guilt. That\'s the cyber-folder of mainstream news stories that I really want to dissect, but then other big stories come along that demand immediate attention and then, well, ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/last-temptation-of-castro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-temptation-of-castro\">Last temptation of Castro</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 21:53 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Fidel Castro will be received back into the communion of the Roman Catholic Church during Pope Benedict XVI\'s visit to the island in March, the Italian press is reporting. If true, this is a remarkable story &#8212; and one that has yet to..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://www.getreligion.org/2012/02/josh-hamiltons-christian-rehab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=josh-hamiltons-christian-rehab\">Josh Hamilton\'s Christian rehab</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 09:50 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The demons are back. Not that they ever left. Baseball star Josh Hamilton\'s ongoing battle with alcohol and drug addiction made headlines again this week when the Texas Rangers slugger acknowledged drinking at a Dallas bar. Anyone familiar..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHGVYW0ADjHN7SWFh5rwmOBL0ugww&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/obamas-health-care-mandate-on-birth-control-is-alienating-catholics/2012/02/02/gIQA0k0WlQ_blog.html?tid%3Dpm_politics_pop\">Obama ruling requires Catholic institutions to violate church teaching - Washington Post (blog)</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 05:33 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Obama ruling requires Catholic institutions to violate church teaching Washington Post (blog) The president is good at talking about his Christian faith , as he did at a National Prayer Breakfast, and ought to do more of it if he wants to ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/2-45-12.html\">An example of \'moral fiction\': 2-4/5-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> B efore I tell you about a fascinating book and the questions it raises about Christian fiction and Christian allegory, I want you to know that I know the author. W. Bruce Cameron ( pictured below ), author of the novel Emory\'s Gift , and ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGh1CMECw4utKRUUNbjSkCPj99ouQ&url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/change-of-heart-1.410878\">Change of heart - Haaretz</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 23:34 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Haaretz Change of heart Haaretz In his social activist years, he formed close relationships with many Christian leaders and with leading Catholic theologians . He was invited to speak at Catholic colleges and his writings continue to be re..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG5hha8dZBRpa1wKVN74dNNePwQCA&url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/opinion/soko-catholic-contraception/\">Bishops don\'t speak for most Catholics on contraception - CNN International</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 07:41 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/BL5BJQAZ7Z.html\">News Media</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Bishops don&#39;t speak for most Catholics on contraception CNN International He is the author of \"A Mounting East-West Tension: Buddhist- Christian Dialogue on Human Rights , Social Justice and a Global Ethic.\" (CNN) -- Recently, the chai..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/2-2-12.html\">Help with Christian art: 2-2-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> W hat do you know about the art that draws its inspiration from your religious tradition? I freely admit that I\'m not well educated about Christian art, though I do enjoy wandering through the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHwjINZQCM0c19u3lVGuMBOy3d51Q&url=http://www.huliq.com/10282/romney-not-concerned-about-very-poor-while-claiming-be-christian\">Romney not concerned about the very poor while claiming to be a Christian - HULIQ</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 20:11 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> HULIQ Romney not concerned about the very poor while claiming to be a Christian HULIQ What would Jesus think of this Mormon politician who stated publically that “I&#39;m not concerned about the very poor?” In turn, Republicans and Tea Par..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://tcpc.blogs.com/musings/2012/02/shared-sacrifice-shared-reward.html\">Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 18:39 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ZUSYC3X2Z3.html\">Clergy blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> \" Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more. \" (Jesus, Sermon on the Mount, Luke 12: 48) That\'s how it is in the kingdom of heaven, that realm of living imag..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEeemykMv8JJhR-SfmdrEfItZ8JJg&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/national-prayer-breakfast-peoples-prayer-breakfast-occupy-wall-street_n_1245145.html\">National Prayer Breakfast Gets A Rival: The People\'s Prayer Breakfast - Huffington Post</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 10:54 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> American Spectator National Prayer Breakfast Gets A Rival: The People&#39;s Prayer Breakfast Huffington Post Just half a mile from the hotel, dozens or perhaps hundreds of a network of clergy and their supporters, part of \"Occupy Faith \" w..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/01/1-31-12.html\">The centrality of paradox: 1-31-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">31/01/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> C hristianity -- perhaps more than any other religion with which I\'m familiar -- is characterized by paradox. And in his compelling new book, Night of the Confessor : Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty , Tomáš Halík, describes the ce..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/01/1-30-12.html\">It\'s about being like Jesus: 1-30-12</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">30/01/12 00:15 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/6PWL9NCM0F.html\">Christian Columnists</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> A bit over a week ago here on the blog I featured a remarkable new book, Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project , by Jack Mayer, about the fabulous woman who helped to save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in World War I..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://notfrisco2.com/leones/?p=6726\">The meaning of the word &#8220;conservative&#8221;</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">29/01/12 01:08 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ZUSYC3X2Z3.html\">Clergy blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Conor Friedersdorf has a post on the many different (and sometimes completely contradictory) things Americans mean when they say they\'re conservative . Now, you could say something similar about the different things people may mean when th..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://theparish.typepad.com/parish/2012/01/mark-driscolls-penis-tangentially-or-wherefore-art-thou-moral-authority.html\">Mark Driscoll\'s Penis (Tangentially); or, Wherefore art Thou, Moral Authority?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">27/01/12 12:55 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/CV3NCXDOWJ.html\">Theology blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> With apologies to the great bard... &#xD; The task for half of my freshmen this past two weeks is to explain the system of moral authority in their lives. The question is fairly simple: are you what you do, what you believe, or a combinati..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://tcpc.blogs.com/musings/2012/01/why-im-an-agnatheist.html\">Why I\'m an Agnatheist</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">26/01/12 19:45 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ZUSYC3X2Z3.html\">Clergy blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> A particularly useful book crossed my desk recently: &#0160;BRIDGING THE GOD GAP: Finding Common Ground Among Believers, Atheists, and Agnostics (Living Arts Publications, 2011) by Roger Schriner, a retired Unitarian minister and psychothe..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://willimon.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-believe-in-discipleship-in-action.html\">We Believe in Discipleship in Action</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">26/01/12 10:41 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/ZUSYC3X2Z3.html\">Clergy blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> This week, I return to&nbsp;theseries of messages&nbsp;focusing on some of our distinctive Wesleyan beliefsfrom my book on that subject. No motif in the Wesleyantradition has been more consistent than the link between Christian doctrine an..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2012/01/exemption-denied.html\">Conscience, Denied</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/01/12 11:18 from <a href=\"http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/CV3NCXDOWJ.html\">Theology blogs</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In quickly-breaking news of conspicuous timing -- read: with Monday\'s March for Life in Washington just around the corner -- both the AP and Washington Post are reporting that the Obama administration has turned back calls for a wider consc..</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/8FFOR2LHJR?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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