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Edited from the original, with changes marked. The major news media have uniformly marched behind a “gay sex scandal” label for the sex-and-drug allegations against the Rev. Ted Haggard, now-former head of the National Association of Evangelicals. But it’s not…
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I failed to notice that I had made this page an open forum. So the protest of Ex-Gay Watch’s policy against using quotation marks around “ex-gay” was allowed. I have unbanned Randi Schimnosky. I am sorry for acting so aggressively….
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Ten Beliefs of an Unhealthy Faith
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From Pastor Brenda: God’s love and favor depends on my behavior. All ministers are people of God and can be trusted. Material blessings are a sign of spiritual strength. I can work my way to heaven. Problems in my life…
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Pastor Advocates for Charity, Not Nationalism
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Katherine Hawker is pastor at Evangelical United Church of Christ in Webster Groves, Missouri. Writing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last month, Hawker contrasted local mainline churches that celebrate World Communion Day to foster Christian unity and charity, with the…
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Sin Is ‘Neither Republican Nor Democratic’
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From BeliefNet author Diana Butler Bass via Straight, Not Narrow: “Making sexuality a political issue, as much of the Religious Right has done, distracts from a host of other issues, such as poverty, war, and environmental concerns. But it also…
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Denver Post columnist Cindy Rodriguez discusses some reasons why followers of Focus on the Family obey the organization’s advice — and vote against their own families. Rodriguez’s own bias is obviously Democratic.
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From Peterson Toscano: Having experienced victory, aspiring ex-gay minister “Marvin” now voices hesitation about joining the world’s largest ex-gay organization. Marvin asks: Does a local spiritual ex-gay ministry need to be entangled in Exodus psychology and politics? What are the…
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From Barry Goldwater via Wikipedia via Andrew Sullivan: “On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can…
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Apparently too many people have been requesting antihomosexual and exgay resources from Focus on the Family while offering less than the organization’s “suggested donation.” So now Focus, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is making it more difficult to “donate”…