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Mandate could force some core Democrats to bail on president
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
WEDGE politics typically involves using an issue to divide your opponent from potential supporters. President Obama has flipped the practice on its head. He's using wedge politics on his own supporters. Nowhere is that more apparent than the controversy over the administration's mandate for all employers to... Read More
Romney faces the Moral Majority
Published: Mon, May 21, 2012
When the Rev. Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979, many fundamentalist pastors were appalled by his decision to wade into the muck of politics.
Even more shocking, Falwell said this would be an interfaith project from the get-go, one open to conservatives in many flocks -- including the Church of... Read More
Baptists believe in gospel, Thunder
Published: Sat, May 12, 2012
Oklahoma Southern Baptist groups have created an outreach aimed at sharing the gospel and providing hospitality to fans and visitors as the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team gears up for another round of playoffs. Read More
Local pastor discusses United Methodist gathering
Published: Sat, May 12, 2012
The Rev. Bob Long, one of the Oklahoma delegates who attended the recent United Methodist General Conference, discusses the once-every-four-years gathering. Read More
Religion Census charts nation's congregations
Published: Sat, May 5, 2012
The 2010 U.S. Religion Census unveiled Tuesday shows that independent evangelical congregations make up one of the largest religious groups in the country. This is the first time the census has included independent evangelical bodies. Read More
Oklahoma Baptist University student wins video contest recognition
Published: Sat, May 5, 2012
An Oklahoma Baptist University student recently earned recognition for his video entered in the Creation Care Video Contest. Read More
University Lutheran to dedicate new Education Building
Published: Fri, May 4, 2012
NORMAN -- University Lutheran Church and Student Center (ULCSC) will dedicate its recently completed Education Building with a brief ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the church, 914 Elm.
The Reverend Michael K. Girlinghouse, Bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in... Read More
Jackson, Sharpton coming to Tulsa
Updated: Wed, Apr 11, 2012
Two heavy hitters in the national civil rights movement -- the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton -- will be in Tulsa this weekend in the wake of the Good Friday shootings that left three black people dead and two injured.
Jackson will be at a private leadership meeting at noon Friday at First Baptist Church... Read More
Lenten art, on skin
Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012
The graphic tattoos that cover the bodies of millions of Russian prisoners symbolize their sins and crimes, their pain and suffering. Some of the tattoos are beautiful and hint at redemption. Others are disgusting, especially those etched involuntarily into the faces of victims by other prisoners as punishment for... Read More
God, Allah and Rick Warren
Published: Mon, Mar 12, 2012
At the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, centuries of Islamic doctrine have literally been carved into the shrine's walls.
Two quotations on the northwest wall will be of special interest to anyone interested in the latest whirlwind of controversy linked to evangelical superstar Rick Warren and his... Read More
Transforming the Crystal Cathedral
Published: Mon, Feb 20, 2012
It doesn't take a doctorate in church architecture to know why every pew in every Catholic cathedral allows worshippers to gaze toward the altar.
What happens on the altar during Mass is the heart of Catholic faith.
Meanwhile, architects that design Protestant churches make sure preachers have everyone's attention... Read More
Superstar T.D. Jakes makes a confession
Published: Mon, Feb 6, 2012
For more than a decade, Pentecostal Bishop T.D. Jakes has lived in the shadow of a Time magazine cover that asked, "Is this man the next Billy Graham?"
That was a loaded question, because of tensions behind the scenes between the multimedia Dallas superstar and many mainstream Christian leaders.
Now, this... Read More
When God Talks, It's Time to Listen
Published: Mon, Jan 16, 2012
When life seems to be on a downward slide, or the chaos is just too much, God has a plan. But even Christians sometimes forget that in order to know God's plan, we have to listen to what God says.
He will never steer you wrong. Within these pages you'll find biblical examples of God speaking to His people. Some... Read More
Evangelical vs. 'secular' America
Published: Mon, Jan 9, 2012
EDITOR'S NOTE: Terry Mattingly is on vacation. This column originally ran July 1, 2011.
When evangelical leaders look at the United States of America, they do not see a country defined by the familiar Gallup Poll statistic stating that 92 percent of its citizens profess some kind of belief in God.
Nor do... Read More
Rose petals in Pakistan
Published: Mon, Jan 2, 2012
In terms of giant headlines and spilled ink, there is no question that the lightning strike by U.S. special forces that killed Osama bin Laden was the year's most spectacular news event featuring a deadly brew of religion, politics and violence.
Thus, it isn't surprising that members of the Religion Newswriters... Read More
Southern Baptists or not?
Published: Tue, Dec 20, 2011
Journalists have been known to jump to premature conclusions if a denomination has the word "Southern" in its name.
Consider this paragraph in an MSNBC.com report about efforts by Southern Baptist researchers to shed light on the pros and cons of changing the name of America's largest non-Catholic flock. Southern... Read More
A growing, changing God lobby in D.C.
Published: Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Believe it or not, politicians used to be able to assume that when the U.S. Catholic bishops spoke on an issue, that meant that the nation's Catholics had spoken.
That was so mid-20th century.
Before long, Catholic liberals -- backed by Playboy's Hugh Hefner and others -- would dare to create a pro-abortion-rights... Read More
Baptist academic warfare in Georgia
Updated: Mon, Nov 14, 2011
When it comes to higher education, Baptists in Georgia are of two minds these days.
On Oct. 21, the trustees of Shorter University in Rome, Ga., approved a covenant requiring faculty and staff to support the "mission of Shorter University as a Christ-centered institution affiliated with the Georgia Baptist... Read More
Southern Baptists and Mormons, again
Published: Mon, Oct 24, 2011
If Southern Baptists gather for a seminar on what Mormons believe, the odds are good that one of the teachers will be a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Then again, if Mormons gather for a seminar on what Southern Baptists believe, the odds are good that one of the teachers will be... Read More
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