Alex Murashko

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  Jun 22, 2013

  Reaction to Exodus Shutdown From Christian, Gay Communities a Complicated Mix

  Reaction to the shutdown this week of Exodus International, the largest Christian ministry devoted to addressing struggles with homosexuality, once primarily by way of reparative therapy and more recently with a shift towards a focus on church responsibility, has been a complicated mix of opinions from leaders from within both the church and gay communities.

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  Jun 21, 2013

  Samaritan's Purse Helps 'Salvage' Remains From Colo. Black Forest Fire

  Disaster relief teams with the North Carolina-based Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week where the massive Black Forest fire burned more than 14,000 acres, destroyed nearly 500 homes and claimed two lives. Since setting up its Disaster Relief Unit on Wednesday at a local church, the ministry has already received requests for help from 190 homeowners, say officials.

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  Jun 20, 2013

  C.S. Lewis Event to Feature 'Three Day Feast of Faith, Intellect and Imagination'

  The C.S. Lewis Foundation kicks off its summer events program during its 50th anniversary celebration of the Christian author's legacy with a three-day conference at the University of San Diego starting this Friday. Nearly 50 years after his death, the popularity and relevance of Lewis continues to increase, the foundation says.

• Jun 19, 2013

  Tenn. Professor Requires Students to Support Gay Rights, Calls View of Those Opposed to Assignment 'Ignorant'

  A community college professor in Tennessee who required her students to wear rainbow-colored ribbons in a show of support for the gay rights movement during a class assignment, also said the views of students who were against the display because of their faith was "ignorant and uneducated," according to a religious liberty legal group.

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  Jun 19, 2013

  Nearly 14,000 US Churches Signed on for 'My Hope America with Billy Graham'

  The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association recently launched "Lose to Gain," its second half-hour video program installment of the My Hope America with Billy Graham campaign series. With less than five months remaining in the campaign, nearly 14,000 churches have registered in the project that culminates in an evangelistic video featuring portions of Billy Graham's preaching, intertwined with true stories of people who decided to follow Christ.

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  Jun 15, 2013

  Father's Day: Six Ways for a Daughter to Show Love to Her Dad

  Daughters not caught up in Father's Day as an occasion to celebrate, perhaps because of hurt feelings, can try several action steps in an effort to bring more warmth between them and their fathers, says a psychologist and expert on apology.

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  Jun 15, 2013

  More 'This Is the End' Type Movies Released; Why the Apocalyptic Fascination?

  The release this week of the movie "This Is the End" coupled with Hollywood's intensifying love affair with apocalyptic-type films gave some pastors in the Staten Island, NY, area a chance to answer a local reporter's question, "Why the fascination?"

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  Jun 13, 2013

  Richard Land: Future of America Depends on What Saved People Do

  The torch for defending biblical truth and practice represented by the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has been passed from its leader of 25 years, Richard Land, to evangelical theologian Russell Moore. The occasion was marked with a special tribute to Land and an address by Moore to more than 4,400 members attending the SBC's annual meeting this week in Houston.

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  Jun 12, 2013

  SBC's Fred Luter: While We Are Arguing About Theology, Lost People Are Going to Hell

  In an impassioned sermon during his first opportunity to address the Southern Baptist Convention after being re-elected as president for a second term, Fred Luter, Jr. said the time for debating and arguing over theological differences among church members could be used instead to reach out to non-believers.

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  Jun 11, 2013

  So. Baptist Convention 2013: Business Not As Usual; President Fred Luter Hopes for Revival

  Instead of business as usual at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting held today and Wednesday, SBC President Fred Luter said he is hoping the meeting will spark a revival in the United States.