Theologian Carl F.H. Henry called this week on Southern Baptists to denounce “tyrannical oppressors” who routinely persecute others in the name of religion.
February 24 2010 carl f.h. henry islam religious freedom religious persecution saudi arabiaAngels descended upon the Washington area last Saturday. They didn’t have halos, wings or white garments, but they did have a heavenly mission that was welcomed by more than 4,000 area children whose parents are in jail.
February 24 2010 angel tree children of prison inmates christmasLauren Homer, a McLean lawyer, is going to Russia this summer to train that country’s lawyers and legal scholars in how the rule of law and inalienable rights can make a difference in a society that has recognized neither for many years.
February 24 2010 communism law and christianity law and liberty trust lawyers moscow russians soviet unionBrenda Hunter knows the pain that comes from a mother’s inability to nurture her child. She said that it happened to her, and she knows it leaves people unable to enter into intimate relationships. She also knows that the pain does not have to last always. There can be spiritual healing.
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February 24 2010 children of prison inmates christmas kids konnection sidewalk sunday school troubled childrenThe Rev. John Fitzgerald still remembers the energy that Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs brought to the Sunday School class on his first time there more than 10 years ago.
February 24 2010 athletics coach joe gibbs pro football rev. john fitzgerald sports super bowl washington redskinsDavid Dunithan tested HIV positive and plunged into despair in 1988. “I wasn’t that young, but I wasn’t that old. And my life was going down the tubes.”
February 24 2010 aids ministry emotional recoveryMembers of the Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda, Md., still may be talking about a sight that greeted them one recent Saturday morning. A smartly attired single woman advertised her marital intentions with a button that read like a campaign slogan: “Say I Do in 92.”
February 24 2010 choosing a marriage partner finding a spouse happy marriage matchmakingAn editor at Time magazine once confided in Marabel Morgan that he came away from a cocktail party with high-heel marks all over his chest at the mere mention of her name. And what heinous crime did Morgan commit that could provoke such a sharp reaction? Morgan wrote a book in the early 1970s that sold more than 5 million copies about how she salvaged her marriage.
February 24 2010 happy marriage marabel morgan reviving a failing marriage saran wrap the total womanAn American academician went to Moscow for a religious experience that would have been unthinkable only a few months ago: He saw Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev join a group of Christians in prayer.
February 23 2010 christianity and government communism glasnost gorbachev institute on religion and democracy kent hill kgb moscow project christian bridge russians soviet unionWhat began with a prayer meeting here in 1984 has grown to an organization of more than 500 musicians and dancers, including Metropolitan Opera singers Jerome Hines and Myra Merritt, who perform as a sign of their commitment to the Christian faith.
February 23 2010 christian performing artists handels messiah jerome hines myra merritt robert kavanaughThroughout the recent Wednesday evening, the 15 Washington Redskins gathered at the Northern Virginia home of wide receiver Ricky Sanders enjoyed the special fellowship that they have come to share in their weekly sessions off the field.
February 22 2010 athletics bible study pro football sports washington redskinsA Washington-based group of Christian artists is responding to an official plea from St. Petersburg, Russia – the intellectual center of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution – to help care for its orphans. And so, for the first time in this century, a major cultural city will formally be host of a Christian art festival, according to Jerry Eisley, director of the Washington Arts Group and owner of a Washington art gallery.
February 22 2010 academy of christian art in canada art and religion christian art first international christian arts festival russians soviet union st. petersburgFor some, art and religion exist at polar extremes – never to meet. But at Washington’s Wesley Theological Seminary, seminarians are learning that the two are not mutually exclusive. Instead, they are learning that the creative process that becomes a painting or sculpture is not unlike the daily struggle of living by faith.
February 19 2010 art and religion center for the arts and religion creative processLt. Col. Oliver North laid his Bible on the lectern at the National Press Club and quipped that during the Iran-Contra hearings he used to read it and the Washington Post at the start of each day just to find out what both sides were doing.
February 19 2010 christianity and government iran-contra hearings lying oliver north truthJack Kemp already has achieved fame in two areas – as one of pro football’s best quarterbacks and now as an ebullient Republican congressman turned Cabinet member. He also is known throughout this town – which loves both football and politics with equal fanaticism – as a committed Christian.
February 19 2010 cabinet member department of housing and urban development inner-city ministries jack kemp national affordable housing act republican russians soviet unionCoach Bobby Bowden of the No. 1 ranked Florida State Seminoles faced the huge challenge of No. 3 Michigan on Saturday, with a possible national title on the line. So how did he spend the weekend before? Witnessing for Jesus.
February 19 2010 athletics bobby bowden college football fellowship of christian athletes sportsTheir task eased by the failed coup in the Soviet Union, 12 professors from the Washington-based Christian College Coalition say they are helping Russian academicians incorporate Judeo-Christian values into the new market economy.
February 19 2010 christian coalition market economy marxism russians soviet unionDave and Suzy Belt do not have electrifying tales of trekking through snake-infested swamps to reach primitive tribes with the gospel. However, through opening their home to a Japanese student attending George Mason University, their influence is being felt halfway around the world.
February 19 2010 foreign students japanese student missionaries people of the worldDebbye Turner was crowned Miss America 1990 Saturday night in front of an estimated 60 million television viewers, the first contestant to bring that coveted title to Missouri.
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