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Top Headlines Ex-Oral Roberts prez offered severance package - AP Group gives thanks to the Lord -- for lower gasoline prices - Los Angeles Times Praying for the U.S. - Washington Times Degrees no good for 25 students at New Birth Campus (school started by televangelist Eddie Long) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Charity's Business Plan Faces Trouble ["Seed America ... ultimate mission - building a graduate business school that would base its curriculum on Christian values"]- Chronicle of Philanthropy Episcopal priests propose aligning with Catholic church - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evangelist Bentley, Wife File for Separation - Lakeland Ledger Visits by McCain, Obama to Orange County church underscore Pastor Rick Warren's prominence - Los Angeles Times Christian fundamentalist group prays for rain to drown out Barack Obama - Sydney Morning Herald Group Asks Fenty to Abandon Mission Deal ["Central Union Mission asks men who seek shelter to participate in a church service as well as Bible study"] - Washington Post Secret Identity: Televangelist Preaches Questionable Theology (Arnold Murray teaches that Israelis are descendents of Satan) - Southern Poverty Law Center Christian Missionaries Fear Escalating War In Georgia; Churches Damaged - BosNewsLife Archeologists unearth Roman temple in Zippori ["Above the temple, foundations of a church built in the Byzantine period were discovered"] - Jerusalem Post Democratic convention chief wants reparations for blacks: Shares controversial 'liberation' theology with Obama's ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright - WorldNetDaily WWJB: What Would Jesus Buy? - ABC News Ohio church: No kissing, tickling allowed - AP Both sadness and hope dominate Sunday services after crash - Houston Chronicle Abundant Ministries Church feared to be a cover for ARV drugs racket - Botswana Sunday Standard Government to investigate and audit all churches in the country - Botswana Sunday Standard Christians Excavate Holy Land Treasures for Summer Fun - CNS News Santeria priest won't let religious freedom be sacrificed - Los Angeles Times Voodoo and New Orleans: Two Cultures of Permeable Boundaries - New York Times Courts Church 'fired me because I am gay' - Pretoria News Ten Commandments poster inside courtroom approved - WorldNetDaily University's 'Speech Code' ruled unconstitutional - OneNewsNow Priest indicted in Edgewater church theft ["A Chicago police detective ... placed a marked $100 bill in the collection plate"] - Chicago Tribune Victoria Osteen denies assaulting flight attendant (w/video) - Houston Chronicle Gay Marriage The Judge Behind California's Homosexual Marriage Ruling - AP More gay men embrace marriage, fatherhood: Changing laws, surrogacy programs create options for same-sex couples - AP Gay unions gaining global favor: California creates 'ripple effect' - Washington Times Fight over lobbying in ballot title escalates: Family group says attorney general's input on marriage plan 'argumentative' - WorldNetDaily Intelligent Design Evolutionist's Origin of Life Deception! - Conservative Voice Design argument and beyond - Economic Times Hypocrisy on Display at The Des Moines Register: Academic Freedom Protects Bullying Students about Religion, But Not Presenting Evidence for Intelligent Design - Evolution News & Views The Implications of the Hypothetical Discovery of Martian Life for Intelligent Design - Evolution News & Views Islam Billboards announce: 'Sharia law is hate' / Group hopes to spark debate over accepting Islamic rules in U.S. - WorldNetDaily Islamic group threatens Olympic transport - AP Divorce by Text Message ["a Malaysian court evoked Sharia law to allow a man to divorce his wife by text message"] - Washington Post 10-year-olds aren't too young to be brides in Saudi Arabia - AP Opinion A Biblical Solution To Brown Vs. Osteen - Ken Gurley The 'Making Abortion Rare' Hoax - David Limbaugh 2-party system: No choice but evil - Alan Keyes Following Christ - Trevin Wax Politics Religious Youth Vote Could Tip Scales in Battleground States - Fox News Lawmaker tells pastor arguments are 'bull----' - WorldNetDaily Obama Calls For Economic Stimulus ["Randy White, the pastor of the controversial Without Walls megachurch in Tampa said he's supporting Obama and thinks his ex-wife and former partner in the church, Paula White, does also"] - Tampa Tribune Social Initiatives on State Ballots Could Draw Attention to Presidential Race ["constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage in Arizona, California and Florida, and limitations on abortion in California, Colorado and South Dakota"] - New York Times Rick Warren hopes to redefine presidential politics - Orange County Register Prolife Issues Why more and more women opt for abortions in Singapore - Malaysian Star New Front in Abortion Battle: Both Sides Await Report That Charts - Wall Street Journal Pro-Life Medical Personnel Could Be Forced to Support Abortion - CNS News The Schiavo Case: Are Mass Media To Blame? - Science Daily Men Adopt Twice as Often as Women - WebMD Religious Persecution China and the Church - Wall Street Journal Christian Activist Escapes Police Detention - Washington Post Bush visits Beijing church, urges freedom - Washington Times Bush: Religious freedom nothing to fear - AP Baptist Press Outfielder credits prayer for helping him make Olympics Archer ties record; falls in 2nd round Olympian to teach at Baptist school LETTER FROM CHINA: Ignorance about Chinese is inexcusable, Lottie Moon said 2008 Baptist Hymnal makes official debut Top Headlines Guyana issues warrants in US missionaries' deaths - AP Thousands of Christians take to the street against application of Islamic law - Asia News Egypt's Christian-Muslim Gap Growing Bigger - Assyrian International News Agency More Canadian missionaries to return to Kenya - CanWest News Service How Would Isaiah Text? - New York Times How missionaries' attempts to evangelize at the Olympics were foiled - Slate Magazine As Churches Build on Protected Land, Fears of Growth Raised - Washington Post Members of Christian bike gang arrested in OC - AP They love to tell you the story of the Bible ["our educational system has led us to approach scripture as a silent text that you are to read and understand, and that is far different from hearing a story"] - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "R" ratings might help comedies: poll - Hollywood Reporter Christian protesters dragged from Tiananmen Square: Chinese officials swoop on American activists protesting over country's human rights record - Manchester Guardian In Spite of Rules, Olympic Athletes Say They Won't Lose Faith - Washington Post   Religion News Troopers Run Amok, Conduct Mass Arrest of Pro-lifers in Maryland August 8, 2008       Eighteen pro-lifers participating in the Maryland Face the Truth Tour were arrested without warning by Hartford County State Troopers in the city of Bel Air, Maryland on Friday, August 1, 2008.   Full Story... Kay Warren Reveals Solution to Gender-Based Violence: The Worldwide Church, Which Offers Hope to the World August 8, 2008       Kay Warren, international AIDS advocate, author and director of the HIV/AIDS Initiative at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., today addressed the plenary session of the Ecumenical Alliance Pre-Conference in Mexico City, offering hope for the problem of gender-base violence through the Church.   Full Story... Campaign Announced that will Focus National Attention on Tiller Criminal Case August 8, 2008       Operation Rescue announces plans today for a series of events surrounding late- term abortionist George R. Tiller's upcoming court hearings and trial on 19 charges of committing illegal late-term abortions.   Full Story... Church has Role in 'Great Advance' against AIDS Pandemic, Says Leading Cleric August 8, 2008       Minister and AIDS educator Rev. Christo Greyling said that many more children and families affected by HIV and AIDS could be helped if churches and faith-based organizations (FBOs) shared a broader vision of leadership and co- operation.   Full Story... FrontGate Media to Exclusively Syndicate Faith-Based Video Content for Fast Growing Vidshadow Online Video Network August 8, 2008       FrontGate Media, a top family and faith-based Internet and event media group, today announced an agreement with Vidshadow, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VSHD), one of the Web's fastest growing online video networks, to serve as the exclusive syndicator of   Full Story... Men: Former NFL All-Pro Wide Receiver Wants to be Your Spiritual Coach August 7, 2008       Danny Abramowicz, former NFL all-pro wide receiver and coach, has created a television show with EWTN Global Catholic Network called "Crossing the Goal," which uses a sports show format to encourage men to get into spiritual shape.   Full Story... Beijing Christian Book Store Owner Shi Weihan's Condition Deteriorating in Prison August 7, 2008       According to sources, CAA has learned that Beijing book store owner and House Church Leader, Mr. Shi Weihan, has been suffering a deterioration in health since his imprisonment four months ago. Poor prison conditions and refusal of diabetes medication have contributed to Shi's poor health.   Full Story...