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Vatican Seeks to Win Back the West

Rob Quinn — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:14:28 CDT

Never had a Catholic missionary knocking on your door? That could soon change. Pope Benedict XVI, lamenting "the eclipse of a sense of God" in Europe and North America, has launched plans to "re-evangelize" the West, the Telegraph reports. The newly created Pontifical Council for New Evangelization will aim to...

'Hunt-a-Homo Week' Proposed by Pastor

Kevin Spak — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:03:10 CDT

Are you a non-homophobic person looking for something to get very, very angry about? Then check out this horrifying audio Dan Savage has dredged up of a sermon given by Pastor Jeff Owens, of the Shenandoah Bible Baptist Church in West Virginia. “In America we need to stop burning flags...

600 Audio Bibles Sent to Haiti

Harry Kimball — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:50:00 CST

A New Mexico ministry has sent 600 talking, solar-powered Bibles to Haiti to bring disaster victims the “hope and comfort that comes from knowing God has not forgotten them through this tragedy.” The “Proclaimer,” Reuters reports, reads the good book aloud in Haitian Creole and is designed for "poor or...

University Ski Slope Aims to 'Bring People to Christ'

Matt Cantor — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:59:28 CDT

Virginia’s Liberty University presented its new synthetic ski slope—the first in North America—this weekend with extreme performances from pro skiers and snowboarders. The chancellor of the Christian university, Jerry Falwell, showed off his own moves after paying tribute to his dad, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who wanted...

Site Will Email Buddies After You Depart in Rapture

Jonas Oransky — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:58:55 CDT

A new website will email godless friends and family left behind after you’ve been taken to heaven in the Rapture. For $40 per year, Youvebeenleftbehind.com will store any emails and documents for you, ABC reports—then send them about six days after the Lord hath taken away. The server...

Gospel Lives in the Oval Office

Jonas Oransky — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:41:18 CDT

Billy Graham has seen US leaders laid bare, from skinny-dipping with LBJ to long walks on the beach with GWB. A new book details the ailing 88-year-old preacher’s rendezvous with presidents past, including counseling Ford to pardon Nixon and advising Hillary Clinton to look past Monica Lewinsky. Graham’s refusal to...

Camo Bible Lets Faithful Hunt 'n' Pray

Caroline Zimmerman — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:36:01 CDT

Evangelical Christians are not used to hiding their faith—but pious hunters have to when gilded scripture covers catch the eye of their prey. An Arkansas-based online outdoors shop is solving the problem with Bibles covered in leaves and tree bark, as well as camo covers for personal copies of...

Born-Again Actor Leads Charge into Iraq

Heather McPherson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:22:28 CDT

A ventriloquist and a born-again movie star are among those headed for Iraq to entertain US soldiers and fold them into the arms of the Lord, writes Max Blumenthal in the Nation . All well and good, but this version of the Almighty, delivered by the likes of Stephen Baldwin, is...

Tammy Faye Messner Dies at 65

Sam Biddle — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:48:00 CDT

Televangelist and Christian entertainer Tammy Faye Messner died Friday morning, CNN reports. She had struggled with drug addiction throughout her life and finally died of cancer. Messner had recently been a guest on Larry King Live, appearing precariously ill, claiming she could no longer swallow food and weighed only 65...