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During one of those deep conversations that inevitably come up during college while on a 20-hour road trip to California, a question was posed. “What would you like to see happen in the next 10 years?” The answer, which seemed odd, especially coming from my friend who is a Christian ministry major, took a while to sink in. “I would like to see Christianity become more marginalized.”

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True Christianity requires action-oriented devotion (The Optimist)

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 26, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI’s visit to Cameroon and Angola supported the development of uniquely African style of Christianity, said a journalist for L’Osservatore Romano.

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Journalist Says Pope Promotes African Christianity (Zenit News Agency)

Sometimes I wish the Christian journey were all about me rather than all about our Christ. During Lent when the church has the boldness to ask its members to sort things out and re-establish Christ’s authority in their lives, even we pastors grow reluctant.

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Christianity is not of this world (Muskogee Phoenix)

Long before tech support was out-sourced to India, Christianity’s founder may have gone there first.

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Paul Davids: Jesus’ Lost Years May Finally Have Been Found (HuffingtonPost)

I am a Christian and if anyone says anything negative about Christianity via cartoons, articles, etc.

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Jewish groups denounce Oliphant cartoon with fanged Star of David as mimicking Nazi propaganda (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Despite recent media reports that young adults are running from churches in droves, the beliefs of many younger unchurched people are more connected to historic Christian beliefs than many suspected.

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Study: 20-somethings more linked to Christianity than those 30 & up (BPNews.net)

ANGLICAN TALK: 10:10 a.m. Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth St., Charleston. The Rev.

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Notes & Events (The Post and Courier)

Two massive surveys of the religious landscape reveal that fewer Americans today claim to be Christian, and that church attendance is slipping.

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Fewer claim Christianity (The Post and Courier)

You could be forgiven for taking Ian Carr-Harris as something of a heathen, albeit of a milder sort. In his Christianity-themed show at Susan Hobbs gallery, the 67-year-old Governor General’s Award winner offers a gentle dismantling of the Christian myth.

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Iconoclastic Ian Carr-Harris thinks outside the pew (Toronto Star)

The early Christians faced the possibility of a fractured church. Christianity started as a Jewish movement. So when Gentiles began to come to faith in Jesus Christ some of the Jews who had become Christian raised their eyebrows

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What happens when controversies arise (The Argus Leader)