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Daily Archives: August 8, 2002

VA to accept chaplains from gay denomination

August 8, 2002

WASHINGTON — The country’s only predominantly gay denomination has been approved to supply chaplains for the Veterans Administration (VA) for use in hospitals and other

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Top scholar joins Truett Seminary faculty

August 8, 2002

WACO, Texas — Stanley J. Grenz, considered one of the top evangelical theologians and scholars in North America, has been named distinguished professor of theology

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Franklin Graham reflects on being a son of the world’s most high-profile evangelist

August 8, 2002

My child arrived just the other day, he came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch and bills to

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Religious professionals live longer, healthier

August 8, 2002

LONDON — There’s a lot to be said for the life of a Benedictine monk or a Baptist minister, not the least of which is

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man holding his temples and looking down

Relating to difficult people important

August 8, 2002

What do the phrases Sherman tank, ticking bomb, handwringer, wonderful, entitled, perfect and bull-headed have in common? They are all descriptions for difficult people —

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President of Radio Bible Class dies at 79

August 8, 2002

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Religious broadcasting pioneer Richard W. DeHaan, president of Radio Bible Class for more than 20 years, died July 16 at the

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More high school teens reporting they are virgins

August 8, 2002

ATLANTA — More than half of high school teens have reported that they are virgins, a new federal study has found. The report, from data

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More Christians sentenced to death in Pakistan

August 8, 2002

Another Christian was sentenced to death in Pakistan, joining Ayub Masih in the lineup of Pakistani Christians on death row for alleged blasphemy against Islam.

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