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June 1999

June 30, 1999

Chalk one up for God?

Virtually anyone linked to God and cyberspace gets the same letter several times a year...

June 23, 1999

A new Presbyterian Reformation?

The two men spoke on the same topic, on the same day and at luncheons...

June 16, 1999

Death of a seminary visionar

Early in his first pastorate, the Rev. Clyde McDowell was hit with one crisis after...

June 09, 1999

Ignoring the shepherds of Kosovo

It's tricky for anyone to sign a document in Belgrade these days with the word...

June 02, 1999

Star Wars — the only parable in town

The Rev. Calvin Miller is one Southern Baptist preacher - a seminary professor, no less...

May 1999

May 26, 1999

The Star Wars nativity story

Every epic story needs a central character and he has to come from somewhere.So the...

May 19, 1999

The time for broken communion?

It's been seven years since Bishop C. FitzSimons Allison faced the fact that some of...

May 12, 1999

Celebrating the feast of St. Brendan

On a clear day, an adventurer atop Mount Brandon can gaze into the Atlantic and...

May 05, 1999

Beyond ‘Becky Goes to Bible Camp’

GREENVILLE, Ill. - After 35 years of work in television and sports, Bob Briner is...

April 1999

April 28, 1999

What does it mean to be a martyr?

The Greek word "martyria" - which meant "witness" - appears throughout the books and letters...

April 21, 1999

A call to focus on the flocks

A few years after Roe vs. Wade, one of America's most passionate preachers publicly attacked...

April 14, 1999

Odds & sods ’99: God, Van Halen & beyond

The Epistle of James warns that it's crucial for gossips to mind their tongues."If we...

April 07, 1999

Preparing for Pascha in Serbia

In the fall of 1992, Serbian Patriarch Pavle came to Washington, D.C., to explain why...

March 1999

March 31, 1999

An American Orthodox pioneer

It takes extra luggage to hold the Byzantine miter and all the ornate vestments an...

March 24, 1999

Great souls, great truths

Soon after the 1961 breakthrough of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," with...

March 17, 1999

George W. Bush learns to ‘testify’

George Bush never did learn to open up when anyone asked about his faith, salvation,...

March 10, 1999

For my father, a pastor

Anyone who grew up in a parsonage knows that "PK" stands for "preacher's kid."Early on,...

March 03, 1999

Oh be careful little hands what you do

It's amazing how Sunday school songs can stick with people for the rest of their...

February 1999

February 24, 1999

Lent — Fasting from TV

Some people give up candy or soft drinks, while others sacrifice something as major as...

February 17, 1999

Adolph Hitler: A perverted Christian?

From Adolph Hitler's point of view, Christendom had it all wrong.Jesus wasn't a humble savior...

February 10, 1999

Ash Wednesday for Baptists: Why not?

As worshippers entered the dim sanctuary, they could tell that this wasn't the usual Wednesday...

February 03, 1999

Peace, justice, life & Truth

No gathering of Catholic social activists would be complete without rows of cars outside with...

January 1999

January 27, 1999

Sister Winifred’s veil: This is not a news story

Whenever Pope John Paul II travels, the events that receive the most attention are his...

January 20, 1999

CCM Crossroads II — Do the math

As she pulled into traffic, Elaine Benes turned on her boyfriend's car radio and began...

January 13, 1999

CCM Crossroads — Myths, fishbowls & reality

It's an archetypal image in Nashville mythology - a young singer pulling into town with...

January 06, 1999

‘Independent,’ yet ‘Anglican’?

STAFFORD, Texas -- Father Tony Tripi's new church is called Tri-City Fellowship, a businesslike name...

December 1998

December 30, 1998

Judgment Day for Clinton?

After the altar call urging sinners to come find salvation, the Rev. Rex Horne read...

December 23, 1998

Religion News ’98 — The Bible, sex & perjury

There were only two people in the office, so historians may never know the truth...

December 16, 1998

One holiday, many angels — on sale now

Undertakers bury people, tax collectors collect taxes and Mannheim Steamroller makes Christmas albums that bore...

December 09, 1998

The dilemma of the December Dilemma

It happens about the time shopping malls hire their Santas, schools schedule "Winter Concerts" and...