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2023-07-04T00:32:44-04:00

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July 4th: Religious Pilgrims, Religious Freedom & Christian Nationalism

Last updated on: July 4, 2023 at 12:32 am By Ginny Baxter

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A Critical Debate for America Before there were founding fathers, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution — all of which come to mind as we celebrate July 4th — there were religious pilgrims who sought religious freedom in the New World. American school children learn about the English pilgrims who sailed aboard the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. But I’m not talking about those religious pilgrims today. I’m talking about lesser-known French Huguenots who fled... Read more

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2023-06-29T09:32:01-04:00

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Should Christians Practice Yoga? The Answer Depends

Last updated on: June 29, 2023 at 9:32 am By Ginny Baxter

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Yoga is gaining millions of adherents in the U.S. It tones and relaxes the body and soothes the mind at the end a stressful day, but it also has deep roots in Eastern religion. Thus, some Christians wholeheartedly embrace yoga, others totally reject it and still others hesitate. Should Christians practice yoga? they ask. One proponent of yoga for Christians is Michelle A. Thielen, an author and founder of YogaFaith. She notes that yoga “encompasses the whole self: mind, body,... Read more

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2023-06-23T16:48:18-04:00

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The Lord’s Prayer: How It Can Bring Greater Meaning to Your Life

Last updated on: June 23, 2023 at 4:48 pm By Ginny Baxter

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“Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed would be thy name….” So begins the greatest prayer in Christendom. Different Protestant traditions view the Lord’s prayer in different ways. Some feel it’s too “Catholic” and rarely say it in church. Others routinely pray it during Sunday School and morning services, as my church does. Patheos contributor Keith Giles, a former pastor, says in his post “Uncovering Hidden Secrets of the Lord’s Prayer” that “Christians have a unique problem. We know some... Read more

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2023-06-20T15:25:53-04:00

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Racism & Radicalized Christianity in America

Last updated on: June 20, 2023 at 3:25 pm By Ginny Baxter

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Does Equality Really Exist Among Us? White Americans have wielded a great deal of political, economic and social power for centuries, but the nation is changing. As we become increasingly diverse, more and more minorities are moving into leadership roles. In politics, for example, the U.S. elected its first biracial president in 2008, and the current Congress has more women, people of color and openly gay members than it’s ever had, says the Pew Research Center. But at the same... Read more

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2023-06-14T18:51:33-04:00

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Father’s Day: When & How the World Decided to Honor Fathers & Father Figures

Last updated on: June 14, 2023 at 6:51 pm By Ginny Baxter

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Americans are behind the times when it comes to Father’s Day. We didn’t designate a holiday to honor fathers and father figures until the early 1970s because, in part, American fathers didn’t want one. Why on earth did the idea of Father’s Day initially cause controversy in the United States? We’ll get to the reasons in a moment. But keep in mind that the idea of honoring fathers dates back several centuries and is deeply steeped in church... Read more

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2023-06-10T11:09:43-04:00

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Did Jesus Have Brothers & Sisters?

Last updated on: June 10, 2023 at 11:09 am By Ginny Baxter

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The Answer Is a Definite ‘Maybe’ & Here’s Why… The New Testament says very little about Jesus’ biological family, leaving various Christian traditions to fill in the blanks in a variety of ways. We cannot definitely answer the question, “Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?” because the Bible teases us with possibilities rather than giving us concrete facts. Biblical writers use words that are open to interpretation and then turn their attention to more important questions about faith, salvation and... Read more

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2023-06-10T11:32:37-04:00

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Pat Robertson Leaves Behind Legacy of Hatred & ‘Untold Damage’

Last updated on: June 10, 2023 at 11:32 am By Ginny Baxter

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Christian Broadcasting Network Founder Dies at 93 Well-bred southern women of my generation were taught from childhood onward that it was wrong to speak ill of the dead. But I can think of nothing positive to say about the Rev. Pat Robertson, who died Thursday at his Virginia Beach, Va., home. The highly controversial former minister was 93. CBN & Christian Coalition Radicalize Voters Robertson founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1960 and played a leadership role in radicalizing... Read more

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2023-06-05T20:15:46-04:00

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Explaining the Trinity

Last updated on: June 5, 2023 at 8:15 pm By Ginny Baxter

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A Layman’s Look at God the Father, Son & Holy Spirit It’s been said that you will lose your mind trying to explain the Trinity and lose your soul trying to deny it. Admittedly, Christians have a difficult time explaining the Trinity to new Christians, non-believers and even other Christians. How can we claim to worship one God while believing that God exists as three persons — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit? Isn’t... Read more

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2023-05-26T17:37:39-04:00

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Pentecost… The Day the Christian Church Was Born

Last updated on: May 26, 2023 at 5:37 pm By Ginny Baxter

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How did the Holy Spirit help Christ’s disciples? And why is Pentecost important today? At times, Christians forget that Christ’s apostles were Jews whose lives were deeply rooted in Jewish history and traditions. And also at times, some of those traditions intersected and impacted the traditions that began to develop in the newly formed Christian church. So it was with the Jews’ Feast of Shavuot and the Christians’ day of Pentecost. Christ’s apostles had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate Shavuot,... Read more

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2023-05-25T13:52:19-04:00

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Is Tom Cruise Still a Scientologist?

Last updated on: May 25, 2023 at 1:52 pm By Ginny Baxter

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Tom Cruise speaks at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for “Top Gun: Maverick” at the San Diego Convention Center (photo courtesy of Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore) How Did the Actor Get Involved with Scientology & What’s His Relationship with the Church Today? (UPDATE: The Church of Scientology has objected to my original post, and I address those objections at the end of this article.) Tom Cruise has been a Scientologist for 30 years, and he remains the celebrity... Read more

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