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Archive for June 27th, 2005

Acting on Your Faith

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 6:27 pm in Christianity | No Comments »

I was looking for the answer to the question of whether faith has increased in the US since 9/11 and possibly decreased again. Along the way I found this blog entry which is talking about the amount of time people spend at church versus listening to Christian music, reading religious books, etc. I think it’s [...]

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Slow Down

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 6:26 pm in Science | No Comments »

According to this article at Reuters, obese women should walk slower to lose weight. I like that idea.

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The US Has Too Much in Common With…

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 6:02 pm in Rant, United States | 1 Comment »

Azerbaijan. I got this email from a prayer group. Read it and weep. I did. M-W- and his wife S- “are missionaries in Baku, Azerbaijan, (a predominantly Muslim country) with Campus Crusades.  During the past year they have suffered persecution in the form of a corrupt judicial system.  It seems as if someone high in [...]

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Beliefs

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 3:53 pm in Christianity | No Comments »

Barna syas that only 33% of all Catholics, Lutherans, and Methodists in the US believe that Christ was without sin. That’s kind of scary, since Catholics are the ones most going to church according to adherents.com with 12% of the US population attending a Catholic church on a weekly basis. 55-73% of Baptists, non-denominational, Assembly [...]

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Largest Church?

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 3:35 pm in Christianity | No Comments »

Religious Movement’s Website says that Willow Creek church is the second largest church, after Second Baptist in Houston, with 17,000 people in church every weekend. So they are saying that Second Baptist is the largest. Christian Unplugged in an editorial by Voice of the Martyr said that Willow Creek is the largest church in America. [...]

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Lakewood Frenzy

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 8:23 am in Christianity | 3 Comments »

Michael Spencer, Outing Joel Osteen came up when I was looking for the largest church in America. It was not what I was expecting. I’ve been to Lakewood. It’s not what I am seeing on this website. Aaronimo’s Xanga Site has an article on the problems with Lakewood, specifically the communion service there. My response [...]

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