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Transcript of Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club, April 28,
2008
...To say "I am a Christian" is not enough. Why? Because
the Christianity of the slaveholder is not the Christianity of the slave.
The God to whom the slaveholders pray as they ride on the decks of the
slave ship is not the God to whom the enslaved are praying as they ride
beneath the decks on that slave ship. How we are seeing God, our theology,
is not the same. And what we both mean when we say "I am a Christian" is
not the same thing... More...
Weekend,
May 10th-11th
Happy Mother's
Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
It's a
happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th
child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition
will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
More... |
Obama Expands
Religious Support
It’s a
campaign in which pastors cause controversy and Democrats compete for religious
votes. The latest exit polls from North Carolina and Indiana’s primaries
yesterday show where religiously-minded voters cast their vote.
More... |
Kentucky
death row inmate: 'I'm ready and I'm sorry'
Marco
Allen Chapman is ready to die. After more than three years of waiting for
courts to consider an appeal he never wanted, the death row inmate may
soon get his wish and become the first person executed in Kentucky since
1999. More... |
Israel Celebrates
60th Year
Israel
celebrated its 60th anniversary Thursday with much fanfare and jubilation
as President Bush and over 700 world leaders arrived for what the nation
boasted was a three day conference meant to address all the major challenges
of the 21st century. More... |
Rev. Wright:
Why Oprah Left and Obama Stayed from GetReligion.org
News reporters
are starting to step up to the challenge of exploring the complicated issue
of why a person joins a church. A pair of articles published this week
explore both sides of the coin that is a person’s decision to attend the
Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
More... |
Israeli leader
under pressure to resign
Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert is under pressure from across the political spectrum
to resign due to his implication in what is being described as a very serious
criminal investigation. More... |
CAUTION
URGED IN TEXAS SECT CASE
...chief
counsel for Liberty Legal, warns that hasty action could result in permanent
damage to religious liberties and the rights of all Texas parents. "Our
children aren't children of the state," he argues."They're children of
their parents." More... |
Pastors
to fight IRS censorship
Christian
pastors should stop censoring themselves in fear of an "unconstitutional"
1954 provision in the IRS code that has threatened to eliminate their church
tax-exempt status if they speak out against positions held by political
candidates, urges a leading legal alliance. More... |
Analyst:
How Non-Believers View Evangelical Movement
“I
have a bone to pick with you,” a Christian writer told a group of fellow
evangelical writers. Evangelical writers nearly always alienate non-evangelicals
in their works, said long-time Christian writer and editor Tim McLaughlin.
More... |
Cast-Off
Church Buildings For Sale from GetReligion.org
Kate Moran
of the Times-Picayune in New Orleans produced a tremendous story about
the “cultural conversion of cast-off churches.” It’s a sad story in many
ways, but the growing trend of lost church buildings is one that local
journalists desperately need to start telling. It is a huge part of the
larger story of what is happening in American cities from coast to coast...
More... |
POLITICO.COM:
DEMOCRATS NEW CAUSE --RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
Yet the
left, with its healthy skepticism toward religion, has shown itself to
be cynically flexible over the past few weeks in response to the utter
insanities emitted from the big mouth of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen.
Barack Obama’s pastor, mentor and friend of 20 years. Suddenly, some
liberals have discovered a newfound love for extremists who hide behind
the cloth to justify their radical views. More... |
AMERICAN
THINKER: HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE OF OBAMA-WRIGHT FIASCO
Sen. Barack
Obama's recent fallout with Rev. Jeremiah Wright transcends daily news.
The gravity of their broken friendship commands larger perspective.
More... |
San Fran
Liberal Activist Admits to Child Porn
Bernie
Ward, the most prominent liberal voice on Bay Area talk radio for more
than two decades, admitted Thursday to distribution of child pornography
by e-mail in a plea deal that will send him to federal prison for at least
five years. More... |
Op-Ed Columnist
David Brooks: The Conservative Revival in Britian
For years,
American and British politics were in sync. Reagan came in roughly the
same time as Thatcher, and Clinton’s Third Way approach mirrored Blair’s.
But the British conservatives never had a Gingrich revolution in the 1990s
or the Bush victories thereafter. More... |
Michelle
Obama & Her 'Gospel of Bitterness'
...It
is well worth watching.Levin characterizes the pervasive themes of Mrs.
Obama's stump speech as the "gospel of bitterness." More... |
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Thursday-Friday,
May 8th-9th
Obama Gains
Superdelegates, Clinton Vows to Stay in Race
Barack
Obama pocketed the support of at least four Democratic convention superdelegates
on Wednesday, building on the momentum from a convincing North Carolina
primary victory. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to remain...
More... |
McCain Castigates
Obama on Judges
Republican
John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against
John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right
on one of their chief concerns: the proper role of judges in government.
More... |
Israeis Bucked
the West To Establish Israel 60 Years Ago
If Jewish
leaders had not been willing to stand on their own against the advice of
the U.S. and other Western nations 60 years ago, the Jewish State would
never have been established, said a man who witnessed the country's birth.
More... |
Analyst:
Republican Evangelical Support Already Maxed
Come this
fall, don’t expect evangelicals to top their 2004 support for President
George W. Bush, said a former top aide to Bush on Monday.
More... |
New Obama
Pastor will Continue Wright's Legacy
Otis Moss,
the man slated to become the new chief pastor at Barack Obama's Chicago
church, subscribes to the ideology of retiring pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Jr. and is expected to continue Wright's legacy, according to...
More... |
More Southern
Baptists Vie for SBC Presidency
The number
of persons vying for the top position of the Southern Baptist Convention,
the largest Protestant denomination in the country, has expanded to five
this week, with Johnny M. Hunt announced as the latest to join the race.
More... |
Clarifying the 'Evangelical'
label?
A new
document purports to "set the record straight" about what it means to be
an evangelical Christian. Drafters of "An Evangelical Manifesto" say they
are trying to clear up the "confusion" and "consternation" that surrounds
the term "Evangelical" in the U.S. More... |
Chinese
Printer Jailed Over Religious Material
A Chinese
businessman, jailed late last year for printing and distributing Christian
literature at no charge to the consumer, was released after international
pressure -- but his problems are not over. More... |
Film on
Billy Graham’s Life in Production
A film
on America’s favorite evangelist, Billy Graham, is being produced in Nashville,
Tenn., where one of the featured cast members is Graham’s first cousin.
More... |
MISSIONARIES
STRUGGLE TO STAY AFLOAT
very month,
Phil Davis receives a deposit of American money in his Czech bank account.
And every month, he sees that deposit shrink. Since the pastor and his
family moved from Charlotte to Prague three years ago to start a church,
the falling value of the U.S. dollar has brought home a sobering reality...
More... |
Israeli
Supreme Court Sides with Messianic Jews
The Supreme
Court of Israel has ruled that Messianic Jews have the same rights regarding
automatic citizenship as Jews who do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah.
The case was brought by 12 applicants who had been denied citizenship primarily
because they were Jewish believers in Jesus. More... |
Plan for
'domestic partner' benefits halted
Taxpayer
complaints and a rally in favor of traditional marriage may have had a
role in Miami-Dade County commissioners tabling a plan to provide benefits
for domestic partners of county employees. More... |
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Wednesday, May
7th
Cult Leader
Arrested on Sex Charges in Northeast New Mexico
The leader
of an apocalyptic sect was arrested Tuesday on sex charges and contributing
to the delinquency of a minor, police said. Authorities charged Wayne Bent
with three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and three counts
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, said Sgt. Bobbie Long of
the Clayton Police Department. More... |
More Than
3.5 Million New Voters This Election Cycle
Voter
excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration
through the roof so far this year, with more than 3.5 million people rushing
to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey
that offers the first national snapshot.
More... |
Myanmar
Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000
The cyclone
death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were
missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's
deadliest storm on record, state radio reported. More... |
Speech Transcript:
McCain on His Judicial Philosophy
...Quite
rightly, the proper role of the judiciary has become one of the defining
issues of this presidential election. It will fall to the next president
to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women to the federal courts,
and the choices we make will reach far into the future. My two prospective
opponents and I have very different ideas about the nature and proper exercise
of judicial power. More... |
Op-Ed: Examining
the United Church of Christ and Black Churches
In his
recent incendiary remarks, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. claimed that criticism
of his views is nothing less "an attack on the black church launched by
people who know nothing about the African-American religious tradition."
Can it really be that millions of black Americans regularly choose to listen
to viciously anti-white and anti-American rants on Sunday mornings?
More... |
Michelle
Obama About Bill Clinton:
"I Want to Rip His Eyes
Out!"
Michelle
Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama, known for saying what's
on her mind – candidly, spontaneously and frequently – has exposed this
trait yet again in a profile in the London Guardian.
More... |
Dennis Prager
Op-Ed: Comparing Jeremiah Wright & John Hagee
...Though
many individual liberals have only goodwill toward black Americans, the
liberal world since the late 1960s (i.e., after the major civil rights
legislation of the mid-1960s) has done incalculable damage to black America
and to race relations in this country. More... |
Russian
Church: E.U. Needs to Do More to Protect Christians
The European
Union should do more to protect Christians worldwide, said the repre- sentative
of the Russian Church to European Union officials on Monday. More... |
Doctors
Will Let Some Die in Flu Pandemic -But How Will They Choose?
Doctors
know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic
or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let
die. More... |
Commentary
Magazine: 1948, Israel, & Palestine -The True Story
Sixty
years after its establishment by an internationally recognized act of self-
determination, Israel remains the only state in the world that is subjected
to a con- stant outpouring of the most outlandish conspiracy theories and
blood libels; More.. |
NY Post
Op-Ed: Considering Israel's Gifts To the World
May 4,
2008 -- As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, the world should recognize
the enormous gifts the Jewish state has given the world... More... |
T.D. Jakes: Black Church
Unfairly Portrayed
Black
megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes expressed pain on Monday at seeing
the African-American church portrayed negatively by the media.
More... |
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Tuesday, May
6th
Israel's
Peres: Nuclear Iran Would Be 'Nightmare'
Israeli
President Shimon Peres warned on Monday that if Iran becomes a nuclear
power it will create a "nightmare" for the whole world and not just the
Jewish state. "Iran is a danger not only for Israel but also for the rest
of the world," Peres told foreign journalists. More... |
Rice to
Israel: Tear Down Anti-Terror Roadblocks
In meetings
here today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israeli officials
to remove more antiterror roadblocks from the West Bank. More... |
Bush Proposes International
Day of Prayer
Saying
that he hoped there would one day be an international day of prayer, President
Bush marked the 20th annual National Day of Prayer at ceremonies held Thursday
at the White House. More... |
University
Suspends Staffer Over View of Homosexuality
The University
of Toledo suspended an administrator for stating in a guest column in a
local newspaper that choosing homosexual behavior is not the same as being
black or handicapped. More... |
Church,
State at Loggerheads in Wisconsin
In the
latest battle between church and state, a church's right to choose whom
it employs is running headlong into the state's authority to protect workers
from alleged age discrimination. More... |
U.S. Among
Most Bible-Literate Nations, Poll Says
Americans
are among the world's most 'Bible-literate' people and Spaniards, French
and Italians are among the most ignorant about what the "good book" says,
according to a new study released on Monday. More... |
Indian Minister
Says US Biofuels Contribute to Food Shortage
Indian
Defense Minister A.K. Antony said U.S. policies that encourage farmers
to grow crops for biofuels instead of food have contributed to a shortage
of grain. More... |
USA Today
Opinion: The Resilient Religious Right
Despite
the rumors, conservative Christianity is alive and well in the USA, still
flexing its moral muscle. And that’s a good thing. For those who might
cheer its demise fail to see that religious vitality is actually strengthened
by the creative tension between the left and the right.
More... |
Lesbians
Riot at Smith College Speech
Rioting
lesbians have stormed a speech by "Born Gay Hoax" author Ryan Sorba on
the campus of Smith College in Massachusetts, shutting down his address,
according to two major pro-family organizations.... More... |
Diaries
Show Saddam Feared Getting AIDS in Prison
Saddam
Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised
captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts
of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came
in portions... More... |
A Look Back
at China's Growing Faith
Much attention
has been paid to China’s human rights violations, including its suppression
of religious freedom, ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. But a look
back at the past decade shows how far the strictly secular and formerly
atheistic nation has come along in terms of religion. More... |
Discussion
on Religion, Homosexuality, Therapy Canceled Amid Protest
What was
intended to be an academic symposium, or a "balanced" discussion, on religion,
homosexuality and therapy has been canceled amid a wave of criticism from
gay activists who painted the event as anything but. More... |
Former Chaplain
Gets 4 Years for Sex With Inmates
A Roman
Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for having
sex with two inmates while a chaplain at a women's prison.
More... |
Best U.S.
Christian Workplaces Named for 2008
The Best
Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) recently announced its annual list
of best Christian places to work in the United States for 2008.
More... |
Court Rules
in Favor of Christian Themed T-Shirt
A federal
appeals court is upholding a student's right to wear a T-shirt that promotes
a Christian viewpoint on the issue of homosexuality.
More... |
North Korean
Defectors Raise Awareness of Atrocities
North
Korea is responsible for more human rights violations than any other country
in the world, said members of a conservative human rights organization
and refugees who claim to have defected from the communist nation.
More... |
Virginia
Woman Credits Prayer During Tornado
A Virginia
woman credits prayer for saving her and her husband from death or serious
injury when a tornado struck their home this week. Beth Catania says when
a tornado smashed into her Suffolk, Virginia, home on Monday,
she just prayed. More... |
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Monday, May 5th
Bush Hails
Recovery of Kansas Town Following Tornado
President
Bush hailed the resilience of this town and its tiny high school graduating
class Sunday, one year after a tornado barreled through with astonishing
fury. Never before had Bush delivered a commencement address at a high
school... More... |
Wright Is
A Fair Election Issue, GOP Senators Say
Sen. Barack
Obama's 20-year friendship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a legitimate
issue for the November election if Obama get the Democrats' nomination,
several GOP senators said. Several Senate Democrats disagreed, however.
More... |
Rice Pushes
for Peace Progress; Israel Denies Hidden Agenda
Facing
mounting Palestinian frustration at the pace of peace talks, the United
States leaned on Israel on Sunday to lift restrictions that chafe West
Bank residents and stifle an already limping economy. More... |
Methodists
Wrap up General Conference
Delegates
to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church declined to elect
a conservative majority to the church's top court, upheld the denomination's
affirmation of traditional marriage, and agreed to form a committee...
More... |
Christian
Voting Determines National Direction of Family Values
A new
study by Wallbuilders reveals that as the Christian vote goes, so goes
family values legislation on Capitol Hill. It’s clear that Christians can
influence our country’s direction, but only if they go to the polls.
More... |
Mark Steyn Op-Ed:
Obama's Rhetorical Magic vs Reality
Four score
and seven years ago … No, wait, my mistake. Two score and seven or eight
days ago, Barack Obama gave the greatest speech since the Gettysburg Address,
or FDR's First Inaugural, or JFK's religion speech, or ...
More... |
China Asked
to Recognize Religious rights
Congressional
leaders have released a letter directed to the government of China asking
that officials protect the rights of North Korean refugees who have fled
their homeland for food and to practice Christianity.
More... |
Arrest Made
in Alleged Scam Targeting Christians
Authorities
in California say they have a man in custody who allegedly enticed Christians
into investing millions of dollars in a fake commodity futures trading
program. More... |
Chill Settling
in On Global Warming Debate
A new
peer-reviewed study in the scientific journal Nature may be hard
for Al Gore and other global warming activists to swallow. The study
predicts that global warming will stop until at least 2015...
More... |
Old Cemetery
Poses Grave Dilemma for Buyers of Vermont Farm
he 130-acre
property was exactly what Michel Guite and his family wanted: an old Vermont
farm with mountain views, rolling hills and meadows. There was, however,
one wrinkle: The property included a small family cemetery - with the grave
of a War of 1812 veteran - surrounded by a fence on a scenic knoll.
More... |
Birth Control
or Dinner Planned Parenthood Scheme
Planned
Parenthood is hoping their supporters buy into the lie that college students
are forced to choose between expensive contraceptives on campuses or buying
groceries. The wealthy abortion provider says it wants the government to
fix the so-called “devastating problem.” More... |
Missionaries
Struggle to Stay Afloat
Every
month, Phil Davis receives a deposit of American money in his Czech bank
account. And every month, he sees that deposit shrink. Since the pastor
and his family moved from Charlotte to Prague three years ago to start
a church, the falling value of the U.S. dollar has brought home a sobering
reality: The money they raised to support themselves and their work overseas
does not go nearly as far as it once did. More... |
Get Religion:
Showing the Faith of John McCain
It’s well
known that John McCain’s relationship with evangelical Christian leaders
is strained. But did you know that McCain attended daily chapel in high
school and was a room chaplain for his fellow prisoners of war in North
Vietnam? More... |
Calif. Spanking
Ban Put in Time-Out
The advance
of AB 2943, known as the "no-spanking" bill, which is sponsored by Democrat
California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, has been halted for now and placed
in a "suspense file" status as of Thursday's meeting of the Assembly Appropriations
Committee. More... |
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Weekend, May
3rd-4th
Some Evangelicals
Say Faith is Now Too Political
Conservative
Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious
meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement
has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach
to the culture wars... More... |
After Scandal,
Students are Leaving Oral Roberts University
As Oral
Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008,
Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to
another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students having
second thoughts about staying at Oral Roberts after six months of scandal...
More... |
Huckabee:
'08 Evangelical Voters Unlike Others
Former
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said evangelical voters
are atypical this election year, and as a result, the evangelical vote
is up for grabs. More... |
'Gays' Shut
Down Discussion of Faith
A discussion
on religion, homosexuality and therapy that had been scheduled during the
American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Washington has been
shut down following an attack by a "gay" publication on some of the people
planning to participate. More... |
Olympics
Showcase China's Human Rights Record
With the
2008 Olympics set to start in Beijing in August, human rights groups gathered
outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday to protest China's human rights abuses
and to call on world leaders to boycott the games' opening ceremony.
More... |
England's
Christian Party Loses 'Censorship' Case against BBC
England’s
Christian Choice party lost a case against BBC in which it accused the
broadcasting company of censoring its message concerning Muslims.
More... |
Some Black
Preachers Say Wright's Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
Black
clergymen are among those criticizing the Rev. Jeremiah Wright for saying
that attacks on him are really attacks on the black church. The pastors
say it is Wright's politics, not his race or religion, that has caused
so much controversy. More... |
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Thursday-Friday,
May 1st-2nd
50 Governors
Proclaim National Day of Prayer
The governors
of all 50 U.S. states as well as the Virgin Islands have signed proclamations
for the 57th annual National Day of Prayer on May 1, officials of the day
of prayer announced Wednesday. More... |
Texas officials
Looking at Possible Abuse Among FLDS Boys
Texas
child welfare authorities are looking at the possibility that young boys
were sexually abused at a polygamist sect's ranch, a newly revealed angle
of a massive investigation triggered by allegations that girls were forced
into underage marriages and sex. More... |
Voters say
Wright Has Hurt Obama _ But Question How Much
Black
and white voters in next week's primary states agreed on one thing Wednesday:
Barack Obama's preacher had hurt the Democratic presidential candidate
at a crucial time. The question was how much. More... |
US Report
Says al-Qaida Gaining Strength
Al-Qaida
has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11 capabilities from remote hiding places
in Pakistan, leading to a major spike in attacks last year in that country
and neighboring Afghanistan, the Bush administration said Wednesday. More... |
Study: Churches
Slow to Adopt New Technology
New research
shows that a majority of churches use some type of emerging technology
in their services, but the pace of technology adoption has slowed in recent
years. More... |
Do You Believe
Homosexuality is Wrong? Then SHUT UP!'
A case
triggered by a school district's instructions to students to "shut up"
if they held religious beliefs that did not support the practice of homosexuality
is being appealed to the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
More... |
N. Korea
Rally Calls for God's Help on Capitol Hill
Hundreds
of North Korean defectors, activists, congressmen, and pastors gathered
Tuesday on Capitol Hill to hold a rally for North Koreans suffering under
the regime of Kim Jung Il. More... |
J.I. Packer Quits Anglican
Church of Canada
J.I. Packer,
one of the world's most renowned evangelical theologians, left the Anglican
Church of Canada, citing "poisonous liberalism" in the church body. More... |
License
Plate with Cross Likely Will Not Move Forward
A license
plate that would have become the first in the nation to prominently feature
a religious symbol is unlikely to be on the road any time soon after state
lawmakers did not include it in a bill Tuesday. More... |
Michelle
Malkin Op-Ed: Obama's Un-Disownable Preacher of Hate
Barack
Obama looked pale and wan at what he called his "big press conference"
about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday afternoon. Numb. Chastened. Defeated.
Extolled for his eloquence, Obama stuttered and stammered his way through
the question-and-answer session. It appeared he was having an out-of-body
experience.
More... |
'God Bless
America' Celebrates Anniversary; Many More to Come
As religion
and issues of faith become more important than ever in the decision that
voters will make in the upcoming presidential election, it’s hard to imagine
that it was just 35 years ago that a sitting president used the words “God
Bless America” for the first time ever during an address. More... |
Am. Thinker: Rev. Wright's
Middle East Views
Pastor
Jeremiah Wright's harsh jeremiads against America and Israel have roiled
the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Senator Obama tried to explain
Wright's views towards America in a Philadelphia speech to address the
controversy, by blaming Wright's bitterness on a legacy of racism that
Wright's generation experienced. More... |
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