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  • Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?

    Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?11

    Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of

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  • Islam Is Biased Toward Arabs. Why?

    Islam Is Biased Toward Arabs. Why?1

    Most Muslims in the world today are non-Arabs. It’s an ironic fact, given that Islam and Arab chauvinism are inseparable. Even though it’s not well-known, Islamic history paints a clear picture: Islam elevates Arabs over others. The Beginnings of Arab Chauvinism To see this, we have to go back to the 600s and the Arab

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  • Fulton Sheen and the Power of Speech

    Fulton Sheen and the Power of Speech2

    It is the early days of television in one of the studios of TV network pioneer DuMont. There is a live audience gathered before a mock study, and all is quiet. The cameras start to roll. A door at the back of the set opens and out walks a remarkable figure. He is dressed in

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  • Is Islam Really the ‘Religion of Peace’?

    Is Islam Really the ‘Religion of Peace’?4

    It’s not politically correct to think that some cultures, religions, and traditions are better than others. And perhaps even more taboo is the topic of Islam—and its historical record compared to Christianity, particularly when the two religions come to clash. It’s worth asking, then, what do history and data have to say on the topic?

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  • Church ‘Marketing’? Sales Tactics Might Diminish Christianity.

    Church ‘Marketing’? Sales Tactics Might Diminish Christianity.0

    The New Conference of the Old German Baptist Brethren, a conservative church denomination with 37 congregations nationwide, is struggling to retain its congregants. Young members, especially, are questioning denominational standards, sometimes moving away from their childhood community. The church’s intensely conservative principles seem to play a strong part in driving younger members away. Though church

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  • When Your School Puts God in a Closet and Shuts the Door

    When Your School Puts God in a Closet and Shuts the Door1

    I recently stumbled across Harvard’s mission statement issued in the year 1642: “Everyone shall consider as the main end of his life and studies, to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life.” This, of course, is based on a scripture from the gospel of John: “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only

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