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Swindoll hopes to die preaching

The Rev. Chuck Swindoll, pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco and former president of Dallas Theological Seminary, is quoted in an Orlando Sentinel religion blog item about his plans not to...

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Chinese Christian leaders to visit Brite Divinity School

Brite Divinity School of Fort Worth is one of a number of North Texas stops for officers of the China Christian Council. Details of the Brite visit in the press release below: Here … [visit site to...

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Bread for the World president named 2010 World Food Prize laureate

The Rev. David Beckmann, president of the Christian hunger relief group Bread for the World, has picked up a big honor. Details in the press release below: … [visit site to read more]

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Dillon to hold adoption information meeting

Dillon International is an adoption organization affiliated with Dallas-based Buckner International, previously known as a Buckner Baptist Benevolences. Details of Dillon’s latest info session can be...

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Screening of film on captial punishment tonight at Cathedral of Hope

The screening of Jane Lindsay’s film begins at 6 p.m., and there will be discussion afterwards. Details in the press release below: … [visit site to read more]

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TEXAS FAITH: Summer Reading Recommendations

Inspired by our own reading of the new memoir by theologian Stanley Hauerwas – who grew up in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove area – we decided to ask our distinguished panelists for recommendations of good,...

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Cinema Emanu-El offering four films

This year’s Cinema Emanu-El at Dallas’ Temple Emanu-El begins tonight and offers four films through July 27. Details in the press release below: … [visit site to read more]

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Local author deals with grief in new book `Inside the Broken Heart'

Julie Yarbrough is the widow of Dr. Leighton K. Farrell, who was pastor of Highland Park United Methodist Church for many years. Her new book is “Inside the Broken Heart: Grief Understanding for...

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TEXAS FAITH: Should clergy salaries be public information?

Big-time pay for the bosses of nonprofits rankles many people, including some in public office. The New York Times reported that New Jersey’s recently passed budget would limit what a nonprofit can...

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Bible translation group challenges churches

The Arlington-based group called The Seed Company sends along this press release about its upcoming effort to engage churches and pastors in the issue of Bible translation. … [visit site to read more]

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Texas Eckankar Regional Seminar set for this weekend

The Texas Eckankar Regional Seminar will be this weekend (August 13-15) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road, Addison. “Spiritual Tools for Life’s Challenges” is the theme. The speakers are...

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B.H. Carroll Theological Institute adds counseling degree

The Arlington school is adding a masters in counseling program, with Scott Floyd (above) heading it up. Details in the press release below: … [visit site to read more]

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Author of Katrina-related book to do signing at Concord Church

Lynette Norris Wilkinson will be at Dallas’ Concord Church Sunday to sign copies of her new book UNTOLD: The New Orleans 9th Ward You Never Knew. She’s a New Orleans native who resolved to tell the...

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`If Growing Old Is a Journey, Where Is the Nearest U-Turn?'

That’s the title of an essay by Dallas area author Missy Buchanan that has made the “Good Morning America” Web site. Click here. Buchanan is the author of “Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body:...

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Stanley Hauerwas' memoir makes clear his debt to brick laying and Pleasant...

The noted theologian Stanley Hauerwas has written a memoir, “Hannah’s Child,” which is getting strong reviews. The book’s early chapters are about growing up in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove area and being...

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Women in Christian Media expanding to New York

The Dallas-based organization will have an inaugural event tomorrow in Manhattan for its “Northeast/New York City Regional Connection.” Details in the press release below: … [visit site to read more]

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Patheos debuts spirituality-focused book club

Patheos, an online source for background on and discussion about religion, is starting a book club. And participants can get a free e-book of the first book up for discussion – “Buddha,” by Deepak...

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Church responds to Quran-burning threat with banner

St. Stephen United Methodist Church of Mesquite responded to a Florida church and pastor’s Quaran-burning threat by hanging a banner which reads, “”We Support Our Troops, Even As We Love Our Enemies....

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Broadway Baptist leaves BGCT

Broadway Baptist Church of Forth Worth has pulled out of the Baptist General Convention of Texas in yet another congregation-denomination split over homosexuality. The church’s move ends a...

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Looking for Jews in Waco, Ennis, Bryan and more

Scholars researching Jewish life in Texas will be visiting some cities and towns soon and are looking for contacts. Please see the notice below and respond if you think you can help. … [visit site to...

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TEXAS FAITH: Should faithful focus on charity or justice?

“Had I but one wish for the churches of America I think it would be that they come to see the difference between charity and justice. Charity is a matter of personal attributes; justice, a matter of...

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Bonhoeffer biographer to speak at Dallas Holocaust Museum

Eric Metaxas will give a lecture in Dallas on Monday, Oct. 11, on the Christian theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who died as part of the German resistance to the Nazi regime. Metaxas is the author of a...

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Bishop John Shelby Spong to visit Dallas

Bishop John Shelby Spong, an author and spokesman for liberal Christianity, will give a talk Friday night at Unity Church of Dallas. He’ll do a workshop on Saturday. Details in the press release...

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Princeton Theological Seminary celebrates re-naming of center

Princeton Theological Seminary will have an event Oct. 19, celebrating the renaming of what used to be its Center of Continuing Education. Details in the press release below: , … [visit site to read...

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Thomas Kidd, author of `God of Liberty,' to be in Dallas

On Thursday, Oct. 21, Thomas Kidd, author of “God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution,” will be speaking and signing books in Dallas. He’ll be at the Lincoln Park Barnes &...

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TEXAS FAITH: Should Christians (and other non-Hindus) beware of yoga?

Here’s what we posed this week to the Texas Faith panel: The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler, caused a stir with a recent column decrying the practice of yoga by...

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Richard Rohr, Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren on bill for `Emerging...

Some prominent Christian writers and thinkers – Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, and Phyllis Tickle – will be part of an “Emerging Christianity” conference in Fort Worth in early December. Details in the...

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Denton conference this weekend on `Defending Your Faith With Reason and...

Speakers for the “Defending Your Faith With Conference and Precision” conference, at Denton Bible Church Friday and Saturday, include J.P. Moreland, Sean McDowell, Mike Licona, Craig Hazen, and Paul...

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Peter Kreeft, authority on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, to speak here

Peter Kreeft, a Boston-based scholar and author, will speak on “Lewis, Tolkien, and the Culture War” in a fundraiser for The College of Saint Thomas More. The event is Nov. 20, at Highland Park...

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TEXAS FAITH: Was Oklahoma out of line with Sharia amendment?

Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly passed an amendment to their state constitution prohibiting state courts from considering international or Islamic law, also known as Sharia, when deciding cases. But on...

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First Latino president of Unitarians to speak in Dallas

The. Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), will be in Dallas on Friday, December 10. He’ll help lead a worship service at the Unitarian...

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Lutheran leader Kurt Senske to sign books in Arlington

Kurt Senske, CEO of Lutheran Social Services of the South, is the author of a new book titled “The Calling: Live a Life of Significance.” He’ll be signing copies Saturday, Dec. 18 at an Arlington...

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Dallas photographer-author Amy Simmons Alford out with faith-based book

Amy Simmons Alford’s recently released second book is titled “When God Intervenes, Let Him.” Here’s a press release: … [visit site to read more]

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Texas Faith: Which religion stories merited more and better coverage?

Each December, the Religion Newswriters Association asks members to choose the top 10 religion stories of the year. We decided to flip that around and ask you our esteemed Texas Faith panelists which...

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`Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides' event set for Thursday

An event titled “Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides” will occur Thursday at Unity Church of Dallas, beginning at 6 p.m. The event’s subtitle is “Stereotyping and Its Effects on Societies.” The...

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TEXAS FAITH: What can religious groups do to help along the Mexican border?

Suncreek United Methodist Church of Allen was one of the few local congregations still sending mission teams to the violence-torn border area of Mexico. But even Suncreek recently called off a trip to...

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Wednesday event in Plano is billed as `world's biggest coffeehouse'

Josh McDowell and Dave Sterrett have collaborated on The Coffeehouse Chronicles, a series of Christian apologetics novellas aimed at college students and other young adults. McDowell and Sterrett will...

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Old Testament scholar Ellen Davis to speak at Wilshire Baptist

Ellen Davis is an Old Testament scholar Duke Divinity School. She’ll be at Wilshire Baptist in Dallas on Saturday and Sunday. She’s the author of “Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old...

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Did Bush in memoir misquote Billy Graham on `born a Christian'?

Baptist Press has reported on whether President George W. Bush’s memoir “Decision Points” accurately quotes Billy Graham on a matter of intense interests to Baptists and other evangelicals. The book …...

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Andy Pettitte to speak at The Heights Baptist in Richardson

Andy Pettitte will speak at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson on Sunday. This will be the first public appearance for the great New York Yankees pitcher since announcing his retirement. A press...

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Rev. Otis Moss Jr., Rev. Otis Moss III to speak at Wiley College

The Rev. Otis Moss Jr. and his son, the Rev. Otis Moss III, are guests of Wiley College in Marshall this week. Both are renowned preachers and church leaders. The elder Moss speaks tonight, and he and...

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Rabbi Asher Knight to speak at Northaven UMC in Faith Voices on Justice series

Given the improving weather, tonight’s “Faith Voices on Justice” event is still on. It will be at Northaven United Methodist, beginning at 7. The speaker is Rabbi Asher Knight, Associate Rabbi, Temple...

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Grace UMC offers program titled `Homosexuality and the Bible: Words that...

A free program titled “Homosexuality and the Bible: Words that Hurt; Words that Heal,” will be offered Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Holbert, a professor at Southern...

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Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church in Fort Worth this week

The Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori – presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church – speaks in Fort Worth tonight, part of a series of events for area Episcopalians. Details in the press release below: …...

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Dallas Holocaust Museum opens permanent special exhibit space

This Friday, the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education opens a permanent special exhibit space with a photo exhibit called “In the Aftermath, Auschwitz-Birkenau: From Hatred to Hope.” Details...

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TEXAS FAITH: The Blessings and Burdens of Life Online

A recent United Methodist Reporter article quotes clergy and laity who take a regular break from Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, regular email and even cell phones. Some have a “tech Sabbath” in...

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Austin Seminary scholars to speak at Preston Hollow Presbyterian

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary President Ted Wardlaw will preach a sermont titled “We Must Celebrate” at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas Sunday. Wardlaw will preach at the 8:15...

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Youth of Union for Reform Judaism gather in Dallas

Dallas was host last week to a big gathering of Union for Reform Judaism youth. Here’s a press release with details: … [visit site to read more]

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Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann to speak at King of Glory Lutheran

Renowned Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann will speak at King of Glory Lutheran Church on Sunday, March 6, and Monday, March 7. Brueggemann, professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological...

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TEXAS FAITH: What to make of Rep. Peter King's hearings into Muslim American...

Rep. Peter King, R-New York, last week held the first of a series of hearings into what he describes as Muslim American radicalization. He says he wants to do everything he can to prevent a recurrence...

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