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Evangelical Christians too influenced by 'Oprah-doxy' rather than orthodoxy

Today\'s young evangelical Christians, or \"millennial\" evangelicals, are too influenced by the culture and do not practice deep thinking, or a \"life of the mind,\" several young evangelical leaders argued at a Monday panel hosted by The Institute on Religion & Democracy..

  • Council overseeing church's engagement with Royal Commission into child abuse announced

    Archbishop Denis Hart, President of The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, and Sr Annette Cunliffe RSC, Chair of Catholic Religious Australia, have today announced the members of the Truth Justice and Healing Council (TJHC).

  • Gay marriage laws to be reviewed in U.S. Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court will review two major gay marriage laws on Tuesday and Wednesday and the court\'s decisions have the potential to change the entire landscape of marriage in America.

  • Rob Bell believes God is pulling the church to accept gay brothers and sisters

    \"I believe God [is] pulling us ahead into greater and greater affirmation and acceptance of our gay brothers and sisters and pastors and friends and neighbors and coworkers,\" former megachurch pastor and best-selling author Rob Bell explained just days after surprising the evangelical Christian community with his expressed support for same-sex marriage.

  • Project teaching Christians how to lead LGBT-friendly churches launched by gay Christian

    Matthew Vines, a Harvard-educated gay Christian who sparked a great deal of controversy in the church community last year with his in-depth analysis on why the Bible does not condemn homosexuality, has launched a new leadership training conference aimed at teaching Christians how to lead LGBT-friendly churches and communities.

  • Rob Bell comes out in support for gay marriage

    Former megachurch pastor and best-selling author Rob Bell has come out in support of same-sex marriage, saying during a recent stop on his book tour that he is \"for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it\'s a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man.\"

  • 'God Particle' discovered

    Scientists announced Thursday that they believe a subatomic particle discovered last year is indeed the Higgs boson, or \"God particle,\" they have been searching for.

  • Athiest Richard Dawkins suggests unborn children are 'less human' than pigs

    Atheist professor Richard Dawkins has stirred up a firestorm on his Twitter account by suggesting that the only moral question behind abortion is whether a fetus can feel pain or not, by which logic he reasoned that they are \"less human\" than adult pigs.

  • Childhood innocence over at 12 yrs old, new survey finds

    Childhood is becoming ever shorter and ending at the tender age of 12, a survey by Netmums has found.

  • Churches call for alcohol harm minimisation

    The NSW Council of Churches today renewed its call for the O'Farrell Government to extend recent Newcastle trials of measures to curb alcohol related violence.

  • Rising breast cancer rates caused by abortion, birth control pills, says experts

    Advanced breast cancer cases are increasing in young American women overall and almost twice as fast among African-American women, according to a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. And some experts believe the use of hormonal contraceptive steroids and abortions have a lot to do with the trend.

  • Support for hosting asylum seekers in the community

    The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office fully support the current policy of hosting asylum seekers in the community on bridging visas and in community residence determination. We have great respect for the decision to increase Australia's humanitarian intake to 20,000 each year and also believe it is appropriate for Australia to defend the right of all people to seek asylum.