Top Religion Stories of 1998

Congress enacts law against religious persecution.
Midterm election jolts Christian Right.
Worldwide body of Anglicans rejects ordination, “marriage” for homosexuals.
Clinton seeks pastoral counsel after Lewinsky scandal.
Papal visit to Cuba stimulates religious freedom.
Christians in southern Sudan victimized by war, famine.
Public-school vouchers gain court approval.
Lutherans, Catholics draw closer on justification.
Protestants, Catholics in Northern Ireland vote for peace.
National Baptists retain indicted leader Lyons.

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Are You Tolerant? (Should You Be?) Christians are seen as the pit bulls of the culture wars—small brains, big teeth, strong jaws, and no interest in compromise. Is this indictment fair? It's time to deconstruct the gospel of tolerance.

Christianity Today January 11, 1999

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Are you tolerant? (Should you be?)

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At-Home Dads Gather and Bond

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Christians Killed, Churches Burn

Christians Want Shock Rocker Manson Banned

Relief Groups Struggle to Aid Churches

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Communist Crackdown Stymies Growing Church

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Orthodox Land Use Angers Laity

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A Gospel Gold Mine or a Sinking Pyramid?

Investigative Report: It's not in the Greek Does Greater Ministries Misuse Scripture?

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Evangelicals Press Political Leader to Focus on Poverty Issues

Deann Alford in Managua

Reconciling the World Through Painful Stories

Ken Walker in Louisville

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Ecumenism: Orthodox Push for WCC Reform

Tom Finger in Harare, with reports from Chris Roberts, Religion News Service

Jonestown: Twenty Years Later, Cults Still Lethal

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Reconnecting with the Poor

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When Church and State Cooperate

The Coming Secular Apocalypse

Mark A. Kellner

Y2K Preparation Guide

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The Bible Jesus Read

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The Fatted Faithful

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Study: Evangelical Churches Aren’t Particularly Political

Fiona André - Religion News Service

Even if members are politically active and many leaders are often outspoken about issues and candidates they support, most congregations make great efforts to keep politics out of the church when they gather.