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Cokesbury to Remove John MacArthur Books after Remarks on Women, Race, and Intersectionality
Removing works by controversial fundamentalist John MacArthur gives the United Methodist Publishing House's Cokesbury retail arm a chance to clean out other questionable authors, writes the Rev. Jeremy Smith. Read more
Talkin' Southern to the Church
Sometimes, Cynthia B. Astle's Southern heritage just wins out when it comes to considering events in religion news. Read more
All Eyes On Alabama: The Outcome Will Decide if Christianity is Bankrupt
The marriage of religion and politics, long in the making, has possibly corrupted beyond redemption the most visible faces of American Christianity, writes the Rev. Dr. Christy Thomas. Read more
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Refugees: They Are a Biblical Issue
There's a consistent thread in the Bible about our duty to welcome strangers -- refugees and immigrants -- in our midst, writes the Rev. Jim Parsons, who quotes chapter and verse as well. Read more
I Am Against Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes
The popular Christmas project of Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse organization actually corrupts everything that Christmas should mean and be, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant. Read more
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TODD SUMLIN Photos courtesy of Triumph Books/The Charlotte Observer.
United Methodist writer and photographer Ken Garfield, shakes hands with the Rev. Billy Graham. Garfield has written a new book, “Billy Graham-A Life in Pictures.” Graham is the director of communications at Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C. Photo courtesy of Triumph Books/The Charlotte Observer. Accompanies UMNS story #301. 11/25/13.
