Rick Perry likened to Bible’s doomed King Saul by Bachmann staffer
Last week, following Michele Bachmann’s win at the Iowa straw poll and Gov. Rick Perry’s official presidential announcement, the pair were compared to biblical figures: King Saul, the people’s choice,...
View ArticleTexas Senator pushes for return of Air Force’s Christian ‘just war’ instruction
Sen. John Cornyn wrote Air Force officials to say their decision to drop a Bible-based course on just war theory contradicts First Amendment religious freedoms, the blog Religion Clause reported. “Our...
View ArticleReciting John 3:16 gets customers a discount at a Texas service station
A Christian-owned Kwik Kar Lube & Service in Plano lets customers who recite a Bible verse get a $19.99 oil change. When one non-believing customer refused, his bill went up to $46, sparking...
View ArticleBible-reading can ‘push you leftward,’ survey says
Religious practices like church attendance and affiliation tend to correspond with conservative political positions, but frequent Bible reading can actually correspond with liberal ones, according to a...
View ArticleHouston church drops updated NIV Bible over accuracy concerns
Houston’s First Baptist Church pastor Gregg Matte announced at the start of this year that he will no longer be preaching from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. The NIV has been the...
View ArticleTexas pastor finds lessons in New Orleans Saints’ violent scheme
The latest controversy in the NFL reminds Christians that all wrongdoings—even ones people desperately try to keep secret—will eventually come to light and cause damage to others, according to Texas...
View ArticleJeff Foxworthy to host Bible game show
Jeff Foxworthy, who quizzed kids on “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?,” will host an upcoming Bible trivia game show. The program, “The American Bible Challenge,” will air on GSN, formerly the Game...
View ArticleTexas atheist students swap Bibles for porn
This week, atheist students at the University of Texas at San Antonio are holding their annual “Smut for Smut” campaign, in which they offer to exchange holy texts for hardcore porn, the Friendly...
View ArticleDan Savage calls Bible passages on gays BS
CNN Belief reports on recent controversy stirred up by profanity-laden comments columnist Dan Savage made about the Bible during a recent conference for high schoolers. “We can learn to ignore the (BS)...
View ArticleHobby Lobby owner settles on DC for Bible museum
Hobby Lobby president Steve Green has selected Washington D.C. as the location for a museum to display his multimillion-dollar collection of Bibles and biblical artifacts, the Religion News Service...
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