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FIRST-PERSON: Sexuality, smoking movies
Columnist Kelly Boggs says if smoking in movies can influence teens -- as the CDC says -- then so can film sexuality.
Okla. Ten Commandments display could carve new church-state path
Seven years after Alabama removed a Ten Commandments monument from a government building under federal court-order, the state of Oklahoma is preparing to erect its own Ten Commandments monument on capitol grounds.
Wartime hurts conquered by prayer
Through prayer, elderly Korean-American couple lose their resentment toward the Japanese.
Chinese pastor, wife slain at church served by Lottie Moon
A Chinese pastor and his wife were slain Aug. 31 at Penglai Christian Church, where Lottie Moon, an icon of Southern Baptist mission work, served in the early 1900s in Penglai, China.
Cambodian Baptists seek partnerships
God has blessed Baptist work in Cambodia -- with 304 churches started since 1993 -- but partnership is needed for the work to move forward, the president of Cambodia's Baptist Union said.
Homeschooling continues to grow
Recent media reports have pointed to the growing trend of homeschooling, with Texas alone seeing a 20 percent increase in the number of homeschooling families in the past five years.
CULTURE DIGEST: Wallis admits funding from Soros; wealthy urged to give it away
After initially denying it, Jim Wallis, a leader of the evangelical left, has admitted his Sojourners organization has received funding from leftist billionaire George Soros, who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism and gay marriage.
FIRST-PERSON: Seeking God in Hollywood, coming up short
After pondering Eat Pray Love and Get Low, editor suggests the words of the psalmist.