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Friday’s religion wrap

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.    Trump’s decree to keep religion free CBN News reports on President Trump’s latest initiative to protect religious liberty and open access to government funding for faith-based organisations. The presidential executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty includes provisions that the Department of the Treasury does not take any adverse action ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.      Courtroom fireworks for Katy Perry News.com.au reports on the dramatic events which unfolded during a courtroom hearing involving Katy Perry and some nuns who are battling over a Los Angeles convent. An 89-year-old nun, Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, died during her court appearance after earlier stating that day, “To Katy Perry, ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.     Our creator is the ultimate rights legislator CBN News reports on President Trump’s comments at the National Prayer Breakfast where the 45th president of the United States of America declared, “Our rights are not given to us by man. Our rights come from our Creator. No matter what, no earthly ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.     Less bread for Gen-Z The Christian Post reports on data suggesting that today’s American teenagers are the most non-Christian generation in American history with only four out of 100 holding a true biblical worldview. The Barna Group’s research project into Generation Z’s (born between 1999 and 2015) beliefs and culture ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.    Gospel number awakens Atheist’s slumber CBN News covers one atheist’s journey to Christianity via Edwin Hawkins’ “Oh Happy Day”, a gospel song made popular after it was featured in the hit movie Sister Act 2. Charlie Mackesy, a British artist and former atheist was attending a music festival when he heard ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.    Trust in the pastor: the stats are a disaster Christianity Today reports on the latest Gallup poll findings which suggest less than half of Americans believe clergy are honest and have high ethical standards. According to the data, pastors are viewed as less trustworthy than judges, day-care providers, police officers, pharmacists, ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.   Red Cross without the cross leaves some seeing red The Christian Post reveals calls for some Belgian branches of the iconic organisation Red Cross to remove the red cross from its buildings due to fears the Christian symbol could offend non-Christians. The Provincial Committee of the Red Cross in Liege asked ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  God to Trump: take out Kim Jong-un USA Today covers the latest statements of pastor Robert Jeffress, an evangelical adviser to President Trump, who said God has given the American President full authority to take out Kim Jong-un. The Texan pastor cited the Book of Romans and a passage which says rulers ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

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The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  Star Trek’s big discovery: no God Entertainment Weekly has news which might be sad for religious Trekkies: according to the article Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision for the sci-fi favourite is a future where religion is virtually non-existent. While shooting the new Star Trek: Discovery television series, Entertainment Weekly reported one ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

Photo of a magnifying glass over an open Bible.

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  Christchurch woman concerned about religious influence Radio NZ reports on the looming battle in New Zealand between the Secular Education Network and the government over religious favouritism in state schools. A spokesman for the Secular Education Network claimed that Christianity is being given preferential treatment in the classroom and that, “it is ...

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