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February 12 2007 By virtueonline Does Jefferts have something the rest of us don't?

She's only the presiding bishop of the Episcopalian Church you say? Au Contraire my friend. She is divine. She said so herself. In her February 5th, 2007 interview with USA today, she says, "God became human in order that we may become divine. That is our task." A pretty tall order? You bet, but our Episcopalian goddess has that special divine spark.

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February 11 2007 By virtueonline False Teachers - by Peter

For those who assume that Christianity is (or should be) 'nice', 'kind' or 'gentle', may find the above a little disconcerting. Why such a harsh denunciation? Well, before answering that question it's worth considering first the genuine article.

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February 11 2007 By virtueonline Why Muslims are attracted to Christianity

But here is the question: why are Muslims attracted to the way of Jesus Christ? Here are some of the main reasons:

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February 10 2007 By virtueonline Among Episcopalians, division is prevailing topic

Through the centuries, the Episcopal Church has given us more U.S. presidents than any other denomination. The Washington National Cathedral, which has become America's spiritual gathering place, is an Episcopal church.

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February 10 2007 By virtueonline Two Strands of Faith? No, Two Different Religions - by Albert Mohler

Yet, as Grossman explains, the Episcopal Church's first female Presiding Bishop is a divisive figure. In Grossman's words, she is "[t]he leader who faces a costly fracture among the faithful, a crack radiating across the Anglican world." Some of her churches have bolted the flock, and others are expected to follow soon.

As USA Today reports:

What about her denomination's declining numbers?

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February 09 2007 By virtueonline In the Anglican Church, Race Matters...Not Doctrine - by John Stackhouse

Speaking of "tribe," however, I am moved to headshaking by the recent appointment of Mark MacDonald, already an Anglican bishop, to the newly-created post of National Indigenous Bishop in Canada. According to the Anglican Journal, Bishop MacDonald will have "pastoral oversight over all of Canada's indigenous Anglicans no matter where they live."

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February 09 2007 By virtueonline To Cleave or To Cleave? The Primates' Meeting in Tanzania - Fulcrum

Both meanings are poignant this coming week as the Primates of the Anglican Communion go to the place of their meeting - with each other and with God - near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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February 09 2007 By virtueonline ENGLAND: C of E Bishop Reflects on Upcoming Primates' Meeting

And the most damaging outcomes? The Meeting could prove unable to join in affirming the Windsor Report as the Anglican Communion's "road-map"; some of the Primates could walk out of the meeting; especially, the "Global South" Primates could lose their cohesion, and they and Archbishop Rowan (the ABC) could fail to agree on the way forward,

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February 08 2007 By virtueonline "Anglican Communion: Past Blessings, Present Challenges and Future Hopes"- Carey

View video of Lord Carey's address

Duke's Methodist roots are well known, of course, and remind us of the debt that both Anglicanism and Methodism owe to each other. I served my Title as Curate at St.Mary's Islington in London and recall noting with delight on my first day there, that the great Charles Wesley had been a curate at the same church in the 18th century. Episcopalians are indebted to our young sister's commitment to evangelism and social action.

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February 07 2007 By virtueonline No Support In Scripture for Same Sex Marriage - by Bishop Maurice M. Benitez

Some years ago, I made a study, utilizing two different Bible Concordances, in which I counted about 110 different verses in the Bible, wherein there is a prohibition , or a condemnation, of sexual relations outside of the bonds of marriage, including adultery and fornication, along with those verses specifically addressed to having sexual relations, with those of one's own sex.

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