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Why would a Christian denomination pay a lecturer to speak at their events who does not believe Jesus physically rose from the dead? Why would the same denomination recommend and use that lecturer's teaching resources when he doesn't even believe God exists? Those are good questions every lay person should be asking the leadership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The lecturer I am referring to is John Dominic Crossan, co-founder of the Jesus Seminar (read about it here) and popular New Testament scholar. Let me first show you the multitude of ways the ELCA has sought Crossan and...

... Snow said that he has been assured by the Pentagon that "all the details" will be made available... Rep. John Murtha... has said Marines shot and killed unarmed civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two homes and shot others. On Tuesday, [Snow] said President Bush learned of the killings only after a reporter from Time magazine asked questions... Asked when Bush was first briefed about the events in Haditha, an insurgent stronghold in western Iraq, Snow replied Tuesday: "When a Time reporter first made the call." According to the attorney for one of three Marine...

According to John Dominic Crossan, a noted Jesus scholar who will be in Nebraska next month, Jesus was a member of the downtrodden class, preaching hope to people living under Roman oppression. His message wasn't primarily about personal salvation, Crossan says, but about replacing a social system of status and power with one based on justice and equality. He will speak April 5 at Doane College in Crete and April 6 at First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln. He also will lead a seminar April 15-17 at First United Methodist Church in Omaha. (Crossan)...clearly identifies Jesus as a political figure. "(Jesus)was...

<p>KAANAPALI, Hawaii — A weeklong trip that was supposed to celebrate a year of hard work and success for some 500 cheerleaders began on a tragic note with the death of one of their own.</p> <p>Police were investigating how a high school cheerleader invited to perform at the Hula Bowl (search) college all-star game plunged naked to her death from a ninth-floor hotel balcony.</p>