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NORFOLK, Va.-Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson's "age-defying" diet shake is causing quite a stir.The shake isn't new; robertson has been touting its benefits on his nonprofit Christian Broadcasting Network and giving away the recipe free for years. But Robertson recently teamed up with General Nutrition Corp., a Pittsburgh-based health-food chain, to distribute the shake nationally.That's caused at least one evangelical watchdog group to claim Robertson is abusing his nonprofit status and a scroned bodybuilder who used the shake to help lose nearly 200 pounds to threaten legal action.The televangelist and host of the daily "The 700 Club" says he's simply excercising...

Over the years I have appreciated and admired what Billy Graham has stood for and against. His integrity has been near perfect. When most evangelists have slipped or stuck their feet in their mouths, Billy Graham has stood on the Word of God, without wavering. During the past six decades, his message of Jesus Christ has been heard by over 210 million in 185 countries. He has been counsel to presidents, a passionate evangelist, a loving husband, and a caring father. This past weekend in New York, it was Graham’s much-anticipated last revival. Instead of focusing on his revival, Graham...

Tom Adams, a Lincoln Park, Mich., resident and member of Gateway Anabaptist Church, preaches on a corner in Monroe, Mich., after the city of Monroe settled a federal lawsuit that stemmed from the ticketing last year of a group of street evangelists.AP Photo/KEITH KING MONROE, Mich. (AP) -- A group of street preachers are free to spread the gospel downtown following their settlement of a lawsuit against the city.Under the settlement agreed to last week, the city will not prosecute members of World Wide Street Preachers' Fellowship under the city's noise ordinance or for lack of a parade permit....

'I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you. But as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know. 'It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come...

Eighteen Bible students from the evangelical Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Biola, visited BYU campus Tuesday to build friendships, develop relationships and clarify doctrine. “It’s important that other organizations understand each other, get a basic understanding and be willing to listen to each other,” said Julie Ann Johnson, 23, a BYU linguistics major, from Denver, Colo. Evangelists broadly define themselves as those in the Christian religion who strongly believe in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible. “This trip is based on talking about differences and more importantly getting to know what you believe,” said...

Biography of D.L. Moody Written by: Unknown Posted on: 03/13/2003 Category: Biographies Source: CCN Dwight Lyman Moody BORN: February 5, 1837 DIED: December 22, 1899 Northfield, Massachusetts[qm]Northfield, Massachusetts LIFE SPAN: 62 years, 10 months, 17 days DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY was the first evangelist since Whitefield to shake two continents for God. It was on his mother's birthday that Moody was born on a small New England farm. He was only four when his father, Edwin, a bricklayer and an alcoholic, died suddenly at 41. His mother, Betsy (Holton), was now a widow at 36 with seven children...the oldest being thirteen,...

    ORIGIN OF "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" An Underground CatechismYou're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music. But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written.It is a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts.Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829, when Parliament finally emancipated Catholics in England, were prohibited from ANY practice of their faith by law - private OR public. It was a crime to BE a...

For me, Jim Lobe's Inter Press Service article entitled, Conservative Christians Biggest Backers of Iraq War, reprises old memories past and new anxieties future, where the alliance of the Israeli lobby and the Dispensational Christian Right is concerned. Throw in a dose of oil and natural gas consortiums and central bankers into the mix for good measure along with ill-devised notions of Old Testament theocracy, and one has all of the combustible ingredients for the gestation of a global conflagration destined to kill not thousands, but millions of innocent people of every conceivable geographic, racial, and religious background. In his...

Jihad in Britain: A Spiritual War Between Two Faiths By George Thomas CBN News Senior Reporter February 12, 2003 For more than a century, Speaker's Corner in central London has been what the guidebooks call a symbol of free speech. But in recent years, Speaker's Corner has become a battlefield between Islamic extremists and Christian evangelists. CBN.com – This is Part 2 of a two-part series on radical Islam in the United Kingdom. LONDON - Britain may be America's closest ally in the war against terrorism, but the country also serves as a base of operation for some of the...

Austrian Statistics Organization announced that after Catholicism and Evangelism, Islam is the third religion in Austria, adding that 338,988 Muslims live in Austria, out of which more than 96,000 are Austrians and the rest are foreigners. Islam was recognized in Austria in 1912 and the first Islamic religious society was established there in 1980. The report adds that 5.92 million of Austrians are Catholics and 376,150 are Evangelists. The report finally states that Austria's population is 8,100,000 out of which one million are atheists.