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Christian groups are condemning a Spanish play about Jesus called “Golgota Picnic,” scheduled to premiere in France. However, at least one reviewer said the play, which features full nudity, becomes tedious and boring — such as a long scene in which a middle-aged, naked actor plays a Haydn selection on an upright piano. Another referred to scenes as “trashy.”…

 How proud these parents are when their pastor calls them up onto the platform to honor their son. Through the wonders of technology — or so their pastor tells them — Mom and Dad’s young U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, deployed in Iraq, is going to offer the closing prayer at the end of the Sunday morning worship service.…

It’s not what candidates believe, but that they believe in something, says N.T. McQueen, author of Between Lions and Lambs. “With the presidential race well underway, candidates are already trading barbs about religion,” says McQueen. “Mitt Romney is getting hassled for being a Mormon as his opponents posture about their Christianity, while some fringe commentators still…

New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg “finally decided to wipe Zuccotti Park clean after learning about a rancid outbreak of scabies, lice and lung ailments among protesters,” reports the New York Post. Meanwhile, a nurses union bused in 1,000 members to Occupy DC from as far away as California and Florida — prompting pundits to speculate whether…

Here’s a powerful moment just before Saturday’s Penn State-Nebraska game as Cornhuskers Assistant Coach Ron Brown seeks the Lord’s blessing. PSU’s Nitanny Lions were about to take the field for the first time since their iconic coach, Joe Paterno, was fired along with the university’s president, Graham Spanier, in the scandal that has rocked the school — and the nation.…

Singer-actor Justin Timberlake says escorting blonde U.S. Marine Corporal Kelsey de Santis Saturday night to the Marine Ball “changed my life,” according to the New York Post.  The pop superstar posted on Twitter, “I glanced around the room at young men and women, spouses and soldiers … I felt so proud to be there. I…

“I was always praying to God, and thanks to God, He gave me the miracle of sending me these wonderful people,” proclaimed Washington Nationals baseball player Wilson Ramos after security forces rescued him from kidnappers demanding millions of dollars. A SWAT team of the Venezuela’s National Guard and police rescued the 24-year-old Major League Baseball rookie…

As a horrific child abuse sex scandal wracks Pennsylvania State University, God is speaking, says a longtime supporter and neighbor of the school. “It has been a horrible week for our town,” writes Chris Heinz in his personal blog. “A cloud covers us because the mighty lion has fallen. By lion, I mean Penn State.”…

Rick Warren, Tim Keller and a number of other prominent Christian leaders are promoting the joys of married sex from the pulpit, reports the Washington Post‘s Lisa Miller. “Last week,” writes Miller. “Rick Warren sent this message to the nearly 500,000 people who follow him on Twitter: “Husbands & wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs.…

The new tower on the skyline in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, looks incredibly like London’s Big Ben — and there’s a good reason. A number of Muslims are calling for Greenwich Mean Time — the standard by which the world sets its clocks — be replaced by official Mecca time. “This summer, the world’s largest clock began its…
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