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Colorado Springs, 2-paper town
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Patton Dodd
A tale of two ledes: Focus on the Family just announced a layoff of 20% of its workforce–big news here in Colorado Springs, where the ministry is one of the ten largest employers. Here’s how our daily paper, the Gazette, reported the news: Because of a weak economy and cash-strapped donors, Focus on the Family said…
This Just In: Obama Not Orthodox
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Patton Dodd
Based on remarks President-elect Obama made to Cathleen Falsani four years ago (and recently reprinted on Beliefnet), there’s been a dustup over whether he can legitimately be said to be a Christian: Joe Carter at Culture11 says no. Rod Dreher echoes him. Tony Jones says Yes He Can. Steve Waldman points out that if Barack…
The Filmmaker of Light
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Patton Dodd
Vanity Fair reports on an internal memo from Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade in which he outlines 16 principles for making a film modeled on his paintings. (The film is called “Christmas Cottage”–which could also be the name of virtually every Thomas Kinkade painting–and is due to be released on video this week.) Read the…
Which Bible translation is best?
By
Patton Dodd
Scot McKnight says to find the answer, you have to ask another question: What’s your purpose in reading it?
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