Christian Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
February 9th, 2024
Is gambling a sin? Tens of millions of Christians are predicted to gamble their money on the Super Bowl this year, even as new research shows that more than half of Christian pastors say gambling is morally wrong.
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February 1st, 2024
A longtime Christian radio host was let go after saying that anti-LGBTQ Christians should attend same-sex weddings. As his employer defends the firing by saying his comments were unbiblical, he's refusing to back down.
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January 16th, 2024
Who can talk to God? Well, a lot of people, if you take their word for it. From global heads of faiths to charismatic Christians preaching prosperity gospel, many claim to have a direct line to God's ears.
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December 21st, 2023
The environmental protest group Just Stop Oil has quickly earned a reputation for using in-your-face tactics to draw attention to climate change issues. See how faith leaders are responding to (and joining) their cause.
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November 28th, 2023
Thanksgiving isn't even here yet and the War on Christmas has already begun. A Wisconsin town is in the news after city officials requested decorations be "more inclusive," to avoid offending the secular population.
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November 16th, 2023
One activist group warns that the inclusion of LGBTQ+ performers in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will expose children to the "LGBTQ agenda," and tens of thousands have signed a petition boycotting Macy's.
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September 1st, 2023
Should chaplains replace licensed counselors in public schools? A new Texas law allows them to do just that, but the law has an unlikely foe who are requesting it be overturned: chaplains.
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July 27th, 2023
A group in England plans to spend some 10 million pounds on a massive, 170 foot tall monument to 'answered prayer', and construction is due to begin soon. Critics say the money could be better spent by helping the needy.
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May 24th, 2023
Houghton University, a Christian school in New York, fired two employees after they refused to remove pronouns from their email signature, and they say the school's pronoun policy only exists to be trans-exclusive.
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