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Super Bowl viewers can meet Jesus, boost their prayer life and confront antisemitism
By Bob Smietana — February 9, 2024
(RNS) — Ads for the He Gets Us campaign, the Hallow prayer app and the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism will be among the groups running faith-related ads at the Super Bowl.
They got us
By Phyllis Zagano — February 14, 2023
(RNS) — If people want to spend their millions promoting Jesus, they can. It’s a free country, after all.
The ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ads brought back bad memories
By Kirsten Powers — February 14, 2023
(RNS) — How the Christian ‘seeker’ movement can cause serious harm.
‘He Gets Us’ organizers hope to spend $1 billion to promote Jesus. Will anyone care?
By Bob Smietana — January 26, 2023
(RNS)—This year’s Super Bowl will feature a $20 million pair of pro-Jesus ads promoting the idea that Jesus ‘gets us,’ part of the larger ‘He Gets Us’ campaign. Organizers hope to spend a billion dollars in the next three years to redeem Jesus’ brand.
Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt surrenders 180 stolen antiquities
By Yonat Shimron — December 7, 2021
(RNS) — In return, Steinhardt, co-founder of Birthright Israel, an organization that sends young Jews on free trips to Israel, will not face criminal charges for illegally smuggling the items.
A religious liberty quiz shows readers favor the separation of church and state
By Mark Silk — October 25, 2021
(RNS) — Madison and Jefferson would be pleased.
Judge orders forfeiture of ancient tablet from Museum of the Bible
By Renée Roden — July 28, 2021
(RNS) — A federal judge ordered Hobby Lobby to forfeit a rare fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh to the United States government.
‘Wisdom gushing out of him’: A remembrance of Robert E. Cooley
By Jerry Pattengale — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — Cooley, former president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, died Thursday (April 1) at age 91.
5 Faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a Hindu family
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2020
(RNS) — Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden picked Tuesday (Aug. 11) as his running mate.
Hobby Lobby clarifies coronavirus sick leave policy amid accusations
By Jack Jenkins — March 31, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Employees in certain states were asked to use personal paid time off and vacation benefits in the early stages of a store closure, with the Company temporarily paying 75% of average wages after,’ read a statement from the company.
Federal judge accepts religious liberty defense of immigrant rights activists
By Jack Jenkins — February 4, 2020
(RNS) — U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez argued that not only are the activists' beliefs sincerely held, but also that prosecuting them amounts to a substantial burden on their faith.
Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold fragments illicitly
By Yonat Shimron — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — As many as 17 Bible fragments were bought from a world-renowned Oxford University professor who researched the items for the British-based Egypt Exploration Society and secretly sold them to Hobby Lobby.
Evangelical retailer John Wanamaker built fortune by blending faith with business
By Mark A. Kellner — December 4, 2018
(RNS) — John Wanamaker saw his legendary department store — one of the first in the nation — as a pulpit, according to a new book.
Museum of the Bible pulls Dead Sea Scroll fragments found to be forged
By Yonat Shimron — October 22, 2018
(RNS) — This is not the first time the museum has faced questions about the problematic origins of some of its antiquities.
Museum of the Bible returns medieval manuscript after discovering item’s theft
By Mark A. Kellner — August 13, 2018
(RNS) — The return follows an investigation the museum is conducting on the origins of more than 3,000 items in its collection.
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