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Worshippers leave 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. on Dec. 3, 2017. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron
Need to know: Friday, December 8, 2017
In Alabama Senate race, African-American Christians may hold the key
They may be prompted to vote against Roy Moore because, said an African-American congregant, he’s “anti-black, anti-urban, anti-Jewish, anti-women.”
Israeli troops, Palestinian protesters face off
West Bank skirmishes may balloon into full-scale uprising after Friday prayers as Palestinians protest Trump’s Jerusalem plan. (Subscription may be required.)
Why Trump’s evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem
They see it as a step in a biblical narrative that will eventually lead to the second coming of Jesus, writes Julie Ingersoll.
His defense of Hindus was to kill a Muslim and post the video
Fear that Muslim men lure Hindu brides to convert to Islam prompts a murder, reopens sectarian wounds in India. (Subscription may be required)
Arizona GOP Rep. Trent Franks to resign following sexual harassment claim
Franks, a fierce abortion opponent, said he was unaware asking female staffers about surrogacy would make them “uncomfortable.”
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Why I decline to sign ‘prophetic’ declarations
(RNS) — I talked a lot about being 'prophetic' in my early days of social activism, but I don’t use that word much these days.
Amid a sex abuse crisis, a new conservative Christian vision for womanhood?
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