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Need to know: Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman: ‘Trust God’ through tragedy
“Living between heaven and the real world — that’s kind of where I feel like I am right now, longing for heaven more than ever now because I believe that’s where my daughter is.”
Trump travel ban orders a report on honor killings
Civil liberties experts say focus on honor killings, an extremely rare occurrence in the U.S., is another attempt to target Muslims.
Faith groups: New immigration order still anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant
To many religious leaders, this is simply “Muslim ban 2.0.”
For clergy and churches, repeal of health law poses serious consequences
Like most Americans, ministers and their families are facing exploding health-care costs and have increasingly turned to Obamacare for health coverage. They report a growing sense of pessimism and fear if Republicans repeal the law.
Mormon leader Dallin Oaks points to ‘aggressive’ Trump, climate change as ‘big worries’
"We are even challenged by the politics of conflict," he said, "and the uncertainties sponsored by the aggressive new presidential administration in the world's most powerful nation."
The religious right is steeling itself for a biblical battle on Trump’s behalf
Trump may be the benefiting from a union of sorts between the conspiracy-minded Breitbart and charismatic and evangelical Christians who believe they are engaged in a spiritual war to defend Trump, writes Sarah Posner.
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The key to understanding evangelicals’ upside-down support for the travel ban
(RNS) Despite their carefully cultivated image as the people who are most committed to following the Bible, when it comes down to it, white evangelicals are strongly influenced by nonbiblical factors.
Mormon women preach — and can they preach!
Today we talk to historians Kate Holbrook and Jenny Reeder. In celebration of Mormon women's history, their monumental new book looks at the sermons and theological contributions of women. Happy 175th, Relief Society!
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