July 21, 2008

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
John McCain, Barack Obama will appear together at Orange County church
Tony Barboza/Los Angeles Times (07/21/2008)
An Orange County pastor was able to do what no one else could: arrange John McCain and Barack Obama's first joint general-election campaign appearance. The presidential contenders will share the stage, if only for a few minutes, at a forum next month at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, the first time -- at least so far -- they will appear together before each party's convention this summer, a spokeswoman for pastor Rick Warren said today.

Democrats of faith hope to attract believers to the party
Associated Press (07/19/2008: chron.com)
Leah Daughtry believes Democrats are making inroads with young evangelical voters on issues of poverty and the environment.

DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE
Evangelicals often clash over global warming
Mark I. Pinsky/Orlando Sentinel (07/20/2008)
When Orlando-based missionary and author Grady McMurtry talks about science and the Bible today at St. Cloud Church of the Nazarene, one question is bound to come up: How should evangelicals respond to the burning issue of global warming? Relying as much on his degrees in agriculture and environmental science as on his theological education, McMurtry uses Scripture to argue his case that there is no global warming, no thinning of the Earth's ozone layer.

Calling on Gospel to Call Off Debt
Ovetta Wiggins/Washington Post (07/20/2008)
Following the advice of their pastor, the men and women shuffled to the altar, cut up their credit cards and placed them near his feet. "If we want to have victory, we have to come out of financial bondage," the Rev. John K. Jenkins of First Baptist Church of Glenarden shouted during a recent sermon.

DENOMINATIONS
Anglicans Face 'Severe Challenge'
Rachel Zoll/Associated Press (07/21/2008: washingtonpost.com)
CANTERBURY, England -- The head of the Anglican Communion said Sunday that the global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions.

INTERNET
Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible - online
Raphael G. Satter/Associated Press (07/21/2008: ap.google.com)
LONDON — The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online. The British Library says the full text of the Codex Sinaiticus will be available to Web users by next July, digitally reconnecting parts that are held in Britain, Russia, Germany and a monastery in Egypt's Sinai Desert.