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Iran’s ayatollahs are showing frustration with Iranians leaving Islam for Christianity in large numbers despite the threat of execution for apostasy. (more)

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On Sunday night, 41,000 fans packed Nationals Stadium in Washington, D.C., to hear a message of hope, inspiration, and encouragement from Joel Osteen. Most paid about $20 (including fees) for the privilege. (more)

It was quite a Sunday. I went from a book signing for my friend Dawn Eden, a brilliant Catholic writer and chastity advocate, to watching (on YouTube) as Dan Savage harangued a group of students about the “bullshit in the Bible.” Talk about the two Americas. (more)

At the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington earlier this month, the faithful met to worship the Almighty and discuss the latest battles for religious liberty in an increasingly secular culture. (more)

In 2002 a group of armed Palestinians occupied Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. During the 39-day standoff, they held scores of Christian hostages and converted one of Christianity’s holiest sites into their bunker. Even though wanted militants were in the church, the Israeli Army refused to enter. Instead, to avoid possibly damaging the site, the Israelis negotiated a peaceful resolution to the standoff that allowed many wanted terrorists to go free. (more)

Samuel Wurzelbacher, the conservative activist popularly known as “Joe the Plumber,” is circulating a letter praising President Barack Obama‘s life story and crediting Christianity with his “miraculous” ascent to the presidency. (more)

GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — Tim Tebow drew a crowd of about 15,000 to an outdoor Easter church service Sunday, telling the gathering it’s important to be outspoken about faith while admonishing athletes about not being better role models. (more)

Apathy is the surest way to enable tyranny. We should welcome and embrace a spirited political discourse. Yet during the course of that discussion, we should never forget the distinction between the opposition and the enemy. (more)

World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has has become even more devoutly religious and his new found commitment to faith may threaten his boxing career. (more)

Christianity and sex toys don’t usually end up in the same sentence, but at Book22.com, an online sex toy shop for Christian married couples, faith and bedroom fun are always intertwined. (more)

One simply does not discuss politics or religion in public. It is just not done. To offend is the gravest of sins. So say the watchers of correct discourse in our age of modernity. (more)

“Is God answering Tim Tebow’s Prayers?” is one popular line of inquiry driving the Tebow mania. Tebow must be praying for success on the field. The Broncos are winning. Is there causation behind this correlation? (more)

I grew up in Denver and am admittedly biased. I’m a Denver Broncos fanatic. In the Mile High City, the Broncos are more than just a football team; they’re an institution. (more)

Could Christopher Hitchens become a Christian? (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says Iran should release a pastor who’s been sentenced to death for apostasy. (more)

Be an atheist or agnostic at your own peril. (more)

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Texas Gov. Rick Perry used his speech at America’s largest evangelical University on Wednesday to connect with young evangelical Christians, abandoning the harsh political rhetoric of the 2012 campaign thus far in favor of a more faith-based message. (more)

It’s a strange commentary on our times that, 10 years after 9/11, while most writers, scholars and politicians are still reluctant to talk openly about the central question of the War on Terror — Does Islam condone violence? — one of the few men who is willing to talk about it is an 83-year-old Jesuit priest. (more)

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — In the military, there are more than 3,000 chaplains who minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of active duty troops, regardless of their faiths. The vast majority are Christians, a few are Jews or Muslims, one is a Buddhist. A Hindu, possibly even a Wiccan may join their ranks soon. (more)