Life has long been precarious for the country’s second-largest religious group Source: One step forward, two steps back: The troubled lives of Egypt’s Coptic Christians | The Economist
The religious right turns out to be the people the religious right warned us about. The damage is . . . . Source: Can the Religious Right be Saved? by Russell D. Moore | Articles | First Things
It worked in Utah. But national effort by the CCCU and NAE will be more complicated. Source: Fairness for All: Evangelicals Explore Truce on LGBT and Religious… | Christianity Today
Here’s what a Bible worth $1 million looks like. Source: 9 Amazing Rare Bibles in a Collection Worth $7.3 Million | PJ Media
A decision forcing a Christian-owned bed and breakfast to pay a same-sex couple $30,000 for refusing to host their wedding ceremony will stand. Source: Illinois Commission Panel Says Christian-Owned Bed & Breakfast Must Host Gay Weddings
Married couples who attend church services together are more likely to live longer, are less likely to be depressed, and less likely to get divorced, according to a new study conducted by a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. Source: Married Couples Who Attend Church Services Together Are Less Likely to Divorce: Study
Breaking Up With Your Church Over Politics: The contentious election is a ripe topic for sermons but is sending some churchgoers to the doors Source: Breaking Up With Your Church Over Politics – WSJ
In this time of such highly polarized politics, along with threats both at home and abroad, you and I need a little Advent. Source: We Need a Little Advent | The Stream
Buzzfeed’s story about Chip and Joanna Gaines’s gay-marriage beliefs is willfully ignorant. Source: Buzzfeed’s Chip & Joanna Gaines Gay Marriage Beliefs Story Is Willfully Ignorant | National Review
From chocolate calendars to wreaths in church, the season is all about anticipation. Source: Advent, explained – Vox
