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February 22nd, 2011
02:19 PM ET
DA in Philly priest case speaks outPhiladelphia District Attorney Seth Williams speaks with CNN's Kyra Phillips about the charges of a sex abuse cover up. 
February 22nd, 2011
11:15 AM ET
Slain Americans were delivering BiblesAmericans Jean and Scott Adam were on a mission to distribute Bibles around the world when their yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates, friends of the couple said. On Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said the Adams, along with Philis Macay and Bob Riggle, had been killed by their captors. A U.S. Navy ship had been trailing the captured Americans after their yacht, Quest, was overtaken by pirates on Friday. “As (U.S. forces) responded to the gunfire, reaching and boarding the Quest, the forces discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors," the statement from U.S. Central Command said. "Despite immediate steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages ultimately died of their wounds." While their faith may not have played a role in their death, it was a motivating factor for their sailing adventure around the world. 
February 22nd, 2011
06:00 AM ET
What porn did to a marriageThe blog begins with a startling confession:
Church leaders have long struggled talking about sex, much less pornography. But Relevant magazine made a daring move this month when it printed a blogger’s confession about how his addiction to pornography affected his marriage. The blogger is John Buckingham, and he is an English teacher, Relevant says. Buckingham said in the story that his addiction to pornography started when he was 12. He thought it would end after his girlfriend accepted his marriage proposal in early 2010. Yet four months after getting married, Buckingham says he succumbed. He started watching pornography again. Burdened by guilt, Buckingham said he told his wife what he had done. 
February 22nd, 2011
06:00 AM ET
My Take: There’s no such thing as the Bible and never has been
By Timothy Beal, Special to CNN When things get messy, when the ground drops out from under us, we conjure myths of pristine and happy origins. Unemployed, we might find ourselves longing for that former job as though it had been ideal, a time of complete self-fulfillment, forgetting how we dragged ourselves there some mornings, hoping for something better to come up. In the middle of an ugly divorce, we might find ourselves longing for the early years of the relationship as though that had been our time in Eden, forgetting the stresses of money, unreliable used cars, in-laws and learning to live together. |
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