<?xml version='1.0'?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Recent UMAction Articles</title><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:59 GMT</pubDate><generator>Blackbaud NetCommunity v6.53.516</generator><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-05-22-boy-scouts-of-america&gt;Fifty U.S. Religious Leaders Ask Boy Scouts to Maintain Existing Membership Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-05-22-boy-scouts-of-america</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 05.22.2013)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">dda312b4-af36-4a24-9897-eabe61645805</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.christianpost.com/news/united-methodist-publication-reporter-founded-in-1840s-to-close-96140/&gt; UM Publication Closes its Doors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.20.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">00787e7b-1088-4cd3-a877-826a40a4eccc</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/17/religious-group-protests-laws-that-could-stop-other-kermit-gosnells/&gt; Religious Group Blocks Laws that Could Stop other Kermit Gosnells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 05.20.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kermit Gosnell</category><category>Abortion</category><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">446713c5-afa1-4797-8017-17d4f0782679</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/05/14/andy-langford-calls-for-defunding-denominational-establishment/ &gt; Andy Langford Calls for Defunding Denominational Establishment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 05.14.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Andy Langford</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">927990ac-f21a-4fb8-af76-6484fa6bc4ed</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.examiner.com/article/methodists-stand-firm-on-same-sex-marriage-ban&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; Methodists Stand Firm on Same-Sex Marriage Ban&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 05.07.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Marriage</category><category>Methodists</category><category>John Lomperis</category><guid isPermaLink="false">97f523b4-0762-4930-9629-f81ed7cb2499</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/05/07/umc-seeks-to-fill-a-rather-odd-denominational-leadership-position/&gt; This Is GBCS’s Idea of Helping Women and Girls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 05.07.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category>GBCS</category><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">4b7fa173-24a9-43fd-b72a-85fe82fce39c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/05/06/illegal-immigrants-churches-and-fiscal-costs/&gt; Illegal Immigrants, Churches, and Fiscal Costs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.07.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Immigration</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Heritage Foundation</category><guid isPermaLink="false">63bb24ca-5caf-424f-8c54-54dc6ae02bc6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/05/03/transsexual-flights-from-reality/&gt; Transsexual Flights from Reality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.03.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Transsexual</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">4ac5d49e-4276-47bc-bdbe-d539fcd26fa1</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/05/03/elca-partnership-with-united-methodism-full-communion-or-denominational-suicide-pact/&gt;ELCA partnership with United Methodism: “Full Communion” or Denominational Suicide Pact?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 05.03.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Lutheran</category><category>Bishop Mark Hanson</category><category>John Lomperis</category><guid isPermaLink="false">8aabf6ec-aa6d-4214-aebe-ea0c505c8be1</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/26/a-new-public-theology-for-evangelicals/&gt; A New Public Theology for Evangelicals?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.26.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Evangelicals</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">62cf206a-f335-4408-b4ad-ccfd2cf234af</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/26/gosnell-trial-exposes-planned-parenthood-horrors/ &gt; Gosnell Trial Exposes Planned Parenthood Horrors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Janice Shaw Crouse (Originally Posted 04.26.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Planned Parenthood</category><category>Kermit Gosnell</category><category>Janice Shaw Crouse</category><guid isPermaLink="false">ccf04747-b596-4613-a316-45abbe1c093a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/25/42-and-us/ &gt; Weigel: 42 and Us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;George Weigel (Originally Posted 04.25.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>George Weigel</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Jackie Robinson</category><guid isPermaLink="false">c36953db-b605-4047-bb63-8d7b5caa91f9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/25/the-death-of-empathy/&gt; The Death of Empathy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;James Tonkowich (Originally Posted 04.25.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jim Tonkowich</category><category>Tim Keller</category><category>Presbyterian</category><category>Wheaton College</category><guid isPermaLink="false">6df2d6a9-03dc-43f6-b175-c87e789e2426</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/23/state-funerals-and-christendom/&gt; State Funerals and Christendom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.23.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Margaret Thatcher</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Conservative Party</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1e764492-124a-45a6-9fd5-5d65cd962474</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/22/ending-gun-violence-and-the-limits-of-politics/&gt; Ending Gun Violence and the Limits of Politics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.22.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Gun control</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7eaca256-98fc-48c1-a1e5-d9d189beb9c6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/11/kermit-gosnells-abortion-trial-and-united-methodists/ &gt;Kermit Gosnell’s Abortion Trial and United Methodist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.12.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kermit Gosnell</category><category>abortion</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76f57ef5-7bbb-476b-9cda-77017aae6ee2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/11/methodist-rulers-thatcher-bush-chiang-kai-shek-and/&gt; Methodist Rulers: Thatcher, Bush, Chiang Kai-shek and…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.11.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Ellen Sirleaf Johnson</category><category>Methodism</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1b5b682a-e64a-4348-974c-09c7ff713bb7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/09/margaret-thatcher-the-methodist/&gt; Margaret Thatcher, the Methodist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.09.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Methodist</category><category>Margaret Thatcher</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">14e5f665-3536-4740-8cbf-3bd30c3cc6dc</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/05/methodist-cultural-invisibility/ &gt; Methodist Cultural Invisibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.08.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Methodist</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Tom Oden</category><guid isPermaLink="false">c3d78034-20fc-4c69-bd28-0f519346bf92</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-04-08-remembering-margaret-thatchers-public-theology&gt;Remembering Margaret Thatcher’s Public Theology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-04-08-remembering-margaret-thatchers-public-theology</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.08.2013)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5f3dec93-93d7-4e32-a070-77fbfc111486</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/04/there-wil-likely-be-no-united-methodist-schism/ &gt; There Will Likely Be No United Methodist Schism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.04.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>John Lomperis</category><guid isPermaLink="false">9edfa84b-08ad-433b-8b47-4b73d9e9e9be</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/03/smu-chaplain-affirms-christs-resurrection/&gt; SMU Chaplain Affirms Christ’s Resurrection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 04.03.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:07:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Southern Methodist University</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Easter</category><guid isPermaLink="false">07b4f867-b740-4517-8819-8fecbacb62cc</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/26/same-sex-marriage-rally-at-the-methodist-building/&gt; Same-Sex Marriage Rally at the Methodist Building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 03.26.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Marriage</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">f1f968fd-1373-423c-8cef-e69329ea5640</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/24/umc-missions-chief-preaches-at-asbury-theological-seminary/ &gt; UMC Missions Chief Preaches at Asbury Theological Seminary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 03.24.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Asbury Theological Seminary</category><category>Francis Asbury</category><category>Institute on Religion and Democracy</category><category>John Lomperis</category><category>John Wesley</category><category>Thomas Kemper</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">0731d30f-894f-4949-9f8d-dea7704bede5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/21/um-action-calls-on-boy-scouts-of-america-to-stand-strong/&gt; UMAction Calls on Boy Scout Leaders to Be Strong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 3.21.13)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>United Methodists</category><category>Boy Scouts of America</category><category>Homosexuality</category><guid isPermaLink="false">276240c9-1316-4afe-ad72-a1c4f066a06d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/22/religiously-sorry-for-being-american/&gt; Religiously Apologizing for Being American&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 3.22.13)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:03:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Pacifism</category><category>Anabaptism</category><category>Anti-Americanism</category><guid isPermaLink="false">a5bff2b7-31a7-41b4-a51d-ebeed6239ec7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/22/when-united-methodist-bishops-fail/&gt; When United Methodist Bishops Fail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 3.22.13)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ACLU</category><category>Bishop Larry Goodpaster</category><category>Bishop Rosemarie Wenner</category><category>General Board of Church and Society</category><guid isPermaLink="false">c641f978-45eb-4fb0-9355-3c8a70e7b397</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/19/feminism-and-the-fourth-great-awakening/ &gt; Feminism and the Fourth Great Awakening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Aaron Gaglia (Originally Posted 03.19.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Fourth Great Awakening</category><category>Diana Butler Bass</category><category>Claremont School of Theology</category><guid isPermaLink="false">a48edc71-2c3a-491f-9da9-eac8af2f6c1c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/19/tribute-to-united-methodist-frends/ &gt; A Tribute to United Methodist Friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 03.19.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist</category><category>Bob Parrott</category><category>Albert Outler</category><category>LeTourneau University</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d56de723-0efb-41a9-8b42-493ca45c21e4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/14/shaking-hands-with-the-devil-the-intersection-of-terrorism-and-theology/&gt; Review: Intersection of Terrorism and Theology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 03.14.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Terrorism</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Billy Abraham</category><category>Shaking Hands with the Devil: The Intersection of Terrorism and Theology</category><guid isPermaLink="false">6e6692b0-3c78-4559-b453-aaeab80360b8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/13/methodist-history-reviews-tooleys-book/&gt; Methodist History Reviews Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 03.13.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century</category><category>Book Review</category><guid isPermaLink="false">10b2406f-4089-4b25-984a-26f37f514840</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/12/winkler-bids-farewell-to-gbcs/&gt; Winkler Bids Farewell to GBCS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Bart Gingerich (Originally Posted 03.12.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jim Winkler</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>General Board of Church and Society</category><guid isPermaLink="false">3bd96c2d-19bc-4799-828d-24eb22ac3d94</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/12/a-vistiing-anglican-bishop-from-war-torn-sudan/&gt; Along Came a Bishop from Sudan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 03.12.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Sudan</category><category>Archbishop Andudu Adam ElNail</category><guid isPermaLink="false">63c10a2a-90ac-4789-b2a1-0e8e8f4f682a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/12/dr-william-lawrence-speaks-on-truth-and-doubt/&gt; Dr. William Laurence on Truth and Doubt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Aaron Gaglia (Originally Posted 03.12.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><category>William Laurence</category><category>Southern Methodist University</category><category>Aaron Gaglia</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d207e8da-4c8a-4fd7-bbba-502c288247bc</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/08/gbcs-board-balances-domestic-and-global/ &gt; GBCS Board Balances Domestic and Global&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Posted 03.08.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category>advocacy</category><category>Africa</category><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda</category><category>Congo</category><category>Congress</category><category>DRC</category><category>Eric Williams</category><category>GBCS</category><category>General Board of Church and Society</category><category>Gregory Simpkins</category><category>Immigration</category><category>UMC</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>United Methodist Church</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d1df8193-ad4c-406a-920e-fdaf2f72ad00</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/03/06/confirming-the-truth-my-response-to-claremont-school-of-theology/&gt; Confirming the Truth: My Response to the Claremont School of Theology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;John Lomperis (Published 3.06.12)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Claremont School of Theology</category><category>United Methodist Church</category><category>Claremont Lincoln University</category><guid isPermaLink="false">33de9490-4365-4c2e-9d7d-2e21efc4d486</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/02/28/emory-president-ignites-furor-over-slavery-reference/ &gt;Emory President Ignites Furor over Slavery Reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 02.28.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Emory University</category><category>James Wagner</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">c1b89f98-d416-4897-b8c5-a1038cb46088</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/02/27/talk-grows-of-liberal-exodus-from-umc/ &gt; 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IRD Blog: SPU Offers Evangelical Alternative for Methodists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 02.14.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist</category><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Seattle Pacific University</category><guid isPermaLink="false">60ecd6a3-a4f9-48c6-affa-f38b8fa67d03</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/02/14/event-announcement-oh-come-all-ye-faithful-united-methodists/ &gt; Event Alert:  Come All Ye Faithful Methodists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 02.14.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>Rejuvenate Conference</category><category>Amber Tolbert</category><guid isPermaLink="false">8bfed244-3152-4b70-9d87-dc04971e40a0</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/02/13/just-three-questions-bishop-bruce-ough-of-the-dakotas-minnesota-episcopal-area/&gt; 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IRD Blog: Three Questions with Bishop Mike Coyner &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 02.05.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:51:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bishop Mike Coyner</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">94abb179-67b7-4a85-a010-362abf1c0d69</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-02-04-ird-commends-southern-baptist-catholic-support-for-current-boy-scouts-policy&gt;IRD Commends Southern Baptist, Catholic Support for Current Boy Scouts Policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-13-02-04-ird-commends-southern-baptist-catholic-support-for-current-boy-scouts-policy</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 02.04.2013)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e97a2ef8-66dd-470c-91eb-b45f85f01669</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= https://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/connectional-table-revisits-global-segregation-plan &gt; Connectional Table Revisits Global Segregation Plan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/connectional-table-revisits-global-segregation-plan</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Published 02.01.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:54:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>United Methodist Connectional Table</category><category>Global Segregation Plan</category><guid isPermaLink="false">2e339588-1e78-4775-aa0f-de08a8971e6c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= https://www.theird.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/13-01-31-pub-protestants-and-abortion &gt; Protestants and Abortion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/13-01-31-pub-protestants-and-abortion</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.31.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate><category>&lt;a href= https://www.theird.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/13-01-31-pub-protestants-and-abortion &gt; 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IRD Blog: An Interfaith Gathering of Presidential Proportions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Aaron Gaglia (Originally Posted 01.23.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches</category><category>Gabriel Salguero</category><guid isPermaLink="false">bdbf4aab-957b-49a7-87a1-242b74fc5d95</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/01/23/aborting-pro-choice-promoting-nuance/  &gt; Aborting ‘Pro-Choice,’ Promoting ‘Nuance’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Janice Crouse (Originally Posted 01.23.13)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Abortion</category><category>Janice Shaw Crouse</category><category>Mario Diaz</category><guid isPermaLink="false">bd8d3a2f-5e77-4296-b0e1-ae88e748b7f4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/01/22/shameful-united-methodism/ &gt; 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(Part 4)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 12.14.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><category>@TheIRD</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7d26a7d5-60e4-4cb2-83da-41999b30f851</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/12/12/why-was-the-2012-general-conference-so-unproductive-and-dysfunctional-part-3/ &gt; Protest Making Legislative Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Posted 12.12.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Common Witness Coalition</category><category>John Lomperis</category><category>General Conference</category><category>Amy DeLong</category><guid isPermaLink="false">0fde1697-9721-4040-99b0-a021579f45e2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-12-06-new-protestant-declaration-affirms-israel-and-persecuted-christians&gt;New Protestant Declaration Affirms Israel and Persecuted Christians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-12-06-new-protestant-declaration-affirms-israel-and-persecuted-christians</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 12.06.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">12f0b161-fd49-4e35-9953-f2f2c51ee9a5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/12/05/semi-good-bye-and-thanks-to-the-washington-post/ &gt; IRD Blog: Thanking The Washington Post for My Interest in Methodist Renewal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 12.06.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Juicy Ecumenism</category><category>The Washington Post</category><guid isPermaLink="false">e8160753-86b0-4839-a829-cfc83f81732b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/12/05/reviews-of-my-book-methodism-and-politics-in-the-twentieth-century/&gt; IRD Blog: Reviewing Methodism and Politics by Mark Tooley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 12.05.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century</category><category>book review</category><guid isPermaLink="false">f92d3d7b-dea6-4dec-b394-fdd80fb47677</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= https://www.theird.org/issues/marriage/12-12-03-mar-um-bishop-willing-to-participate-in-same-sex-marriage-ceremonies&gt; UM Bishop Willing to Participate in Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/marriage/12-12-03-mar-um-bishop-willing-to-participate-in-same-sex-marriage-ceremonies</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Bart Gingerich (Originally Published 12.03.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bishop Melvin Talbert</category><category>Kaleidoscope Institute</category><category>Bart Gingerich</category><category>Same-Sex Marriage</category><category>Lake Junaluska</category><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0b05db-4fc5-4648-8d9e-c2ed339f4c0d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-03-12-why-was-the-2012-general-conference-so-unproductive-and-dysfunctional-part-ii&gt;  Why Was the 2012 General Conference So Unproductive and Dysfunctional? 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(Part 1)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/why-was-the-2012-general-conference-so-unproductive-and-dysfunctional--</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Published 11.29.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Lomperis</category><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><category>Tampa</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1b28e9f6-43af-4eb7-bfb3-dada275c02ce</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.christianpost.com/news/methodists-doubtful-45-umc-congressmen-will-work-together-85737/#7v6otbPmewE90T5Y.99 &gt; Tooley: 45 UMC Congressmen Unlikely to Work Together on Compromise &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 11.29.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Congress</category><category>Fiscal Cliff</category><category>Christians</category><guid isPermaLink="false">8d687f90-94f9-4726-9587-200d8ef6d5e9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/11/24/post-thanksgiving-hike-and-a-touching-methodist-civil-war-story/&gt; Post Thanksgiving Hike and a Touching Methodist Civil War Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 11.24.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bull Run</category><category>Civil War</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">6def2fbd-c3d8-40a0-90b9-677d0b2e3fd9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=https://www.theird.org/issues/middle-east/me-12-11-21-sabeel-dc-seminar&gt;Sabeel: Jesus “Attacked” in Critiques of Palestinian Christian Kairos Document&lt;/a&gt;,br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/middle-east/me-12-11-21-sabeel-dc-seminar</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 11-21-2012)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b7b1ecee-35c5-4960-818e-7b2fe3471693</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-11-16-does-the-religious-left-expect-israel-to-just-absorb-hamas-rockets&gt;Does the Religious Left Expect Israel to Just Absorb Hamas Rockets?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-11-16-does-the-religious-left-expect-israel-to-just-absorb-hamas-rockets</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 11.16.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a3136044-4682-47c0-8521-bfb4ab69f4e4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/religious-liberty/president-carters-mixed-feelings-on-religion-and-health &gt; President Carter's Mixed Feelings on Religion and Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/religious-liberty/president-carters-mixed-feelings-on-religion-and-health</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Matt Tuininga (Originally Published 11.14.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jimmy Carter</category><category>Emory University</category><category>The Carter Center</category><category>contraception</category><category>abortion</category><category>Matt Tuininga</category><guid isPermaLink="false">256f96e2-41ec-414f-b39c-49c1cd980b70</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/war--peace/lake-junaluska-where-pacifism-meets-anti-israel-and-anti-american-bias&gt; Lake Junaluska: Where Pacifism Meets Anti-Israel and Anti-American Bias &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/war--peace/lake-junaluska-where-pacifism-meets-anti-israel-and-anti-american-bias</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Published 11.13.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Miko Peled</category><category>Alan Storey</category><category>Bernard Lafayette</category><category>Leyman Gbowee</category><category>nonviolence</category><category>resistance</category><category>peace</category><category>Israel</category><category>Palestine</category><category>West Bank</category><category>pacifism</category><category>Lake Junaluska</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>UMC</category><guid isPermaLink="false">05734228-add2-4d81-b001-2144e5cd3209</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/war--peace/12-11-03-war-religious-left-spearheads-anti-drone-crusade-beale-afb-protest-&gt; Religious Left Spearheads Anti-Drone Crusade, Beale AFB Protest &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/war--peace/12-11-03-war-religious-left-spearheads-anti-drone-crusade-beale-afb-protest-</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Lloyd Billingsley (Originally Published 11.03.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Drones</category><category>Reverend Sharon Delgado</category><category>Earth Justice Ministries</category><guid isPermaLink="false">b875a82c-bf64-4be1-aae3-2e613e7abd03</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/11/02/is-christian-charity-merely-ambulatory/&gt;IRD Blog: The Good Samaritan and Government Action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Keith Pavlischek (Originally Posted 11.02.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>The Good Samaritan</category><category>Paul Ramsey</category><category>Just War</category><guid isPermaLink="false">e8949508-a25c-4266-93fe-817513cd2e2e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-31-pub-liberal-church-historian-hopes-for-a-spiritual-awakening-&gt; Liberal Church Historian Hopes for a “Spiritual Awakening” &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Kristin Rudolph (Originally Published 10.31.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:29:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kristin Rudolph</category><category>Diana Butler Bass</category><category>Institute on Religion and Democracy</category><guid isPermaLink="false">03b17cb5-dd3a-4c21-9c73-ae00081278ab</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://spectator.org/archives/2012/10/29/mcgoverns-methodism-and-prairi&gt; McGovern's Methodism and Prairie Progressivism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 10.29.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>George McGovern</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">52dcc779-9302-4f29-852c-1b39e0b8b0b2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-10-19-anti-israel-protestants&gt;Jewish Groups Withdraw from Roundtable after Mainline Protestants Ask Congress to Investigate Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/media-center/press-releases/press-12-10-19-anti-israel-protestants</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 10-19-12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bfc1c791-e1fc-401d-b1a7-04756eff6c36</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-19-pub-marijuana-methodism  &gt;Marijuana Methodism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-19-pub-marijuana-methodism</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 10.19.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Marijuana</category><category>Reverend Bill Kirton</category><category>Colorado</category><guid isPermaLink="false">f61b7538-571b-409a-a45f-d1817bbb2916</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/10/17/adam-hamilton-and-shades-of-gray/&gt; IRD Blog: Adam Hamilton’s 50 Shades of Gray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Addie Darling (Originally Posted 10.17.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Addie Darling</category><category>Adam Hamilton</category><guid isPermaLink="false">6540266c-aa69-4e5f-9c4a-5b386d50a7cd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/10/17/dont-ask-dont-tell-united-methodism/&gt; IRD Blog: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” United Methodism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Posted 10.17.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Christianity</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>leadership</category><category>Michael Overman</category><category>polity</category><category>Reconciling Ministries Network</category><category>religion</category><category>RMN</category><category>United Methodist Church</category><guid isPermaLink="false">55fbe065-54f6-4bcc-97e4-daeae5ab270f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/10/15/shoulder-to-shoulder-hosts-press-confereence-for-new-anti-anti-jihad-ad/ &gt;Shoulder-to-Shoulder Touts Anti-Anti-Jihad Ad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Nathaniel Torrey (Originally Posted 10.15.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f4a463bb-d945-41b9-9f5a-b3b8b1450bd7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-15-pub-ird-president-mark-tooley-speaks-at-mcgraw-umc&gt; A Sermon by Mark Tooley: Accepting the Supreme Offer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-15-pub-ird-president-mark-tooley-speaks-at-mcgraw-umc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 10.15.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>McGraw United Methodist Church</category><category>Africa</category><category>Methodism</category><guid isPermaLink="false">148b9fed-a053-425f-b13e-75506f99ee25</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/10/14/cair-counters-defeat-jihad-ads-with-dc-metro-buy/  &gt; IRD Blog: CAIR Counters “Defeat Jihad” Ads with DC Metro Buy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Posted 10.14.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jihad</category><category>CAIR</category><category>DC Metro</category><category>Jeff Walton</category><guid isPermaLink="false">02523a96-4219-4747-9db1-65a24ae9f5ae</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-10-pub-a-secularizing-america&gt; A Secularizing America?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 10.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Pew Research Center</category><category>Ross Douthat</category><guid isPermaLink="false">acef4e05-40bf-4321-b1cb-2fb1f1ebfe2f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/10/10/ben-witherington-and-pacifism/&gt; Ben Witherington and Pacifism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 10.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Pacifism</category><category>Ben Witherington</category><category>War</category><category>Vietnam</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">8ee08a27-570d-4da7-aa97-271c76a101dd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-10-pub-methodist-general-board-of-church-and-society-seeks-to-reconnect-with-the-church &gt; Methodist General Board of Church and Society Seeks to Reconnect with the Church&lt;a/&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/12-10-10-pub-methodist-general-board-of-church-and-society-seeks-to-reconnect-with-the-church</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Matt Tuininga (Originally Published 10.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Methodist</category><category>General Board of Church and Society</category><category>Rev. 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&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Posted 08.27.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate><category>LGBT</category><category>Monica Corsaro</category><category>Reconciling Ministries Network</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d61554f0-2818-402d-b907-445eca8271be</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/21/progressives-and-early-20th-century-washington-dc/ &gt; IRD Blog: Progressives and Early 20th Century Washington, D.C. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.21.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category>John Foster Dulles</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>One DuPont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World</category><guid isPermaLink="false">fd2f831c-3c4d-4630-9d2d-78653bcadb22</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1658310 &gt; Study: Charitable Giving Higher in Actively Religious States &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Orignally Posted 08.21.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>One News Now</category><guid isPermaLink="false">840ac52d-67e9-4ec1-a261-8c09269bd862</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/19/blogging-about-presidential-churches-part-i/&gt; IRD Blog: Blogging about Presidential Churches &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.20.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:24:00 GMT</pubDate><category>George W. 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IRD Blog: A Methodist Noah for Climate Change &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.14.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Noah</category><category>Bill McKribben</category><category>Rose Berger</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>climate change</category><guid isPermaLink="false">2291f587-9123-4027-92f7-be11d34794b0</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/08/mark-driscolls-conservative-calvinist-mars-hill-church-claiming-methodist-sanctuary/&gt; IRD Blog: Mark Driscoll’s Conservative Calvinist Mars Hill Church Claiming Methodist Sanctuary &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Mark Driscoll</category><category>Seattle</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>Mars Hill</category><guid isPermaLink="false">3d4361c4-b091-4116-8c5d-d866f1343e54</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/08/mark-driscolls-conservative-calvinist-mars-hill-church-claiming-methodist-sanctuary/&gt;Mark Driscoll's Conservative Calvinist Mars Hill Church Claiming Methodist Sanctuary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.09.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Methodists</category><category>Mark Driscoll</category><category>Seattle</category><guid isPermaLink="false">877a45d2-826e-479a-890f-061da76cb07c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/08/whooping-goldberg-or-cardinal-george-might-better-lead-united-methodists-than-the-current-bishops/&gt; IRD Blog: Whoopi Goldberg or Cardinal George Might Better Speak for United Methodists than the Current Bishop</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.08.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Whoopi Goldberg</category><category>Chick-Fil-A</category><category>Francis Cardinal George</category><category>North Carolina</category><category>marriage</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>bishops</category><guid isPermaLink="false">2508361e-fa6d-4b5d-9a1d-71dc1cad248a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/08/04/journeying-through-methodism-past-present-and-future/&gt;Journeying through Methodism’s Past, Present, and Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 08.04.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Ashbys Gap</category><category>Francis Asbury</category><category>Middleburg</category><category>Paris</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>Upperville</category><guid isPermaLink="false">b904bbab-6ec4-42f9-9c87-233b9bbcb5a6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/12-08-01-life-abortions-holy-worker&gt;Abortion's Holy Worker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/12-08-01-life-abortions-holy-worker</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 08.01.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3d036231-7dfb-456e-a4b5-43d3dd1392c6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/communities/methodist/um-12-07-26-united-methodist-bishop-trumpets-liberal-themes-in-dc&gt;United Methodist Bishop Trumpets Liberal Themes in D.C.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/communities/methodist/um-12-07-26-united-methodist-bishop-trumpets-liberal-themes-in-dc</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Matt Hamilton (Originally Published 07.26.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:23:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sally Dyck</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>Foundry Church</category><category>Immigration</category><category>Marriage</category><guid isPermaLink="false">dd3da73d-549d-4803-befb-532b083c222b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/communities/methodist/um-12-07-25-prohibition-for-today&gt;Prohibition for Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/communities/methodist/um-12-07-25-prohibition-for-today</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.25.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>GBCS</category><category>Gun Control</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7ee9152f-acd7-4723-819a-4bd3d46d660a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/brazilian-bishop-shakes-up-aldersgate-conference&gt; Brazilian Bishop Shakes Up Aldersgate Conference &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/issues/faith-in-the-public-square/brazilian-bishop-shakes-up-aldersgate-conference</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Matthew Hamilton (Originally Published 07.24.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:26:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist</category><category>Aldersgate Renewal Conference</category><category>Charismatic</category><category>Joao Carlos Lopes</category><category>Brazil</category><category>Evangelism</category><guid isPermaLink="false">80d74861-5b95-4d94-b276-2ddd22736f6d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/07/23/churches-pacifism-and-gun-control/&gt; Churches, Pacifism, and Gun Control &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 07.23.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Ben Witherington</category><category>evangelical</category><category>gun control</category><category>pacifism</category><category>United Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">6ea94edb-7743-456c-881f-0fcae2631235</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/07/20/the-colorado-shooting-a-tale-of-two-gospels/&gt; Colorado Shootings: A Tale of Two Gospels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Posted 07.20.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Jim Winkler</category><category>Albert Mohler</category><category>Bill Mefford</category><category>GBCS</category><category>UMC</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>Southern Baptist</category><category>Colorado</category><category>shootings</category><category>problem of evil</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d4d0b64e-db9e-4625-b53e-d2decac0712b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/07/20/northeast-united-methodists-vow-pro-lgbt-defiance-evangelicals-pledge-fidelity-to-church-church/&gt;Northeast United Methodists Vow Pro-LGBT Defiance; Evangelicals Pledge Fidelity to Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 07.20.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>united methodist</category><category>lgbt</category><category>northeast jurisdiction</category><guid isPermaLink="false">ff2379f7-0e53-41b6-8f61-858b6e8b6e6f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/07/16/different-united-methodisms-in-charleston-wv/ &gt; Different United Methodisms in Charleston, WV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 07.16.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Aldersgate Renewal Movement</category><category>Bishop Joao Carlos Lopes</category><category>Charleston</category><category>Jerry Sandusky</category><category>John Wesley</category><category>Methodist Church of Brazil</category><category>Rev. 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IRD Blog: UM Liberals Tout African Ally at General Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Posted 05.16.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><category>Jeff Walton</category><category>Congo</category><guid isPermaLink="false">c6e878e8-52d4-4d90-a52d-7391858df05c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2432  &gt; Religious Left Opposes Pressure against Iranian Nukes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2432</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.16.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Iran</category><category>nuclear weapons</category><guid isPermaLink="false">916f47a1-b1d0-415d-a598-315c44ab2bee</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2428  &gt; United Methodists Transition from Liberal to Global&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2428</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.14.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>United Methodists</category><category>Presbyterian Church USA</category><guid isPermaLink="false">5453ceca-5c71-4e62-bbb6-3c55a8fbb373</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2426&gt;IRD Thanks Church Leaders who Defend Marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2426</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 05.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">81be8d4c-af35-4598-a0af-0e4e08e0e79a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2425 &gt; United Methodists Reject Divestment &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2425</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.10.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Divestment</category><category>Israel</category><category>Boko Haram</category><category>Evangelical</category><guid isPermaLink="false">ac6449b5-54e6-4692-b5f2-a2d18eebba17</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://erlc.com/article/life-digest-koreans-find-baby-flesh-in-pills/ &gt; 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a href= http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/why-the-united-methodist-church-canceled-votes-on-same-sex-marriage-and-gay-clergy/2012/05/07/gIQAjoDj8T_story.html &gt; Why the UMC Canceled Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy Votes &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.08.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Gay Marriage</category><category>Gay Clergy</category><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d30b51f1-58b4-49b4-9591-811811bd5582</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/united-methodist-church-affirms-homosexuality-incompatible-with-christian-t  &gt; UMC Affirms Homosexuality ‘Incompatible with Christian Teaching’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.07.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><category>Common Witness Coalition</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>The Christian Post</category><guid isPermaLink="false">393d0317-ccc7-4dc7-b3ea-4d3fa50887f7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.christianpost.com/news/gay-activists-stage-protest-at-umc-conference-after-failed-amendment-74411/ &gt; 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Listen: IRD President Mark Tooley Talks about the Key Issues at General Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.02.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Israel</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>abortion</category><guid isPermaLink="false">8e9f5cb8-4071-4942-8636-150c5199bb5a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2414 &gt; 'Church Within A Church' Gathers Outside General Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2414</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 05.02.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Church Within A Church</category><category>Jeff Walton</category><category>Cathy Knight</category><category>LGBT</category><guid isPermaLink="false">9277c786-6eff-4794-810c-41d5109d39bb</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2413 &gt; Radical James Cone Touts "Queer People" to UM's at General Conference &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2413</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Published 05.01.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Dr. James Cones</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>LGBT</category><category>General Conference</category><guid isPermaLink="false">688a8365-1d2d-4ad8-8088-4e5802645fd0</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1588588 &gt; Conservatives Keeping UMC in Line with Bible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.01.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>United Methodist General Conference</category><guid isPermaLink="false">aae29d27-d7c3-4d08-af50-180b0e4983a7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2411  &gt; Pro-Divestment Group Seeks Rebound in Plenary after Committee Rejection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2411</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 05.01.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jeff Walton</category><category>Divestment</category><category>Israel</category><category>United Methodist Kairos Response</category><guid isPermaLink="false">ee7b1f4f-3b2e-4fb8-b28a-8681d1bd38da</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2410&gt;Religious Abortion Rights Coalition Recruits Obama Faith-Based Ally&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2410</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.30.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0caa5b1e-c61f-479f-b688-b26921e43261</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1588270  &gt; 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IRD Blog: Let’s Hear from the Young People&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Posted 04.27.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>IRD Blog</category><category>Methodists for Social Action</category><category>Love Your Neighbor</category><guid isPermaLink="false">e8cb7994-c2c1-44e9-b16f-7da567d46301</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2405 &gt; Retired UM Bishops Urge Ordination of Practicing Homosexuals &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2405</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 04.27.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Jeff Walton</category><category>Sharon Zimmerman Rader</category><category>Daniel Ott</category><category>Methodists</category><category>gay clergy ordination</category><guid isPermaLink="false">f71902c7-e1a7-445b-a664-42485398f24b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=  http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2404 &gt; 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Anti-Israel Christians Pray for Divestment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2384</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.19.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Presbyterian Church</category><category>divestment</category><guid isPermaLink="false">15810033-788c-4912-9bdd-d37835b04890</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2379&gt;Planned Parenthood Clergy Group Calls for “40 Days of Prayer” for Abortion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2379</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.13.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b88201a2-3396-4c43-9ecf-0208cc625c92</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.thebarefootpreacher.blogspot.com/2012/04/chapter-2-great-war.html &gt; 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Religiously Defending Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2354</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 03.29.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Obamacare</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Bob Edgar</category><category>Barrett Duke</category><guid isPermaLink="false">2ea4fb2e-53ce-4416-beb2-d011479030a3</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2341&gt;Religious Left Kneels in Prayer for Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2341</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 03.20.12)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7aaf4a-bf33-4c32-8aa4-64cea32db8eb</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2340 &gt; UM Lobbyist Condemns Virginia Governor on Gun Control&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; 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Social Gospel Proclaimed at United Methodism’s Lake Junaluska&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2156</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Published 11.17.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:02:46 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries</category><category>Duke Divinity School</category><category>and Bread for the World</category><category>Lake Junaluska</category><category>GBCS</category><category>Common Cause</category><category>David Beckmann</category><guid isPermaLink="false">ec50caf2-af77-4184-9634-d1848ea1fa64</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href = http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2134 &gt; Left Warns Obama of ‘Holy Hell’ over Tar Sands Pipeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2134</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.08.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:58:55 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Sojourners</category><category>Rose Marie Berger</category><category>environment</category><guid isPermaLink="false">64800dc8-884a-4446-a071-6a704b779f57</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href = http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2132 &gt; United Methodist Minister Celebrates “National Coming Out Day” &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2132</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Kristin Rudolph (Originally Published 11.07.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kristin Rudolph</category><category>sexuality</category><category>Methodist Jimmy Creech</category><guid isPermaLink="false">3d12c35f-dad7-444e-a689-8d45f836fb18</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href = http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2130 &gt; South African Bishop Praises OWS at Capitol Hill Methodist Building &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2130</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Kristin Rudolph (Originally Published 11.07.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:21 GMT</pubDate><category>Kristin Rudolph</category><category>Peter Storey</category><category>Occupy Wall Street</category><category>Methodist</category><guid isPermaLink="false">105aa9fa-c1f9-46cb-9dc7-4cce673db79b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href =  http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2128 &gt; United Methodist Bishop Will Willimon Talks Politics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2128</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Published 11.04.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:18:18 GMT</pubDate><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>Bishop Will Willimon</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Duke University</category><category>politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">5e6b35b2-11c2-440b-8ffb-326b719a192a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=2122 &gt; Evangelical Left Blocks George W. 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Methodist Intellectuals Unclear on Focus of Methodist Schools &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1981</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barton Gingerich (Originally Published 07.27.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category>education</category><category>Barton Gingerich</category><category>IAMSCU</category><category>NASCUMC</category><category>GBHEM</category><category>Wesley</category><category>university</category><category>college</category><category>school</category><category>heritage</category><category>Methodist</category><category>seminary</category><guid isPermaLink="false">e1e111d8-e95b-4af4-ab64-83535d516ef8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1949&gt;Religious Left Wants FASTER U.S. Afghanistan Pullout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1949</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 07.01.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:42:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b95d79a3-f87a-4333-b466-9b4fafffe03f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1947&gt; 50 Years of To Kill a Mockingbird &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1947</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.01.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:35:35 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Mockingbird</category><category>Harper Lee</category><category>race</category><category>civil rights</category><category>literature</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d1090592-dd3c-4443-8c8f-221142cf6260</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/270793/joseph-ratzinger-s-diamond-jubilee-george-weigel?page=1&gt;Diamond Jubilee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;George Weigel (Originally Posted 06.30.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate><category>George Weigel</category><category>Joseph Ratzinger</category><category>Catholic</category><category>pope</category><category>Vatican</category><category>Ratzinger’s Diamond Jubilee</category><guid isPermaLink="false">92e6fd58-ffba-47f4-93b0-72a637a2e4db</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1945 &gt; Religious Left Gripes with Obama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1945</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.30.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:30:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Religious Left Gripes with Obama</category><category>Jim Winkler</category><category>United Methodist Church</category><guid isPermaLink="false">d6458b2b-01be-4071-96c8-9fff708e9a62</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1942&gt; Same-Sex Marriage for Methodists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1942</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.27.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:56:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>United Methodist</category><category>Amy DeLong</category><category>marriage</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7c8c12c8-495a-448e-8d3a-280ccb81a6d7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1935&gt;Lesbian Minister Faces Trial for Flouting Church Policy on Same-Sex Marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1935</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 06.20.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:41:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">635018fa-341b-4ac9-aacc-09f1f8c4908d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1934 &gt;A Mennonite 'Gay Girl' in Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1934</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally published 06.20.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:33:57 GMT</pubDate><category>Tom MacMaster</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Institute on Religion &amp; 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Choosing Any Rand or Jesus?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1919</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.06.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:17:02 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Ayn Rand</category><category>American Value Network</category><category>Ron Paul</category><category>Rush Limbaugh</category><category>Eric Sapp</category><category>Phil Wogaman</category><guid isPermaLink="false">e7824846-1346-4d4d-8a6f-53ab793fead5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1911 &gt; Religiously ‘Conflicted’ Over Memorial Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1911</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally 05.31.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:16:10 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Bruce Epperly</category><category>Stanley Hauerwas</category><category>United Church of Christ</category><category>Diana Butler Bass</category><guid isPermaLink="false">5b23210c-2ae2-4202-b342-5104f2ff233f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1908&gt; UM Bishop Joins Gay Rights Anti-Marriage Press Conference on Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1908</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 05.27.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:25:06 GMT</pubDate><category>DOMA</category><category>Minerva Carcaño</category><category>Joe Solmenese</category><category>Eric LeMasters</category><category>Human Rights Campaign</category><guid isPermaLink="false">bf0b503f-df37-4e35-88a2-28e4e7883901</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1907&gt;Officials of Declining Churches Oppose Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1907</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 05.26.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:00:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">175079da-b97f-4703-ad9c-9093a1d63b2c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1905&gt; Shame, Shame Go Away&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1905</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mikhail Bell (Originally Published 05.26.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:23:39 GMT</pubDate><category>Dr. Traci West</category><category>Mikhail Bell</category><category>MCC</category><category>PAD Conference</category><category>sexuality</category><guid isPermaLink="false">bbcba456-f9b4-44b3-b577-0683c028e752</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1888 &gt; U.S. Churches Respond to Killing of Osama Bin Laden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1888</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Posted 05.11.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:20:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Jean-Luc Mouton</category><category>Reforme</category><category>Richard Land</category><category>Jim Wallis</category><guid isPermaLink="false">9c4773b9-d82d-42ca-a6b0-6022b8fe1321</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1879 &gt; Defending Constantine and Christendom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1879</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.02.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:22:30 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Constantine</category><category>Peter Leithart</category><category>Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom</category><guid isPermaLink="false">681bb402-3054-446e-8542-8d5087ebccce</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1872 &gt; Contra Mundum Redux &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1872</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.26.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:22:21 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Saint Athanasius</category><category>Athanasius</category><category>Institute on Religion &amp; Democracy</category><category>Egypt</category><guid isPermaLink="false">70b49c30-e6fe-4c8e-91a9-38bc67203bee</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href= http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1870 &gt; Climate Scientists: Our Modern Day Prophets?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1870</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 04.22.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:25:13 GMT</pubDate><category>Eric LeMasters</category><category>Rev. 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Christianity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1819</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.28.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:17:29 GMT</pubDate><category>International Bulletin of Missionary Research</category><category>Institute on Religion &amp; Democracy</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>United Church of Christ</category><guid isPermaLink="false">72b19fdb-6aef-4677-98ab-dd5ed60d80c3</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1816&gt; The Religious Left’s Silence on Qaddafi’s Rampage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1816</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.25.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:09:25 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Muammar Gaddafi</category><category>Gaddafi</category><category>Jim 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Posted 02.17.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:02:07 GMT</pubDate><category>Homosexuality</category><category>The United Methodist Church</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>UM Action</category><category>Lifewatch</category><category>Good News</category><category>Lifewatch</category><category>RENEW</category><category>Transforming Congregations</category><guid isPermaLink="false">b236f0ac-0c9f-4ea8-8c47-9df2ba750996</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1800&gt;IRD: Sexually Liberal United Methodist Bishops Represent the Past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1800</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 02.14.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:12:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ac5d7844-203a-4606-8575-dac5e87e5755</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1791&gt; An Ungodly American Empire &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1791</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.10.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:16:17 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>World Council of Churches</category><category>International Ecumenical Peace Convocation</category><category>Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary</category><category>Stanley Hauerwas</category><category>Fuller Seminary</category><category>Rita Nakashima Brock</category><category>Brian McLaren</category><category>Eric LeMasters</category><guid isPermaLink="false">a45f1da9-e758-47d5-a53e-ed8caf0c17fc</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1785&gt; Evangelism Professor Likens United Methodists to Non-Reproductive Mules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1785</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.07.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:19:46 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Asbury Seminary</category><category>Professor George Hunter</category><category>Henry Denman Lectures</category><category>Albert Outler</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7fdd55f5-a282-401c-b5c4-5e8824f95fb7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1783&gt; Religious Left Despised Ronald Reagan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1784</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.04.11)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:42:46 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Iran</category><category>nuclear weapons</category><category>NCC</category><category>NAE</category><category>Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp</category><category>Christian Leaders for a Nuclear Iran</category><category>Pat Robertson</category><category>John Hagee</category><guid 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Tooley</category><category>abortion</category><category>RCRC</category><category>Roe v Wade</category><category>Fannie Lou Hamer</category><category>Edwin King</category><guid isPermaLink="false">03e5ce21-4217-4871-ae16-8627ecaec506</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1765&amp;frcrld=1&gt; United Methodist Ethicist Denounces Abortion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1765</link><description>Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 01.24.11)</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:54:18 GMT</pubDate><category>UMC</category><category>GBSC</category><category>Eric LeMasters</category><category>abortion</category><guid isPermaLink="false">7b1dec15-8dc1-4558-87df-bb6a8b01129e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1763&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Pro-Abortion Religious Coalition Demands Obamacare Mandated Coverage of Abortions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1763</link><description>(Originally Released 01.21.11)</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:09:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d23b069b-53ff-4892-b4f8-ce2c61ba15f2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1756&amp;frcrld=1&gt; Can the Religious Left Protect Obamacare?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1756</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.19.11)</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:45:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>NAE</category><category>UMC</category><category>health care reform</category><guid isPermaLink="false">a34102f7-c722-459f-bfb9-7032df180da2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1751&amp;frcrld=1&gt; Immigration Newspeak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1751</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.14.11)</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:30:09 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>GCRR</category><category>immigration</category><guid isPermaLink="false">44af921c-e120-4fb2-aac1-0ef5b88b26eb</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1746&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Mainline Protestant Decline in Congress Mirrors American Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1746</link><description>(Originally Released 01.11.11)</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:35:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3a68d8bb-9d91-4533-8c1a-111107283819</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1742&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Left Finally Speaks Up for Christian Victims of Jihad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1742</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.07.11)</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:46:02 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Heritage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>(Originally Published 01.05.11)</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:09:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Emory University</category><category>Methodist</category><category>Mark Tooley</category><guid isPermaLink="false">79d2e196-4db8-454d-b8b1-05ac69e1f1a1</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1724&amp;frcrld=1&gt; Celebrating Christmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1724</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 12.23.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:48:14 GMT</pubDate><category>Mark Tooley</category><category>Celebrating Christmas</category><category>American Spectator</category><category>Bishop Edgar Blake</category><guid isPermaLink="false">b6bc04bb-f84b-4456-8520-5b08883d6586</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1717&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UM Seminary's New Pluralism Procludes Evangelism, Says President</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1717</link><description>Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 12.17.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Claremont School of Theology</category><category>Eric LeMasters</category><category>Jerry Campbell</category><category>Islamic Society of North America</category><category>Institute on Global Engagement</category><guid isPermaLink="false">2d86582e-d158-46de-8319-cf063bb4565b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1710&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UM Conference Denounces American Legacy of White Supremacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1710</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 12.13.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:02:24 GMT</pubDate><guid 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isPermaLink="false">225ce53d-744c-4d53-a351-87c2f3b9e365</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1666&amp;frcrld=1&gt;New Bush Library vs. the United Methodists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1666</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.05.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:48:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0b2f9a03-7dc6-4bee-aeaf-89323d5509b8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1658&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Targeting Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1658</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 10.29.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">aaaa2181-8301-4229-a9ab-cb71e3d97ebe</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1652&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UMC Mission Agency to Face Budget and Board Cutbacks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1652</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 10.22.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:19:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">23a70bd7-8444-4bb2-be3c-06193f312ed8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1642&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Children of the "God of Abraham, Jesus and Mohammed"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1642</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 10.08.10)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">229c7c16-999a-4c9d-912f-45fe937106cf</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1632&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodist Interfaith Peace Conference Advocates Big Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1632</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 09.28.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:13:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">79697e72-4254-47f3-89cb-9cabf9bb932c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1622&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodists and Evangelical Left Push Liberalized Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1622</link><description>Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 09.16.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:34:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5adaca11-ce79-4fb2-8a91-b10b4319575c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1612&gt;Immigration Activist Condemns U.S. at Foundry United Methodist Church Luncheon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1612</link><description>Eric LeMasters (Originally 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Tooley (Originally Published 07.27.10)</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:39:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">63b90d35-0b75-466b-bf68-e357fcbb1f1b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1561&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Gay Episcopal Bishop Advises UM Church to “Get into Trouble”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1561</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 07.20.10)</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:36:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ffca6ab3-7cc6-4195-a974-a3714a6caa4a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1560&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodist “Call to Action” Calls 15% of Churches Highly “Vital”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1560</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.16.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:51:51 GMT</pubDate><guid 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isPermaLink="false">7c7ce40c-83d5-4b99-8dc0-7e4eb0af559e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1538&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Rabbi of Hate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1538</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.29.10)</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:39:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3410d559-f7ef-446d-aabd-a0113ea3faf9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1535&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Chief UM Lobbyist Goes to Mississippi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1535</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 06.24.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:31:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">563a4935-aa7e-4dc3-8f1c-46e679900699</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1531&amp;frcrld=1&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/i&gt; Cites IRD on Mainline Church Bias against Israel and America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1531</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Pubilshed 06.22.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:05:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e17368f0-9329-4879-a3d1-257ebaf43707</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1528&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Seminary Smorgasbord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1528</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.18.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:35:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">253e9324-b366-4127-85e4-fe2448beb8e9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1523&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Bishop Ives Addresses Virginia Methodist Federation for Social Action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1523</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.15.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:42:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28b8a92-a4f8-4667-8f16-54bc44ca9d28</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1519&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Controversy Brews Over UM Seminary Interfaith Move&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1519</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.11.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:37:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">52b551fd-e591-4cf5-a4e3-eaaa54cf869c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1518&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Rally Against Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1518</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.11.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:01:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8d833474-4c30-4fe0-8260-b1d5367532c3</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1515&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodist Council of Bishops Spring Meeting Recap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1515</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 06.09.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:16:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">c00e685d-c9d0-4624-a61d-84ad17614e13</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1514&amp;frcrld=1&gt;NCC Hews to Liberal Line on Afghanistan, Public Education, Guns, Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1514</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 06.07.10)</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:15:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">eacd48e2-e78c-420a-84bf-68584537e753</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1511&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodist Women Respond to IRD Petition on Immigration March&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1511</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Connor Ewing (Originally Published 06.02.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:43:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">90e94eb4-41ae-4c8d-985c-803a28056258</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1509&amp;frcrld=1&gt;West Ohio United Methodists Debate Ohio Homosexual Appointment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1509</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.02.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:03:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">df7cf5e7-a822-425d-96a8-44c3d91e75d4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1500&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Another Homosexuality Fracas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1500</link><description>Dr. William Bouknight (Originally Published 05.27.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:55:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9d38c0af-e709-4b4a-a52b-582d7b5bf50a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1499&amp;frcrld=1&gt;NCC Governing Board Confronts Funding Shortfall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1499</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 05.27.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:21:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">faa22b2a-5e65-4596-b2c7-0ca016ee6f56</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1495&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UM Bishops Discuss “Renew Creation” Environmental Stance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1495</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 05.24.10)</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">45775c48-fde2-401d-872a-5f942b754057</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1494&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Resenting African Christianity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1494</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.21.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:40:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1814473d-2c1d-4548-bd84-332ee007b718</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1493&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Is the National Council of Churches Headed for Bankruptcy?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1493</link><description>(Originally Released 05.21.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:57:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">56b81ac5-2c91-48b3-bb4e-baad86c5cc7e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1488&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Can a United Methodist Seminary be “Interfaith”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1488</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 05.14.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:01:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b5999259-2477-422b-9609-c719eb81fcb4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1482&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UM Bishops Announce Defeat of Global Church and Open Membership Amendments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1482</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 05.12.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:01:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">fbbb92cf-71ff-4bd0-97f1-0a98ddecdd30</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1479&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Christ: An “Undocumented” Migrant?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1479</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.10.10)</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:13:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bf6b37b4-e8d5-4719-8dcc-18deaa4ac8e5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1477&amp;frcrld=1&gt;On the Circuit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1477</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.07.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:41:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">effb61e4-ab57-451b-916e-a878d1a7985d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1476&amp;frcrld=1&gt;U.S. Church Leaders Calling for Protection of Iraqi Christians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1476</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 05.07.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:03:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8577b132-b38a-47c0-98e2-b7a6b4ccb1be</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1470&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religiously Opposing Nukes and Human Reality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1470</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.06.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:05:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">30e067ad-d1a6-4c6f-b417-cfeb443d884b</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1469&amp;frcrld=1&gt;“Global Segregation” and Membership Amendments Defeated in United Methodist Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1469</link><description>(Originally Released 05.05.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:03:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e6f35a3-3946-4d63-bae9-d5f23e642745</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1460&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Methodist Dixie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1460</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.29.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:24:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d65a9ed8-c4b2-4c18-8984-1b08e4f93291</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1458&amp;frcrld=1&gt;9-11 Conspiracy Theorist Hits the Road&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1458</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.23.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:58:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">318862e0-8051-4296-b510-5f227c641e8d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1456&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Bishop John Shelby Spong Ponders the Afterlife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1456</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 04.22.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:24:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6cb57170-d0f5-45b1-92eb-275f0890bc5a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1455&amp;frcrld=1&gt;David Ray Griffin Responds to IRD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1455</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 04.21.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:20:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3ebff2d-1bae-4fb6-b0f2-cda10fbbf956</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1454&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Choosing Mugabe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1454</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.21.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:08:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">7ecfa3a9-5ad2-460c-861c-eb4af20206cf</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1451&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Not Celebrating Communism’s Collapse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1451</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.16.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:07:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8d020254-da1a-4660-9755-af8a895dd648</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1449&amp;frcrld=1&gt;9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Dreaming Up New Absurdities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1449</link><description>(Originally Released 04.15.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:39:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1e7449fb-baed-434c-b797-303f7de52012</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1447&amp;frcrld=1&gt;UM Agencies and Seminary Encourage Conscientious Objectors in U.S. Military&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1447</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Connor Ewing (Originally Published 04.14.10)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:27:58 GMT</pubDate><guid 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Church Hosting Radical Bishop Who Denies "Theism?"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1443</link><description>(Originally Released 04.08.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:02:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f56d3c92-7ced-4776-b5e5-c906f351716c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1437&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Exploiting Lent to Attack Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1437</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.02.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:27:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d02ad4df-2a8e-4d2b-ac58-4d94e471e88a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1435&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Left Targets Tea Party “Hate”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1435</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.01.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:04:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b97defff-a964-4a3c-87a6-2e00e4af8fd4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1430&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Celebrating Obamacare With Nancy Pelosi on Palm Sunday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1430</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 03.31.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:09:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3e22aa4b-eaa3-4867-a46d-4384cf16634f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1425&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religiously Marching for Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1425</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 03.26.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:08:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53e7e3fa-8d43-4fcc-bf57-84662b6e551a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1423&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Pelosi Thanks Religious Left for Obamacare Support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1423</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 03.25.10)</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:10:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cce5f13d-2f45-4be4-bfcb-e52362843afd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1422&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Speaker Pelosi Praises United Methodist Support for Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1422</link><description>(Originally Published 03.24.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:14:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">39cb10a4-f844-427f-8eca-0bd804ab5f1d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1421&amp;frcrld=1&gt;United Methodist Bishop Helps Lead D.C. March for Liberalized Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1421</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 03.24.10)</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:44:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9386977e-36df-402e-b907-9a27d5aca337</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1413&gt;Liberal Evangelicals Joining Old Religious Left in D.C. Immigration March&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1413</link><description>(Originally Released 03.19.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:50:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">82bd6da2-522e-4b88-b4cc-3313bb85caef</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1406&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Lenten Discipline: Bash Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1406</link><description>(Originally Released 03.12.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:03:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2097d484-d96f-4a8e-b1d7-64b290a1d964</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1367&amp;frcrld=1&gt; Religiously Opposing Missile Defense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1367</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 02.08.10)</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:12:02 GMT</pubDate><guid 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Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1347</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 01.22.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e28dfc73-fc23-46cf-9e04-18bd246f8994</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1326&amp;frcrld=1&gt;The Religious Left’s Prophecies of Doom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1326</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.08.10)</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a62db498-a9b1-4e9a-9fc5-1e257feb778a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1318&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Remembering South Vietnam with an Ecumenical Christmas Card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1318</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.04.10)</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:44:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">82b22baf-a4e6-4b6f-a9dc-fd5225bbc205</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1306&amp;frcrld=1&gt;An Unholy Compromise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1306</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 12.21.09)</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:27:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6e1e7dca-96d6-4c15-a6dc-d432efea7f0e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1304&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Stanley Hauerwas's America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1304</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 12.18.09)</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:22:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">64fe2de8-eab6-4683-b516-274d48ad48ee</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1292&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Duke’s Jeremiah Wright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1292</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 12.10.09)</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:49:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6330e978-0cff-4302-9c86-be2e92d78d76</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1290&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Soldiers of Mercy: The Salvation Army and the Religion of Compassion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1290</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 12.08.09)</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e03eb3ea-b369-430d-8fc4-6b7855f3ce9c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1286&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Left Attacks Stupak-Pitts Abortion Restriction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1286</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 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href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1278&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Methodist Bishops Urge Surrender in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1278</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.25.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">c5a6eb66-b3ca-4dfc-929b-f21565cb8bfa</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1277&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Report Attacks Renewal Movement and African Churches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1277</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 11.24.09)</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:31:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1f45d950-98f5-4873-861e-802d701ca291</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1273&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Methodist Madame&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1273</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.23.09)</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:43:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3f2695ed-0938-49e9-a655-4c0fa36de259</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1263&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Biblical Open Borders?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1263</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.18.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">fc050cb0-4cd4-4553-8f49-5f2fae3d9e73</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1252&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Revisionism from the Religious Left&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1252</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 11.11.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:12:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">af00fb4f-7315-46ca-8f99-8408aefbb377</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1242&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Israel Takes Center Stage at Interfaith Peace Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1242</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 11.03.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">978a7d28-9014-4696-9302-f3cbb70c917c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1251&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Groups at Center of Maine Marriage Vote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1251</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Walton (Originally Published 11.06.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:25:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">13e62f0a-404d-4205-893c-f386c03923ed</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1244&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Religious Left Pro-Censorship Campaign Hits Rough Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1244</link><description>(Originally Released 11.03.09)</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">06953b7e-91a2-4d44-885f-672b3197b489</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1240&amp;frcrld=1&gt;DC Clergy Gear-Up for Gay Marriage Fight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1240</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 11.03.09)</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:10:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e194dee3-dbc1-4709-9c60-4c8d2f01d8af</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1234&amp;frcrld=1&gt;The “Next Generation” of Christianity Discussed at Duke Convocation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1234</link><description>Eric LeMasters (Originally Published 10.28.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:29:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6be77a81-4c3c-4c40-b79b-a0cc72f6ae93</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1224&amp;frcrld=1&gt;Divestment Over Diplomacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1224</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 10.21.09)</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:11:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cb182a8b-7d13-412c-be52-e06be847e539</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1208&gt;UM Lobbyist Touts Obamacare and Cap and Trade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1208</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 10.07.09) </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:48:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1360b072-afde-4146-8735-79ce6679388f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1185&gt;Pro-Homosexuality Caucus for United Methodists Convenes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1185</link><description>Connor Ewing (Originally Published 09.18.09) </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:41:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cd2155c8-85d4-43a7-9da0-b325a022587d</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1184&gt;Overseas United Methodists Address Pro-Homosexuality Caucus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1184</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Connor Ewing (Originally Published 09.18.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:14:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">be8de3c0-491d-4691-a1d8-dea1d9bf41f5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1142&gt;Religious Left Panics over Obamacare Troubles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  </title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1142</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 08.25.09) </description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:56:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e9e0e32d-c5d7-4b55-ac09-8ff3b9061938</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1126&gt;The Promised Land of Government Controlled Health Care&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1126</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 08.13.09) </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:51:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b435a70c-f52b-45d1-adba-76e2c037c15e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1123&gt;"40 Days for Health Reform" Launched by Religious Left&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1123</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 08.10.09) </description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:27:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">40ba2b9b-ea80-48c6-8845-0d9f57039aaa</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1115&gt;Methodists Defeat Gay-related Membership Policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1115</link><description>Daniel Burke (07.30.09) </description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d1759bbe-d3ab-4766-a1d4-f056669206d6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1114&gt;Tempest Fiji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1114</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.30.09) </description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:19:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a42b835f-4c11-421d-8be5-82a655efcca8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1108&gt;Missions and Marxism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1108</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.22.09) </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:27:10 GMT</pubDate><guid 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Martyrs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 07.07.09) </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:32:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">7d3e6afb-f57b-4068-9bd4-01e5383b896c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1080&gt;Tale of Two Churches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.30.09) </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:54:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bf0426a3-d4c4-40a3-bc57-8bbbad7d2bfd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1079&gt;Religious Left Rallies for Nationalized Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Published 06.26.09)  </description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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Idea during Virginia Annual Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.23.09) </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:16:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">467e6de3-4107-4c73-b085-1b92eafd3199</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1063&gt;Wesley Seminary Ethicist Addresses "Torture"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Published 06.19.09) </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:21:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ed8e4b1d-542c-42f5-aee5-524ef8cd97b4</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1054&gt;Mainline Church Leaders Demand Obama Investigate and Expose Alleged U.S. Torture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Published 06.15.09) </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:23:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">efd5b7c1-67c2-496b-986a-8c76c35ecc20</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1042&gt;Here Come the Churches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 06.05.09) </description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:12:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">97a7480c-7fff-4b49-b980-d7da6d9d8594</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1039&gt;D.C. Religious Left Clergy Rally for Gay Marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Jeff Walton (Originally Published 06.03.09) </description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:08:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ab53a5e3-f945-4e43-88ca-28c45ef905cd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1037&gt;Theology of the Body for the Good of the Methodist Soul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally&amp;#160;Published 05.29.09) </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 21:01:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2fcdb4e9-b523-4982-bea9-3201b1889a20</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1018&gt;A Methodist-Teamsters Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 05.07.09) </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:25:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d602137a-600d-4b7d-ab85-d52ffd679c21</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=999&gt;Does God require blood?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Riley Case (Originally Published 04.09.09) </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:33:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">fe372a1f-6980-4cef-a904-34206bfa76a9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=988&gt;United Methodist Amendments Advocate “Global Segregation”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.01.09) </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:04:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">140ab60c-e974-4c58-8978-4b63580d42f1</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=986&gt;Religious Blessings for Cap and Trade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 04.01.09) </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:40:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ab7cbcb2-1327-4e88-9775-63a5e4062a05</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=978&gt;Mainline Church Activists Rally for Climate Change in Nation’s Capital&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Published 03.25.09)
</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:36:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">02e764e3-fe9f-4ff3-9129-72885cea5999</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=974&gt;Update on the ‘Church and Society’ Court Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Mark Tooley (Originally Published 03.20.09)
</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:01:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">08ba4b2e-68e4-4444-8d4d-819a47667005</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=972&gt;Methodist Officials Speak on Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Posted 03.19.09)
</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:29:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">7b340d3c-c86e-4a07-84c4-9b0cb375788e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=960&gt;Florida Bishop Calls Church to “Distinctly Christian Perspective” on Abortion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 03.04.09)
</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:28:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8f349e0c-339d-4567-9103-91632591b6a1</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=938&amp;srcid=938&gt;Holy Nakba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 02.13.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e06769a7-d365-4716-919b-08b9b014500a</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=927&amp;srcid=927&gt;Methodist Building Hosts Anti-Israel Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Published 02.06.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">370477d1-3c10-4d8c-8320-337b08dea73e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=922&amp;srcid=922&gt;Thanks for Not Torturing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 02.03.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a1fac43b-be90-4646-9118-e9e72c652dd2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=917&amp;srcid=917&gt;Methodist Liberation Organization: The United Methodist Church commemorates the nakba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 01.29.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cc646b65-3ea6-4f21-99c1-c3dcd1ce9dc6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=916&amp;srcid=916&gt;The Last Methodist President&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 01.28.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">326814df-e5a0-4108-83f9-e9c9f0abb940</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=914&amp;srcid=914&gt;Hall Preaches Hope for the Pro-Life Cause&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 01.26.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">246a63f1-c8ff-4572-9cbf-73f6f38d5cdd</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=911&amp;srcid=911&gt;Bishop Palmer Preaches about Obama’s Inauguration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 01.23.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ce64a98-7414-4f7e-8567-f1c0b82bed42</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=896&amp;srcid=896&gt;Mourn for Hamas Leaders, Not Christians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Published 01.13.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1bd9dbe9-0507-4068-b841-f40b9ed8be94</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=890&amp;srcid=890&gt;Methodist and Baptist Urge Greater Mission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 01.08.09)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=885&amp;srcid=885&gt;New Jersey Agency Sides with Lesbian Couple against Methodist Campground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 12.31.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">007159e9-55af-4bfa-b621-f7eac2bd8a63</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=882&amp;srcid=882&gt;Korean Methodists Celebrate Americans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally&amp;#160;Published 12.23.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">269e2e65-184c-4e21-8ce0-398ed2d8bc76</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=881&amp;srcid=881&gt;Rev. Kulah Comments on the Global Nature of the United Methodist Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Posted 12.29.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ce7716db-51b4-40ae-9c87-63c69bef7df7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=854&amp;srcid=854&gt;Christians Bankroll Palestinian Liberation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 12.03.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1f6eac43-a196-4ae3-8e67-9f54b0b530f8</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=848&amp;srcid=848&gt;Bishops Speak about Their Work, Wesley, and Where the Church Is Going&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 11-24-08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0c251776-c573-48d4-87ca-3592e3b81e6c</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=842&amp;srcid=183&gt;Pro-Abortion Religious Groups Lobby Obama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 11.18.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">dd27523e-6ee8-4aa8-a768-0666f29f7109</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=841&amp;srcid=841&gt;UM Bishops Hail Obama Election, Mostly Avoid Comment on Homosexual Ordination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 11.14.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">727efc7e-ebd9-4368-991e-b2dbeca5fbdf</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=833&amp;srcid=833&gt;United Methodism’s Lobby Office Convenes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 11.10.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">c0d070ee-7855-4caa-800f-7ead1ee9b390</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=827&amp;srcid=827&gt;General Board of Global Missions Gears Up and Gives Grants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 11.03.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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Rockefellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 10.09.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5d363a2b-3504-4ccc-bd15-864deadbf795</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=799&amp;srcid=799&gt;Do Immigration Concerns Equal Racism?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 10.07.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">40cf09a0-60db-4f1a-bb69-5450d5cbe80f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=793&amp;srcid=793&gt;In Faith, Morality, and Politics, Hamilton Sketches the Shades of Gray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally 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Rev. 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href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=651&amp;srcid=651&gt;UM&lt;i&gt;action&lt;/i&gt; Questions Charge of Manipulation in Providing Cell Phones to International Delegates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.26.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">16b1f9c1-a90d-42f3-a114-eba4c77889a7</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=648&amp;srcid=648&gt;Commentary: Gay Rights Activists Target United Methodist General Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 04.25.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">fe0f3130-24ba-4412-afe7-261e003441b5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=630&amp;srcid=630&gt;Media Advisory: Amid Controversy, The United Methodist Church Gathers in Fort Worth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.18.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6420a236-1986-48c7-8d5e-d7535825d7b6</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=628&amp;srcid=628&gt;UM&lt;i&gt;Action&lt;/i&gt; Recommendations for General Conference 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.17.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b6809423-9403-4bb6-8968-74b706111725</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=617&amp;srcid=183&gt;Images from &lt;i&gt;Taking Back the United Methodist Church&lt;/i&gt; Book Release Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.16.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e1e0ed11-098d-417b-aaba-0b6c3b1a9366</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=623&amp;srcid=623&gt;United Methodist Bishop Defends “Religious” Abortion Rights Coalition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;(Originally Released 04.15.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d33c885b-d950-4d1d-a483-94f058707dbf</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=622&amp;srcid=622&gt;Fact Sheet on the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 04.14.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">816ffbea-bd7c-40a5-b5ec-09954ab317e2</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=616&amp;srcid=616&gt;Report to UMAction Steering Committee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley (Originally Released 04.10.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9c9fed18-0cca-4642-9ca8-6d81b9203808</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=612&amp;srcid=612&gt;Methodist Missions Agency Picks New Leader, Prepares for General Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 04.02.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=586&amp;srcid=586&gt;“Renewal or Ruin?” DVD Attacks IRD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Tooley and John Lomperis (Originally Released 03.07.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5bc67783-5ee0-4f80-b068-3e8924cb54b9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=583&amp;srcid=583&gt;Lake Junaluska Conference Promotes Pacifism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 03.06.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">374f7e03-2c74-4074-a8d1-fbda0b897aac</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=582&amp;srcid=582&gt;Brief Documents Group's Opposition to Biblical, Church Teachings on 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02.27.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">612a3e44-b09f-463b-8d5a-2c2d87d68ad5</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=577&amp;srcid=577&gt;Upcoming Conference Offers “Refreshment and Renewal” for Clergywomen in Wesleyan Denominations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 02.27.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2935279f-d138-4f0c-8162-03150f534cc9</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=566&amp;srcid=566&gt;Methodist Church Makes Same-Sex Ceremonies Available in D.C.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 02.15.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=551&amp;srcid=551&gt;Wesley Seminary Invites Welfare State Enthusiast Marian Wright Edelman to Lecture during Chapel Service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Rebekah Sharpe (Originally Released 02.07.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1fd82002-d733-41f1-9627-1fd1429b246f</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a href=http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=550&amp;srcid=550&gt;Judicial Council Communication Reveals Two More Transgendered United Methodist Ministers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</title><link>http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=480</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Lomperis (Originally Released 02.07.08)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">23ba3302-eefe-47ee-bf22-d5687cdd0d5e</guid></item><item><title>&lt;a 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