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...For the religiously-minded, that power of divine legitimacy endures today. “[Monarchy] is a God-given sacrament,” said Father Roman. “It is the one form of government which God gave....
...In churches where American flags have replaced crosses, pastors intone against the “deep state”, and congregants can read from the “God Bless the USA Bible”, Trump now rivals Jesus for loyalty....
...The advertisement was paid for by Razom, a Ukrainian human rights group, and appealed to Johnson’s deep Christian faith — and his power as Speaker of the House of Representatives to secure billions of dollars...
...The word of God is reaching the ears of South Korean Christians through chatbots....
...I am alluding not to a sudden wave of house burglaries but to advent, which signals the return of calendars across the nation — most of which contain chocolate....
...Built on a site first consecrated in the fifth century, this house of God has become a wartime home for many of the enclave’s Christian community....
...House prices have been rising for years....
...The founder was called “our Father”, Montero explained, because God had shown him the need for a new family within the Church. It was important that all Opus Dei centres felt like homes too....
...“We’re saddened by the separation from the Ethiopian church because God wanted us united. But God now wants us away from our enemies,” said Bishop Yohannes....
...(Luckily for him, his wealthy patrons kept the subsidies flowing anyway.) The focal point of Christian anxieties over money was Judas, whose greed led to Jesus’s crucifixion and his own suicide....
...We start with the snowy grounds, then add hilltop houses, Roman ruins and a stable for the holy babe to lay....
...But the operators do not shy away from the fact that they are also in the God business — a large selection of Bibles and modern Christian writing is spread along one wall....
...“Oh no,” he says, “It’s been going [for] years now.” “Oh really? Jesus,” I say, and then have to apologise for taking the Lord’s name in vain. He says it’s OK. God forgives all....
...he believes the US is a Christian nation founded on biblical principles, and he is a “Christian Zionist” supporter of the politically philo-Semitic and theologically antisemitic view that the Book of Revelation...
...“I was gonna sell my house because of the divorce [Porter recently split with his husband of six years]; now I have to, with no shit in sight to pay for it....
...He has wooed, and tussled, with four US presidents, bent the Republican party — and the evangelical Christians that form its base — into all-weather friends and reaped the benefits of a durable military...
...I seem to recall Jesus had views on this too....
...shirts are fine, but let’s not sell Britain short / From Admiral Lord West of Spithead, House of Lords, London SW1, UK...
...These are the Old Believers — Christians who broke from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century after rejecting certain reforms: among them the spelling of the word “Jesus”....
...True Christians will, I know, be disappointed by my lukewarm defence. I accept that, for real adherents of a faith, you can’t pick and mix....
...And for him the origins of this revanchism in France lie in the “Manif pour tous” (“Demo for all”) movement which, in 2012-14, brought thousands on to the streets to protest against gay marriage....
...support” of church leaders....
...So the sign for “a” was the head of a bull, “alef” in the Levantine language, “b” was a schematic house or “bet”, and so on....
...In the past, the ICC has sought to ensure that fans of all nations were represented at its events....
...Instead, it seemed like people relaxed once I arrived, as if they had been unburdened of an unspoken requirement to act against their natural impulse to offer welcome to all God’s people....
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