The Great Dialogue

SEE:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/world/asia/china-zhejiang-christians-pastor-crosses.html?_r=0

SEE:  https://barna.org/research/faith-christianity/research-release/five-ways-christianity-increasingly-viewed-extremist?utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=01483ccae2-BU_Five_Ways_that_Christianity_is_Increa2_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-01483ccae2-&mc_cid=01483ccae2&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D&utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=01483ccae2-BU_Five_Ways_that_Christianity_is_Increa2_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-01483ccae2-172086125&mc_cid=01483ccae2&mc_eid=75e096d2c2#.Vs2p7fkrIgv

SEE:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/nyregion/msgr-thomas-j-hartman-69-half-of-god-squad-dies.html?_r=0

SEE:  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/what-scalias-death-could-mean-for-religious-liberty/462759/

See:  http://www.religionnews.com/2016/02/04/paris-butcher-offers-lesson-interfaith-ties/

SEE:  http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/03/463965924/why-nepal-has-one-of-the-worlds-fastest-growing-christian-populations?sc=tw

SEE:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/world/africa/muslim-conference-calls-for-protection-of-religious-minorities.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=2

SEE:   http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/middleeast/more-is-needed-to-beat-isis-us-military-concludes.html?_r=0

Luke 21: 8  And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.   9 But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately."   10  Then He said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.   11  And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.   12  But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake. 13  But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony.    [NIV]

SEE:  http://bigstory.ap.org/article/27a7d9e1c86544a98df7065678a2d292/archbishop-lead-task-force-anglican-communion-rift

See:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/us/politics/obama-2016-sotu-transcript.html?_r=0

See:   http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/06/462161670/alabama-chief-justice-orders-state-to-enforce-ban-on-same-sex-marriage?sc=tw

~HAPPY 2016 to Everyone On The Dialogue! See:   http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/31/your-favorite-fact-tank-data-in-2015/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=a5d7058fec-Religion_Weekly_Dec_31_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-a5d7058fec-400098233

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See:   http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/12/25/460797744/a-religious-forecast-for-2050-atheism-is-down-islam-is-rising?sc=tw

SEE:  http://www.npr.org/2015/12/19/458058251/are-you-an-evangelical-are-you-sure

See:  http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/18/most-u-s-christian-groups-grow-more-accepting-of-homosexuality/

See:    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/world/africa/senegal-islam-extremism-boko-haram.html?_r=0

See:   http://www.religionnews.com/2015/12/08/orthodox-rabbis-letter-calls-christianity-part-gods-plan/