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By Felicia Mann

Christian leaders were outraged by the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision today to strike down the state's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which made Iowa the third state to legalize gay marriage.
"Once again a small handful of justices have forced on the people that which they never have asked for," said Jim Garlow, senior pastor of California-based Skyline Church, which was instrumental in overturning the gay marriage ruling enacted by their state's highest court last year. "Iowans are too good a people to tolerate the institution of marriage being sabotaged by the radical left."
Friday's early morning ruling stated that the act, passed in 1998 by a majority of Iowa voters, was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection principles in the state's constitution.
In the court's opinion, it affirmed that although DOMA was "supported by strong and deep-seated traditional beliefs and popular opinion" the justices had to override that "belief" to maintain consistency with the law.
"The Iowa marriage law was simple, settled, ...
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On Thursday, the new Israeli government faced its first test in how to respond to a Palestinian terror attack after an axe-wielding Arab man infiltrated the unfenced settlement of Bat Ayin, in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, killing a 13-year-old Jewish boy and wounding a 7-year-old child on Thursday.
The teenager, Shlomo Nativ, was declared dead on the scene, while the youngster, Yair Gamliel, is being treated for a fractured skull at a Jerusalem hospital. The terrorist was finally confronted by a local resident, but managed to get away and is still being sought by authorities.
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A former member of the Christian band Third Day is helping people find restful sleep through a CD project that mixes music therapy with Scripture.
Billy Wilkins, 43, said he developed the Wesley Sleep Program to help people end their day at peace by focusing on Jesus. But he also thought it could serve as an evangelistic tool.
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A British-based nonprofit organization, now with a base in Texas, is supplying pastors in the Third World with free Christian literature in an effort to support church growth.
Through more than 20 years of ministry, Sovereign World Trust has shipped free theological books and training materials to disciple new Christians and train church leaders.
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By R.T. Kendall
We may claim to be Spirit-filled, sound in our theology, faithful in our commitment to the church, zealous in worship, and have devotional lives that are highly admirable. But when we grieve the Spirit by saying what comes to mind that is not honoring to God, we become the very examples James laments: we praise the Lord and curse men.
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