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Author Eric Metaxas and President Barack Obama made similar addresses with different emphases during the National Prayer Breakfast's 60th anniversary, both noting a religious motivation to "care for the least of these" and concern of "phony religiosity" while standing on different positions politically.
New York Times bestselling author and humor writer Eric Metaxas may fool you at first with his non-stop wisecracks (including how he wished the head table at the National Prayer Breakfast was filled with celebrities rather than politicians), but once he gets talking about his Christian faith, he gets pretty serious, pretty fast. U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama listen to author Eric Metaxas (R) deliver the keynote message at the 60th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington February 2, 2012.
A number of religious figures have stepped up criticizing the 14-minute long YouTube clip of Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church being proclaimed a "king" by a Messianic rabbi.

Lakewood Pastor Joel Osteen Shown in Photos on Beach in Hawaii
Where have the good men gone? Chances are you've counseled a frustrated young single woman in your church who has asked you this question. Or perhaps you've asked it yourself. This question is the catalyst for Kay Hymowitz's book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys, an indepth analysis of the state of the average middle-class American male in his twenties.
I love to go to the movies. Sharing a bucket of hot buttered popcorn, sipping the boat-sized soft drinks, sitting in a huge theatre with a bunch of people all watching the latest Hollywood offering of suspense, drama, comedy, or action. It's a wonderful escape.
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A few years ago the National Football League challenged a church in Indianapolis for showing the Super Bowl, a practice hundreds of churches around the country engage in. After public outcry, the NFL re-issued a statement with a less severe tone. This high-profile battle brought awareness to the ongoing problem of copyright violations within churches.
Continue reading Is It Legal to Host a Super Bowl Party at the Church?.
Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church Has Been Sued for $10 Million by Worker Who Was Accused of Molestation
A former volunteer at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church who was accused of sexual molestation in 2010 is suing the nation's largest megachurch for $10 million for negligence, claiming that the accusations, brought by another ministry volunteer, ruined his reputation.
Joel Osteen preaches at Lakewood Church in Houston, considered the largest church in America, in this undated photo.
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