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Why Has the Church Begun Ordaining Women?

Beliefnet's Bible expert answers questions from our members.

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Seventh-day Adventist Group Gives Women Pastors Equal Credentials

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A Spiritual Walk with Kathleen Norris

Best-selling author, poet, essayist and oblate Kathleen Norris talks to Beliefnet about her spiritual life and her latest book 'Acedia and Me'.

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Sorry, But the Pope's Mass Thrilled Me

When Charlotte Allen went to the Pope's Mass, she says it was 'one of the most moving experiences' of her life.

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Steven Waldman Interviews Rick Warren

Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of "The Purpose of Christmas," spoke with Beliefnet Editor-in-Chief Steven Waldman at the offices of our partner, The Wall Street Journal.

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Women Pastors: Not the 'Path to Blessing'

A Bible scholar says women who preach to men are disobeying the word of God.

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Lessons of a Bad Girl

Beloved author Liz Curtis Higgs explains how the Bible's 'bad girls' helped her recover from her own bad girl past.

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Jimmy Carter, Sunday School Teacher

The former president on why he believes Jesus will save everyone, and how his faith complicated--and sustained--his presidency.

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Christlike Sex

Advice from Christian sex manuals: Pray, read the Bible...and play with jump ropes and vibrators.

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Forgiving the Unforgivable

I knew I couldn't ask God to love me if I was unwilling to love His children. But what if they were trying to kill me?

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