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What are the original tenets of Christianity, and where can we find them? Perhaps we need look no further than the Gnostic Gospels, a collection of Christian texts which the early church dismissed as apocrypha.
One Idaho church is hosting an annual motorcycle blessing ceremony, showing that our desire to affect our world through using unexplained or mysterious forces to heal, guard, or protect the individual is still strong.
In a shocking turn, a California parolee was imprisoned for being an atheist after refusing to attend a Christian treatment recovery program on the grounds that he didn't believe in that faith.
With the recent spate of studies on the science behind intercessory prayer, a growing number of people have come to question whether prayer actually works - and whether that can be proven scientifically or not.
One would think that when America's "founding fathers" developed the concept of separation of church and state and enshrined it in the nation's constitution, it was end-of- story, case closed. Apparently not.
One ULC bishop has taken a rather creative approach to helping the needy by buying an old ambulance and using it to hand out food to the homeless in Kitsap County, Washington.
Universal Life Church Monastery has been a pioneer in the struggle to protect the rights of ministers who are ordained online, which at times has been a gradual and piece-meal journey. There are still outposts in the United States where the local judic
A Washington DC Superior Court judge ruled against a Universal Life Church Monastery minister's right to officiate weddings in the jurisdiction in a ruling that many might find very problematic.
No issue is touchier for Christians than the true mission of Jesus Christ and the implications this has for the doctrine of grace. But a new generation of Christians are examining this doctrine with a more critical eye.
It may seem contradictory for an atheist to become an online ordained minister in order to officiate his friends' wedding. But atheists are more than welcome to join the Universal Life Church to officiate weddings!
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