CT Daily Briefing – 12-04-2024

Overheated Rhetoric
What should we make of bestselling books blasting Christians?
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
Should School Workers Be Banned from Off-Hours Counseling?
Plus: National Right to Life kicks out Colorado chapter after Dobson criticism, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
K.A. Paul Gets Attention After Hastert Meeting
Plus: The New York Times and The Boston Globe look at special treatment for religious groups, Amish forgiveness shocks the nation, Billy Graham’s grandson preaches his first crusade, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Prelude to the Contraception Wars
Last week’s religion news wasn’t all about Pope John Paul II. A commentaryless roundup.