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2004 Khobar massacre

Kidnappers asked the hostages if they were Christian or Muslim, letting the Muslims go, and slitting the throats of non-Muslims.

2006 Miami Hurricanes football team

Pata was described by friends and acquaintances as a "Christian" with a friendly, outgoing personality.

Angel of the Presence

In some Judeo-Christian traditions, the Angel of the Presence / Face (lit. "faces", Hebrew: malak ha'panim, מלאך הפנים) or Angel of his presence / face (Hebrew: malak panayu, מַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו) refers to a type of angel, a singular entity variously considered angelic or else identified with God Himself.

Annie Rix Militz

At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, she met the Hindu teacher Swami Vivekananda, an event that influenced her to turn away from her formerly Christian view of New Thought to become inclusively interfaith.

Associated Brotherhood of Christians

The Associated Brotherhood of Christians is a Christian religious denomination.

Bible story

Bible stories, Judeo-Christian parables retelling some portions of the Bible, have been used in family religious worship, spiritual instruction and literature in Christian and Jewish societies.

Bridal theology

Within the Judeo-Christian tradition, bridal theology, also referred to as mystical marriage, is the New Testament portrayal of communion with Jesus as a marriage, and God's reign as a wedding banquet.

Buddhism and the Roman world

Early 3rd century–4th century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus, who visited India around 50 CE from where he brought "the doctrine of the Two Principles".

Christian Coalition

Christian's Coalition, a now defunct professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Christian Medical and Dental Society

The Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS) Canada is an evangelical, inter-denominational and active organization of Christian physicians in Canada.

Christian Outreach College

Two Australian Christian schools can be referred to as Christian Outreach College (also abbreviated as COC).

Christian Social Responsibility

The goal of the organisation was to get Christian politicians placed high up on the voting papers of the Swedish political parties.

Christian-Wirth-Schule

Christian-Wirth-Schule (Christian Wirth School) is a secondary school located in Usingen, Germany.

Christian, Count of Waldeck

Christian was the son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby (1563-1619).

Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

After the divisionary treaty of the duchy in 1680, Christian retained Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg.

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

It was a costly and complex masterpiece of gold forging executed by the brothers Johann Melchior and George Christoph Dinglinger; it took as its artistic inspiration the duke's preference for the hunt.

Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærø

To provide for her, he gave her two large houses in 1629, one in Ærøskøbing and the other on the island of Dejrø.

Christian and his housekeeper Katharina Griebel (1570 in Lütjenburg – 1640 at Ærø) had a daughter: Sophie Griebel (b. 1600).

Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels

He also received Eschwege Castle in Eschwege in 1713, after Hesse-Kassel had repaid its debt to the Duke of Brunswick-Bevern.

Christian of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (17 July 1689 in Wanfried – 21 October 1755 in Eschwege) was a son of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649-1711) and his second wife Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (d. 1703).

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

# Magdalene Sibylle (b. Bayreuth, 27 October 1612 – d. Dresden, 20 March 1687); married on 13 November 1638 to Elector John George II of Saxony.

Christian inherited Kulmbach and his younger brother Joachim Ernst received Ansbach.

Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Christian of Nassau-Dillenburg (12 August 1688 at Dillenburg Castle – 28 August 1739 in Straßebersbach, now part of Dietzhölztal) was a rulng Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Christian and his Hofmeister, Gustav von Moltke, were sent to Leiden, where Christian enthousiastically studied mathematics at the local university.

Christian's Coalition

Claiming trust issues prior to the event, Scott Steiner turned to family and left Team Cage, following which they began to be referred to once again as "Christian's Coalition".

After retaining the tag titles against The Steiner Brothers at Genesis, Styles and Tomko came out during Christian's number one contendership ladder match with Kaz right as Cage was about to win, despite his specific instructions not to.

Church Action on Poverty

Church Action on Poverty is a UK-based national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the United Kingdom.

Community Chapel and Bible Training Center

According to Dr. Daniel Pekota, a professor at Northwest College (now Northwest University) in Kirkland, WA, Barnett monopolized the meetings with preaching about the "Oneness" doctrine, a doctrine that, because it denies the Trinity, is widely recognized as contrary to historical Christian doctrine.

Comparative theology

Comparative Theology is a branch of Christian theology which studies the religious diversity and its comparison, as well as theological reflection upon it.

Crossley

The brothers were committed Christians and strictly teetotal, refusing to supply their products to companies such as breweries, whom they did not approve of.

D. N. Jackson

He was a debater and conference speaker, publisher and a prolific writer of Christian literature and theological works including Studies in Baptist Doctrine and History.

Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a

The cantata was written in 1725 for the 43rd birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Esperanza TV

Esperanza TV (Hope TV) is a Spanish Christian TV channel for North and Central America.

Fourth Reich of the Rich

Fourth Reich of the Rich is a conspiracy book by Christian writer Des Griffin about the New World Order.

Free church

Protestant historians would typically argue that this is historically what the Christian church was before the Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity (see Early Christianity) and before the later setting up of the state church of the Roman Empire, and did not appear again until the appearance, within the Protestant Reformation, of groups such as the Calvinists and radical movements such as the Anabaptists.

God or the Girl

Each of them did something to try to help them make their decision: Joe hitchhiked to Niagara Falls, Dan carried an eighty pound cross, Mike went to a Christian retreat center, and Steve traveled to Guatemala to do missionary work.

Graveney

The connections between the village of Graveney and the Christian Church can be traced back to a time before the Domesday Survey.

Howayek

The surname Howayek, Hawayek (in Arabic حويّك / الحويّك) and its variants are common in the Christian Catholic Maronite clan from Lebanon.

Islamization

Historians such as Ira Lapidus have concluded that since the 1970s, the Islamic world has witnessed a phenomenon called "Islamic revival" similar to a Christian revival—often associated with Islamic fundamentalism, Islamism and other forms of re-Islamization.

James McKinnon

He also edited the collection The Music of Antiquity and the Middle Ages which includes chapters he wrote on early Western civilization, Christian antiquity and the emergence of Gregorian chant.

Joondalup

Joondalup has a large Christian majority, comprising 49% of the city's religious following, with the two largest denominations being Anglican (12,208 or 24.6%) and Catholic (12,154, 24.1%).

Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret

Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret (9 December 1827 in the hamlet of Labro, near Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche - 10 July 1896, Rodez) was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Since the questioner is a Muslim, Bahá'u'lláh uses verses from the Bible to show how a Christian could interpret his own sacred texts in allegorical terms to come to believe in the next dispensation.

Lamparello v. Falwell

In 1999, Christopher Lamparello created a website to respond to and criticize the anti-homosexual statements of popular and sometimes controversial Christian evangelical preacher Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell.

In 1999, Christopher Lamparello registered the domain name fallwell.com and used the affiliated website as a gripe site to express his negative opinions about the Fundamentalist Christian preacher Jerry Falwell's public statements against homosexuality.

Man to Men

Man to Men (French:D'homme à hommes is a 1948 French-Swiss historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière.

Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools

On March 8, 1998, 17 families assembled to form N.O.A.H. N.O.A.H. is a 501(c)3 organization that was created to provide homeschool students with the opportunity to develop athletic abilities while building character in a distinctly Christian environment.

O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a

Bach used this cantata in three slightly different versions, paying homage to Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels on the occasion of his visit to Leipzig, performed on 12 January 1729.

Osceola County, Florida

15.87% are Catholic; 1.22% are Mormons; 4.83% are Baptist, 3.53% are Pentecostal, 7.92% are members of other Christian faiths, 0.05 are Jewish, 0.18% affiliate with an eastern faith, and 3.12% affilitate with Islam.

Papa Stronsay

It has been described as the most northerly early Christian monastery ever found.

Parama Kamboja Kingdom

Like the Shakas, Pahlavas, Kambojas, Paradas, a section of the Rishikas had also migrated to west/south-west India prior to Christian era.

Powder Day

A more likely origin of the tradition is said to have its roots in a Christian/Moorish riot in the 16th century when Tolox, then under Christian control, had a large Moorish population.

Saint Derfel

Derfel, known as Derfel Gadarn (cadarn: "mighty, valiant, strong") was a 6th-century British Christian monk, regarded as a saint.

Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze

Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze (also known by the Christian name of Giorgi Shervashidze) was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 1810-21.

Shirley Corea

As a devoted Christian, Mr. Corea served as a Diocesan Council member, of the Church of Ceylon, for a long period.

Show Your Face

Although the song had a religious theme, Shaw has stated that she is not a Christian and was not one at the time the song was recorded.

Syncretism

Another highly syncretic religion of the area, vodou, combines elements of Western African, native Caribbean, and Christian (especially Roman Catholic) beliefs.

The History of Constantine

Having called upon the Christian God at Milvian Bridge, Constantine legitimized the Christian religion, offering it new status and protection.

The Mikey Show

Since arriving back in San Diego the show has become more mellow due to Esparza's embrace of Christianity, with a billboards campaign advertising his contrasts labeling him both an addict and a Christian.

The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book

After an introduction in Part One, Part Two focuses on the difficulty, perceived by the authors, of establishing a reliable Qur'anic text, while Part Three claims to detail the Jewish, Christian, and Zoroastrian sources of the Qur'an.

Tora people

As a result they moved northward, finally settling in arid semi-desert areas bordering the Christian settlement in Akelle-Guzai.

Tritheism

The term has been sporadically used to spearhead heresy accusations, especially when employed against Christian sects promoting allegedly anathema conceptions of the Trinity.

Unno

In exchange for retaining their old privileges they had to become Christian and leave their pagan beliefs.

Virius Nicomachus Flavianus

Eugenius was a Christian, but choose several pagans within the aristocracy as his allies.

Warsangali Sultanate

Though there are insufficient writings available on Akil Dhahar, according to oral tradition, he fought against the Abyssinians and uprooted Christian communities in Galgala, a town that used to have churches and temples.

We Are the Threat

We Are the Threat is the second full-length studio album by Christian Metalcore band xDEATHSTARx.

WFOM

The next morning, WFOM started playing contemporary Christian music format.


2013–14 Ontario Fury season

Other players that logged time on the field for the Fury this season include Jay Lee Harris (#2), Robert Tornel (#4), Heriberto Negrete (#9), Hugo Seisdedos (#12), Francisco Magana (#15), Bernie Lilavois (#26), Steven Ritchie (#98), Andru Camacho, Brent Gonzales, Jayro Martinez, Arturo Rodriguez, and Christian Vidaurrazaga.

Antinomasy

Antinomianism, a belief originating in Christian theology that faith alone is necessary for salvation

Battle of the Hotels

As a counter-move, Christian fighters of the Phalange Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) militia headed by William Hawi and Bashir Gemayel began to take positions between and around the main hotels, but quickly found themselves at a disadvantage as they were under constant observation and heavy machine gun fire from the Murr Tower.

C3 Church Global

C3 Church Global, formerly known as Christian City Church International (C3i), is a Charismatic movement founded by Phil Pringle and Christine Pringle.

Christian Gyan

Christian Attah Gyan (born 2 November 1978 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Leonidas

Christian Karl Reisig

Christian Karl Reisig (name sometimes given as Karl Christian Reisig; 17 November 1792 – 17 January 1829) was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.

Christian Malanga

Christian Malanga Musumari (commonly known as Christian Malanga, born January 2, 1983) is a Congolese politician, businessmen, and former military officer.

Christian Quadflieg

Christian Urs Quadflieg (born April 11, 1945 in Växjö, Sweden) is a German television actor and director.

Crenshaw Christian Center

The Crenshaw Christian Center East was opened in May, 2001 in the former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 1 West 96th Street on the corner of Central Park West in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Dae

Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä), a Christian rock band

Daniel Christian

Born in 1983, Christian grew up in the town of Narrandera in the Riverina region of New South Wales and is of indigenous ancestry (Wiradjuri).

Elzéar of Sabran

In his youth, Elzéar was given a thorough training in the Christian faith as well as in the sciences under the supervision of his uncle, William of Sabran, at the Abbey of St. Victor in Marseille, where his uncle ruled as the Abbot.

Emmanuel Espinosa

Emmanuel Espinosa is a Christian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, composer and songwriter from Hermosillo, Sonora, México.

Faith Academy Secondary School

Faith Academy is a Christian Secondary School located in Canaanland, Ota which is in the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria.

Fishermen's Mission

Fishermen's Mission - the full title of which is The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen - is a British charitable organisation founded and run on Christian principles.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

After successfully completing that match, many major organizations such as the Philadelphia Public Library and the University of Pennsylvania joined, along with churches and other Christian organizations.

Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

He married Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, daughter of Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Countess Catharine Agathe of Rappoltstein, in Hanau on 22 Oct 1700.

Herbert Taylor

Herbert Hudson Taylor (1861–1950), British Protestant Christian missionary to China

History of the Jews in Belgium

Also he described an increase of 30% in the number of anti-Semitic incidents including physical assaults and vandalism of Jewish institutions, and a suggestion of the Belgian Justice Minister Stefaan De Clerck of the ruling Christian Democratic Party of an amnesty for Nazi collaborators in 2011.

Honorific

Other honorifics may denote the honored person’s occupation, for instance "Doctor", "Captain", "Coach", "Officer", "Reverend" for all clergy and/or "Father" (for a Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Anglican Christian priest), or Professor.

Islamic pottery

The first centre was Malaga, producing wares in traditional Islamic styles, but from the 13th century Muslim potters migrated to the reconquered Christian city of Valencia, outlying suburbs of which such as Manises and Paterna became the most important centres, manufacturing mainly for Christian markets in styles increasingly influenced by European decoration, though retaining a distinct character.

Johann Christian Lossius

Johann Christian Lossius (1743, Liebstadt near Weimar – 1813, Erfurt) was a German materialist philosopher.

KiptonART

Kipton Cronkite and Christian Simonds Co-Founded @60" (at60inches.com) in May 2012.

Kushiel's Dart

According to the Christian Bible, Mary Magdalene was one of the closest female friends of Jesus, and was the first to discover that he had been resurrected.

L'Église réformée du Québec

L'Église Réformée du Québec, or "Reformed Church of Quebec", is a small conservative French-speaking Reformed Christian denomination located primarily within the Canadian province of Quebec.

Literatur und Kritik

Writers such as Beppo Beyerl, Max Blaeulich, Manfred Chobot, Klaus Ebner, Leopold Federmair, Andrea Grill, Drago Jančar, Michael Scharang, Wolfgang Sréter, Daniela Strigl, Christian Teissl, and Manfred Wieninger have written cultural essays for the magazine.

Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Its villages include Aquashicola (locally pronounced "ack-wa-SHIK-la,") Christian Corner, Hazard, and Little Gap (which hosts the Blue Mountain Ski Area.) Its highway access is via Route 248, which extends through the southern gorge of the river to connect Lehighton with the Lehigh Valley and has nearby interchanges in Palmerton and Bowmanstown.

Lyngstad

Arne Lyngstad, Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party

Michael Christian

Christian has also commentated on weightlifting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Moral panic

In the 1980s especially, some especially Fundamentalist Christian religious groups accused the game of encouraging interest in sorcery and the veneration of Demons.

Muhammad Afrizal

He was taken to Royal Hospital in Jakarta, and later transferred to Christian University of Jakarta UKI Hospital, where he died four days after brain surgery to remove a blood clot.

Muhammad in the Bible

Subsequent Muslim writers have expanded on these arguments and have claimed to identify other references to Muhammad in the text of the Bible, both in the Jewish Tanakh and in the Christian New Testament.

Musalaha

Seeking and Pursuing Peace: the Process, the Pain, and the Product, Edited by Salim J. Munayer (Jerusalem: Yanetz Ltd., 1998)
This book is a series of articles by Messianic Jewish and Palestinian Christian leaders, such as Naim Ateek and Arnold Fruchtenbaum, as well as others, on the topic of peace and peacemaking.

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Offerings

Offerings: A Worship Album, a 2000 worship album by Christian band Third Day

Paulton, Illinois

Today the interior streets of the community are named McCartney (for the singer), Simon (for both the singer and the senator), Saint (for the early Christian Apostle), Pope (for the many Catholic leaders so named), Revere (for the patriot) and Newman (for the actor).

QuakeWorld

QuakeWorld, written by John Carmack with help from John Cash and Christian Antkow, was released in December 1996.

Redbad, King of the Frisians

In Harry Harrison's The Hammer and the Cross series of novels, Radbod becomes the founder of "the Way", an organized pagan cult, created to combat the efforts of Christian missionaries.

Regie Hamm

He wrote one of the most popular Christian songs of the 1990s, entitled "I Surrender All," recorded by Clay Crosse.

S. Arasaratnam

Arasaratnam was a practising Christian who attended the Uniting Church in Armidale, New South Wales.

Sally Regenhard

A former long-time resident of Co-op City in The Bronx in New York City who has degrees in behaviorial sciences and gerontology and has worked in the nursing home industry for over 20 years, Regenhard became an advocate for skyscraper safety after the death of her 28-year old son, Christian, a probationary firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, who perished in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Samantha Mathis

Mathis costarred with Christian Slater again, along with John Travolta, in John Woo's Broken Arrow (1996).

Sectarian violence

Obasanjo sacked governor Joshua Dariye, accusing him of failing to act to end a cycle of violence between the Plateau State's Muslim and Christian communities.

Sosoliso Airlines

Bimbo Odukoya (A popular Christian speaker) and over 50 students of Loyola Jesuit College, an Abuja-based secondary school, were among the dead.

Third Heaven

In the Second Book of Enoch, Third Heaven is described as a location "between corruptibility and incorruptibility" containing the Tree of Life, "whereon the Lord rests, when he goes up into paradise." (chapter 8) Two springs in the Third Heaven, one of milk and the other of honey, along with two others of wine and oil, flow down into the Garden of Eden.

Three Wooden Crosses

These crosses stand in the traditional Christian formation of a tall cross in the middle and two slightly shorter crosses on each side representing the Crucifixion of Jesus.

Voice of Hope

Voice of Hope seeks to provide children living in the neighborhoods of West Dallas with strong character models, education support, life skills, and family support services needed to become productive Christian citizens.

WAY

WAYM, a non-commercial Contemporary Christian music-format FM radio station broadcasting to the Nashville, Tennessee market

William T. Major

He founded the First Christian Church (affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination) and built the city's first public meeting hall, Major's Hall, which hosted an early convention of the Illinois branch of the Republican Party and became best known as the site of "Lincoln's Lost Speech".