Results tagged “christianity”

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. I am confused about all the controversy surrounding the big chocolate Jesus. It seems to be a logical way to combine at least a couple of the disparate elements of the holiday that have always been particularly confusing to me (a giant egg-laying rabbit who bestows chocolate eggs to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus). So what's the deal? There are many questions regarding...

Looks like it may be the end of the line for the Bible in the previously forgotten William Mosher memorial in front of the old Harris County Courthouse: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Bible must be removed from the monument because a district judge made it a religious monument when he restored it 10 years ago. We talked about the Mosher monument in December; if you haven't seen it, it's a block...

You never know what you're going to hear when a U.S. appeals court tackles the case of a once-obscure monument once located in Courthouse Square: "If everyone in Harris County ... accepted Christ as their savior, we would be better than if they were all Hindus." That gem came from previous testimony of former Star of Hope President Carloss Morris, who supports retaining the monument to local businessman and Star of Hope supporter William S....