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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

I need to begin with a disclaimer.

This will be a positive episode to encourage Christians

that we can face any circumstance we encounter this year

with optimistic, joyful faith in our father's power and provision.

However, to get there, I need to explain why this topic is on my mind today.

On last Sundays meet the press, NBC news anchor Chuck Todd read and endorsed a letter claiming

that supporters of Donald Trump want to be lied to, since they believe in fairy tales, such as

Noah's Ark. Leaving the politics of this claim aside, let's note that Jews believe in Noah's

Ark because it is described as an historical event in the Torah in Genesis 6-9. Jesus and Peter

believed in its historicity as well, and Muslims find it in the Quran. A recent article in Medium goes

further in denigrating biblical faith.

In Dear Christians, it's time we dealt with your religious intolerance.

The writer laments that his Nigerian grandfather was chased from his village by Christian converts

because he refused to convert to Christianity.

He also notes that Christian missionaries imposed upon his father a new name,

age, language, and clothing they deemed more appropriate to the faith. He points to John

Alan Chow, the Christian who broke numerous laws and was then killed while attempting to share

the gospel with an unreached people group off the coast of India.

The author's conclusion is that any religion that believes others need to accept its message

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