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When Maria Stephan and Erica Chenoweth studied revolutions that had occurred over a period of more than 100 years and across the globe, they found that nonviolent revolutions are twice as likely as violent ones to succeed. Chenoweth explains that nonviolent revolutions attract a greater range of the population and create a higher likelihood of defection among supporters of a particular regime.

A blogger at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America points out that some lines of Paul-Gordon Chandler's article on events in Egypt are unusually close to lines in a February 19 article in the New York Times—and charges that Chandler lifted them from the Times.

Paul tells us to "resolve" never to put a hindrance to the gospel before another person—and resolve is what it takes. By initiating a conversation about hell, Rob Bell is putting his reputation on the line.

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The current issue of Marie Claire contains an interview with a young, unmarried pastor whose calling impacts her sex life--because her ordination vows include celibacy in singleness.