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Common Cup at Church in the Time of Swine Flu

In the "Jesus versus Germs" death match, who wins? Jesus, of course. Indeed, that's what United Methodist Church leaders have said -- "Jesus is more powerful than germs." Yet they go on to advocate a number of hygienic precautions for communicants in a time of swine flu, as most other churches seem to have done -- and as we detailed in our story, "Swine Flu Scare: Religions Take Precautions." But Russell Moore, dean of theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is having none of it. "Table fellowship is a sign of familial solidarity and of the messianic reign," Moore writes in an ...

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