Topic: Jesus

Jim Bakker's Doomsday Survival Gear Is Way Overpriced

JimBakkerShow.com

Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced to prison for using his followers' faith to sell them goods of dubious value, so it's odd that now that he's free he's using warnings about the coming End Times to sell fans thousands of dollars of survival gear.

By John Hudson

Apr 2, 2012

Hipster Jesus Is Here to Save Newsweek

Editor-in-chief Tina Brown has resurrected the magazine world's time-tested way of boosting newsstand sales: the Jesus cover. But to be fair, she's given the Lord Savior a modern makeover.

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By Richard Lawson

Dec 6, 2011

The Call Sheet

Lars von Trier Is Officially Not a Nazi

Lars von Trier gets the French off his back, Ice Cube heads to TV, and Chris Columbus finds Jesus.

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