Fortunately the authors - W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Marquardt, who co-direct The National Marriage Project" - "beg to differ." In fact, they developed 10 recommendations which they boldly call "The President's Marriage Agenda."
Read moreBut one Christian counselor in the UK who famously lost her license for offering therapy to clients with unwanted same-sex attraction, has responded to Chalke saying that people suffering from unwanted same-sex attraction know full well that the "orientation" is itself the problem.
Read moreThis capitulation and the abandonment of the B.S.A.'s longstanding policy will, in the end, please no one. The new policy is a half-measure that amounts to cowardly moral evasion. No group can remain divided on a question of such moral importance and urgency. Homosexual conduct and relationships will be condemned or celebrated. There is no middle ground. Back in 2004, the B.S.A. maintained that homosexual conduct is "inconsistent" with the "morally straight" requirement of the Scout Oath.
Read moreWhile these Christians are particularly concerned that religious freedoms are being eroded in this country, "they also want Judeo-Christians to dominate the culture," said Kinnamon.
"They cannot have it both ways," he said. "This does not mean putting Judeo-Christian values aside, but it will require a renegotiation of those values in the public square as America increasingly becomes a multi-faith nation."
Read moreThe Associated Press reports that the bill, which comes up for a vote later this month in the Russian parliament, is "part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism, which the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church see as corrupting Russian youth ...."
Read moreYet he had the gall and hypocrisy to swear an oath on the Bible and throw the 'God' word around a few times in his speech - fully stripped of all biblical content of course. When he does one day stand before his maker and his judge he will have an awful lot to answer for. Indeed, if he really wants the blessing of God, then why does he keep promoting that which brings about the opposite response from God.
Read moreThese numbers are so mind-numbing that perhaps we in the pro-life movement may be forgiven if we occasionally forget what those numbers actually mean.
That's why we occasionally need a reality check-such as a brand new documentary called "3801 Lancaster." The title refers to the address of an abortion clinic in West Philadelphia that is the site of a scandal so horrific that it's almost impossible to describe without tears.
Read moreBut in an environment of accelerating change, we should remember that there is a downside to everything. Getting married means commitment. Landing a job means giving up other possibilities. Playing one sport means not playing others. Keeping life insurance means paying the premiums. So what is the downside to the "diversity" agenda"? Since all change involves giving up one thing in order to embrace something else, what are we giving up?
Read moreYet the West prefers the former while despising the latter. The evidence of the anti-Christian agenda is readily available. A new article by Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison discussing the January 16 Religious Freedom Day in America offers some details on this.
Read moreSteve has raised issues which touch on deep areas of human identity. At a Soul Survivor seminar last summer, a Baptist minister who lives with same-sex attraction introduced his talk to a marquee full of young people by indicating that he would love to find a theology in the Bible which would support a sexually-active gay life. But, he said: "I've come to the conclusion that it is not there and I don't want to live in rebellion to the one that I love."
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