Dr. Dobson pointed out that a proposed amendment to include protection for religious freedom in the bill was gunned down by Democrats.
"What is at stake here is freedom of speech and the expression of conscience," Dr. Dobson said, "and without a huge outcry from the public expressed to the House, Senate and the White House, it will become law."
Read moreThe decision heralds a more receptive approach toward abortion restrictions from a court that in 2000 overturned a similar Nebraska law. Bush's appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, helped turn the tide in today's case, joining Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
Read moreGrant Hill, leader in Canada's Conservative Party
Family-friendly organizations and individuals from Canada, including Conservative Party leader Grant Hill, have joined in a campaign to apologize to the world for allowing homosexual marriage to gain a foothold on society.
Read moreHowever, the homosexual lobby has trumpeted high-profile reports of alleged violence, which lacking substantial basis in fact, serve their agenda by creating a political atmosphere for liberal politicians to demand federal "hate crimes" legislation.
Read more"The poor in spirit," mumbled a crew-cut boy.
"O.K. What goes with the poor in spirit?"
A girl in the front of the room replied, reading from her sheet, "For they will see God."
"Nope," chirped Kendrick. "O.K., find the person that matches yours. I'll take the roll."
Read more* On Easter Sunday, the History Channel will question whether the Bible is God's genuine revelation to mankind.
* The current - Holy Week - issue of Newsweek teases readers with the headline "Is God Real?," and features a debate between a prominent evangelical pastor and an outspoken atheist. National Public Radio also carried an atheist/Christian debate.
* An April 3 New York Times article dismisses the story of Moses parting the Red Sea as a "myth."
Read moreAccording to the Cameron research, married gays and lesbians lived 24 fewer years than their conventionally married counterparts.
In Denmark, the country with the longest history of gay marriage, for 1990-2002, married heterosexual men died at a median age of 74yrs., while the 561 partnered gays died at an average age of 51.
Read moreOn the other hand, as in Field of Dreams, "if you teach it, they will come." Evangelical churches have been growing while the liberal churches have been shrinking, across all demographics, precisely because of their fidelity to teaching the Bible. People don't really want a therapy session, they want the Spirit of God to speak into their lives. They're properly convicted, and they want help. That's the church.
Read moreAmong other questions (read to respondent by interviewer), the Canadian study asked:
"Do you consider yourself to be: heterosexual? (sexual relations with people of the opposite sex)/ homosexual, that is lesbian or gay? (sexual relations with people of your own sex)/ bisexual? (sexual relations with people of both sexes)."
Read moreYour publisher advertises God's Continent together with The Next Christendom and The New Faces of Christianity as part of the "Future of Christianity Trilogy." Did you mean to write a trilogy?
Philip Jenkins: When I originally wrote The Next Christendom, no. I thought I was writing a book. But by the time I was at one and a half books there were clearly going to be three.
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