Equally disturbing is that most Episcopal Church goers are totally unaware of what is going on at the Church's N.Y. National Headquarters. This information has been kept from them by their parish clergy with the standard response they have been using for the past 50 years, "It doesn't affect our parish, so we do not need to talk about it."
Read more"Right now in the addictions community there is a lot of reaction to people who want to see addiction as a moral failing," said the Rev. Joe Stewart-Sicking, a priest in Cook's diocese who teaches pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland. "Sin is something we are all wrapped up in, and when you start delineating sin, we miss out that we are all interrelated. It's not just her role that led to the suffering.
Read more"As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering and beheading Christians, Jews and anyone who doesn't submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism," Graham wrote on Facebook. After Duke reversed its decision, Graham told The Charlotte Observer, "It's wrong because it's a different god. Using the bell tower, that signifies worship of Jesus Christ. Using (it) as a minaret is wrong."
Read more"At a news conference, Mr. Reed said that Mr. Cochran's 'personal religious beliefs are not the issue.' But Atlanta's nondiscrimination policy, the mayor added, is 'nonnegotiable.'
Read more"At least half a dozen prime-time shows are strangely enamored and captivated by it. These shows, when combined with hugely popular video games like Mortal Kombat, demonstrate how obsessed with death our culture has become.
Read moreRegardless of those facts, the LGBTQ community still demands protection under hate crime laws along with preferential treatment for transgenders.
Groups that boldly demand protection and preferential treatment as a class, must be willing to address issues their own community.
In the case of the LGBTQ community, the 800-pound gorilla in the room is the correlation between sexual orientation and violence.
Read moreTake my meteoric rise from obscurity at a Cal State to the coveted No. 2 spot on the worldwide enemy list of the Human Rights Campaign (the cabal of rich bundlers founded by Terry Bean, who is now accused of raping a teenage boy.) How did that happen? It was quite random, and if it could happen to me it could happen to you.
Read moreAs is clearly recognised in our Church of England's Book of Common Prayer in its Solemnization of Holy Matrimony, fornication is defined biblically as any form of sexual intercourse outside of heterosexual marriage.
Read moreIn 2013, Chief Cochran penned a book entitled "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" taking his title from the question God asked Adam in Genesis 3:1 after the world's first man ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The committed Baptist is a Bible study leader, a Sunday school teacher, and a deacon at Elizabeth Baptist Church (SBC) -- who just happens to be Atlanta's top fireman.
Read moreA free press is essential to a working democracy. Without a free exchange of information, debates about policy and exposure to different ideas, society becomes sclerotic and intolerant.
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