Partisan fighting spells trouble for church insurance under Obamacare
The concern is that the church plans won’t be viable if everyone who can get a tax credit leaves and goes to the state exchange
A bill under consideration would assure that employees insured under church plans could use the same tax credits offered to people on government exchanges. In June, Democratic Senators Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Chris Coons (Del.) introduced the Church Health Plan Act of 2013 aimed at allowing church employees to apply for tax credits. More than 1 million pastors and... Continue Reading
The Newest in Marriage Degeneration: Wedleases
Human relations have been reduced to the contractual.
A “bad” relationship and “messy” divorce point to the great fear that spurs the wedlease idea. Marriage carries inconvenience and dissatisfaction. People get hurt, make mistakes, and inflict harm. The modern West has stripped away safeguards against the all-consuming self. Easy divorce, lax cultural expectations, and enshrined fulfillment pave the way for social disassociation. It... Continue Reading
Breaking News: Pastor Accepts Call to Smaller Church
That's not a headline you see very often
I will admit that some smaller churches are so far down the life-cycle and so dysfunctional that they are unlikely to ever turn around, but I also know that there are many smaller churches that are just praying that someone will come to lead them who believes in them. When such a person accepts the... Continue Reading
Blindsided by God … But Never Betrayed
Minutes before my wife’s mastectomy, the surgeon called me into the prep area with unbelievable news: A routine blood test had revealed that Carol was pregnant with our third child. Experts from around the country advised us to terminate the pregnancy to give my wife the best chance for survival. We politely declined their advice,... Continue Reading
Motherhood: The Introvert’s Challenge
Motherhood is a challenge for every type of woman but I believe it is harder for the introvert
Why was it that I was feeling this constant urge to get away from my children if I loved them so much? Add to that the sincere Christian desire to live a life of self-sacrifice for the sake of the well-being of others and one has a recipe for burnout. The guilt led me into... Continue Reading
Glenn Davies Elected Archbishop of Sydney
The Diocese of Sydney Synod has elected the Rt. Rev. Glenn Davies as its 12th archbishop
Dr. Davies’ election as successor to Dr. Jensen thrusts the 62-year-old archbishop-elect into the international Anglican spotlight, making him one of the de facto leaders of the conservative renewal movement of the Anglican Communion – and arguably the most influential “white” archbishop in the Communion after the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The Diocese... Continue Reading
Why I Went To Cemetery / Seminary
“Why did you, a ‘Jesus Movement’ guy eventually go to seminary?”
It hit me – followers of Christ had knelt here for thirteen hundred years, humbly receiving grace and forgiveness through the wine and the bread – and I had just shown up to the party. While I wasn’t ready to reject the powerful move of the Holy Spirit I had seen in recent years, I... Continue Reading
Secular group attacks college dorm with ‘values-oriented twist’
The Freedom from Religion Foundation complains the faith-based dorm violates fair housing laws
But officials at the public university are defending the dorm, which opens to students this fall, saying it will be open to students of all faiths. The school already has honors student dorms, substance-free dorms, and international student dorms. The new dorm will be like the others, with preference given to students of faith, but... Continue Reading
Update: Abigail, 17-year-old Member of First PCA, Jackson, Miss.; Reclassified From Missing Person to Runaway
The police have assigned two investigators to lead this search
Abigail Bonner, a 17-year-old from Madison, Mississippi, has gone missing as of late night August 2 or early morning August 3. Police have begun searching without any results. Abigail and her family are members of First Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Jackson, Miss. A Facebook page has been started to ask for help in finding Abigail... Continue Reading
Ball State Backpedals on Intelligent Design
Ball State president Jo Ann M. Gora said the school will limit intelligent design inquiries to humanities or social science courses
In her statement, Gora did not disclose the future of Hedin’s class, focusing only on intelligent design teaching: “On this point, I want to be very clear. Teaching intelligent design as a scientific theory is not a matter of academic freedom—it is an issue of academic integrity. As I noted, the scientific community has overwhelmingly... Continue Reading
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