Religious battle lines: Can service members share their faith?
Controversy erupts over a Pentagon meeting concerning Christians being able share their faith within the military
Lee and others have growing concerns over why Pentagon officials are meeting with individuals who have such strong animosity toward Christians. While debunking early reports that called Weinstein a paid military consultant hired to write policy, Lee’s group has asked Defense Department officials to explain what they hoped to gain from Weinstein’s recommendations. Lee worries... Continue Reading
The Dangers and Delights of Reading Christian Biography
We must become content—even pleased—with the person God made us to be
“Hagiography” (literally: saint writings) is the spurious genre of trying to make another man into a complete saint. In the biography of Spurgeon for instance, the author studiously avoided almost any critique of the man himself. In an almost forced confession to create the veneer of “objectivity,” the author finally admitted that Spurgeon (gasp!) smoked... Continue Reading
Arguing With God
Arguments get us more fully engaged in the subject beyond the casual mindlessness of blindly groping for what we want
God wants you to be so engaged in your prayer life that you are able to make an argument for your requests. It is as if God is asking you “Why?” to the things you pray for. “Why do you want me to heal you?” “Why do you want to get this job?” “Why do... Continue Reading
Schools of thought: The German government harasses and persecutes homeschoolers
A German homeschooling family’s fight for asylum in the United States will say a lot about the U.S. government’s official attitude toward the growing practice
The Romeikes worried authorities could take custody of their children. It wasn’t an unfounded fear. In 2007, German authorities took custody of Melissa Busekros, a 15-year-old girl from a homeschooling family in Bavaria. Authorities placed the girl in a psychiatric facility, and then in foster care. When she turned 16—and legally could decide where to... Continue Reading
Toddlers Becoming So Addicted To iPads They Require Therapy
Children as young as four are becoming so addicted to smartphones and iPads that they require psychological treatment
The youngest known patient being treated in the UK is a four-year-old girl from the South East. Her parents enrolled her for compulsive behaviour therapy after she became increasingly “distressed and inconsolable” when the iPad was taken away from her. Her use of the device had escalated over the course of a year and she... Continue Reading
UPDATED: Pentagon Blocks Access to Southern Baptist Website
Military official: Malware to blame for site block
Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a Defense Department spokesman, said the military’s software filters detected malware at SBC.net and blocked the website. The malware since has been removed off the website, and the denomination’s website unblocked, he said. “The Department of Defense is not intentionally blocking access to this site,” Pickart told The Tennessean in an... Continue Reading
Rewriting the Story of the Exploited: The Gospel for Sex Workers
According to US Department of Justice, the average age of entry for an American girl into prostitution is between 12 and 14
I’ve observed that a common denominator among women in the lifestyle is that they “don’t feel like they belong.” When I mentioned this observation to a woman at a residential home, she said that it described exactly how she felt on the street. A feeling of not belonging: how central that is to the human... Continue Reading
Leon Kass: The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
Eminent bioethicist Leon Kass on the dangers of a world increasingly indifferent to matters of human dignity
Dr. Kass sometimes finds himself at odds with [pro-life] advocates. The movement’s narrow focus on nascent life, he worries, blinds it to the fact that “abortion is connected to lots of other things that are threats to human dignity in its fullness. Pursuing perfect babies, ageless bodies and happy souls with the aid of cloning,... Continue Reading
Legalize Polygamy! No. I Am Not Kidding.
Proposition: Marriage equality doesn’t end with same-sex marriage; we need to legalize polygamy, too
The definition of marriage is plastic. Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less “correct” than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting adults. Though polygamists are a minority—a tiny minority, in fact—freedom has no value unless it extends... Continue Reading
Attacks on Egyptian Christians Continue
Only action to prevent future such egregious attacks will demonstrate that Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood truly disapprove of the jihad being waged against Egypt’s Christian citizens
A few days before the Muslim Brotherhood leader’s election, he spoke to his followers on television ensuring them that Egypt’s new constitution “would reflect true sharia.” Islamic supremacists believe that they now have not only a moral obligation to wage jihad against Egypt’s indigenous Christian population, but they have legal carte blanche, as well. In... Continue Reading
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