On February 19, 2009, CRANE hosted Wayne Besen, author of Anything But Straight and leader of Truth Wins Out, for a presentation entitled “Pray Away the Gay.” Besen’s lecture attempted to expose what they call the “Ex-Gay Myth,” in response to Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out conference in Charlotte which occurred two days [...]

Dr. Brown put out a press release this morning asking the question “Do Ex-Gays Have Human Rights?” The press release can be found at http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/280649512.html, and is reprinted below [...]

The Ravenhill Challenge is a grassroots movement seeking to spark a cry in the Church for true revival.
Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) was a street preacher in Great Britain who moved to America in 1959 at the direction of the Lord. He became a burning voice crying out in the wilderness of Western Christendom in the 20th [...]

The Charlotte Observer
The Observer reported on the upcoming Love Won Out event in Charlotte, comparing it with the upcoming pro-gay Leadership Conference in Tonya Jameson’s Battle for Gay Souls article, reprinted below :

Battle for Charlotte gay souls
This weekend two religious conferences offer different takes on homosexuality and faith.
One seeks to be a refuge for homosexuals [...]

“Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom…” -Mt. 4.23a
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…” -1 Tim. 2.5
The Gospel of God is the most marvelous thing in the universe. It confronts us in our sin and [...]

A TV program about censoring Christians has been, of all things, censored. According to an email from the AFA:
Two TV stations, WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI and WSYX-TV in Columbus, OH, have banned a television special showing how the media is silencing Christians. The stations bowed down to the demands of a handful of homosexual [...]

A recent Zogby Poll asked people their thoughts on teaching evolution in schools, below are the results of some key questions:

4. Would you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree that teachers and students should have the academic freedom to discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of evolution as a scientific theory? [...]

Following the “Pray Away the Gay” “protest rally” on February 19th, CRANE (Charlotte Rainbow Action Network for Equality), will be hosting “a short non-violence training” for a silent protest that will be held outside of the Love Won Out conference from 11am - 2pm on February 21st.  The Facebook event for the protest states:
CRANE will [...]

I devoted much of my book, Our Hands Are Stained with Blood, to the subject of anti-Semitism, and on several occasions I have delivered lectures on the question of why anti-Semitism exists. Out of all the hatreds in [...]

In war, one of the greatest mistakes that one can make is to not know your enemy. Just recently, I was enjoying breakfast with one of my daughters at a local Pancake House managed by a family from Saudi Arabia. The owner and I are very friendly and always strike up a conversation whenever I visit. The other day I asked him how many languages he spoke. I was surprised when he said that he is presently studying Hebrew. “Hebrew, really? Why are you learning Hebrew?”