Archive for March 2009
Mar 31st, 2009 |
By Marcus French |
Category: Law & Politics, News
The American Center for Law & Justice is encouraging people to sign a petition to protect the Conscience Clause, which allows doctors and other medical personnel to abstain from performing services (most notably abortion) which are against their beliefs and convictions. The petition can be found at BeHeardProject.com:
President Obama: Respect My Pro-Life Convictions
You have strong [...]
Tags: abortion, ACLJ, Barack Obama, BeHeardProject.com, petition, pro-life, white house
Posted in Law & Politics, News |
17 comments
Mar 28th, 2009 |
By Marcus French |
Category: News, Philosophy & Science
The Texas State Board of Education approved new science standards that will encourage students in public schools to scrutinize “all sides” of scientific theories, including evolution. According to the AP :
The curriculum will require that students “in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations … including examining all sides of scientific evidence [...]
Tags: ap, charles darwin, curriculum, discovery institute, education, evolution, teaching, texas
Posted in News, Philosophy & Science |
3 comments
Mar 27th, 2009 |
By Bryan Purtle |
Category: Scripture
“O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. Surely I have composed and quieted my soul…” -Ps. 131.1-2a [...]
Tags: Be still, God, hope, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, listen, quiet, rest, the church, wait for the Lord
Posted in Scripture |
13 comments
Mar 25th, 2009 |
By Bethany French |
Category: News, Revolution & Justice
A Florida woman named Tonuya Rainey has been jailed for illegally aborting her daughter’s 24 week old baby boy and throwing him in the trash, and is now facing charges of “illegally terminating a pregnancy, child abuse and improper disposal of human remains.” Her daughter said that the baby was “breathing and moving his arms after birth,” a piece of information that horrified [...]
Tags: abortion, Born Alive, Born Alive Infant Protection Act, medically induced abortion, Negligence
Posted in News, Revolution & Justice |
43 comments
Mar 24th, 2009 |
By Marcus French |
Category: News, Philosophy & Science
Editor’s Note: A summary of the arguments made during the debate can be found here.
Premier Christian philosopher Dr. WIlliam Lane Craig and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens will be debating the question “Does God Exist?” April 4th at Biola University. A live webcast of the event will be shown, and can be purchased here.
Tags: atheism, biola [...]
Tags: atheism, biola university, christianity, christopher hitchens, debate, webcast, WIlliam Lane Craig
Posted in News, Philosophy & Science |
7 comments
Mar 22nd, 2009 |
By Marcus French |
Category: Law & Politics, News
Vermont, the first state to adopt a civil unions law for same-sex couples, held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 18th regarding a bill that would allow full marriage for gays and lesbians. In preparation for the hearing, which had more than 500 people in attendance, the state’s largest newspaper voiced their opinion. According [...]
Tags: David Blankenhorn, gay marriage, homosexuality, law, ssa, Vermont, vermont senate
Posted in Law & Politics, News |
5 comments
Mar 19th, 2009 |
By Marcus French |
Category: News, Persecution
From Christian Newswire:
CARROLLTON, Texas, Mar. 19 /Christian Newswire/ — A large mob of anti-Christian extremists brutally attacked two Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries in Himachal Pradesh, India, on Saturday, March 14. After stripping them naked and beating Murari Jay and Atul Rajesh, the vicious group burned all their belongings and then had the missionaries arrested.
The mob [...]
Tags: asia, beatings, Gospel For Asia, India, Jesus, missionaries, police
Posted in News, Persecution |
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Mar 18th, 2009 |
By Bethany French |
Category: Law & Politics, News
The debate over embryonic stem-cell research is at the forefront of many people’s minds with President Obama’s recent decision to overturn former President Bush’s restrictions on its federal funding. There are some basic questions that must be asked in the [...]
Tags: embryo disposal, embryos, ethical boundaries, fertility clinics, Italy's fertility law, stem cell research
Posted in Law & Politics, News |
4 comments
Mar 17th, 2009 |
By Michael L. Brown |
Category: The Kingdom of God
Holiness is beautiful; legalism is binding; holiness brings life; legalism brings death. They are different as night and day, and yet at first glance, they can seem similar, because they both stand against sinful behavior and call for holy living. How can [...]
Tags: change, discipline, holiness, judgmentalism, legalism, liberty, New Testament, Oswald Chambers, purity, Ralph Cudworth, Samuel Lucas, sanctification, sin
Posted in The Kingdom of God |
8 comments