The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (HR 1913) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today, April 29th, in a 249-175 vote.  231 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, 17 Democrats voted against, 18 Republicans voted for the bill, and 158 Republicans voted against. [...]

The following is an email sent out on Tuesday, April 28th, by Robert Gagnon, Seminary Professor and leading authority on what the Bible has to say about homosexuality.  Please consider taking his call seriously:

Dear friends who live in the United States,
(Please feel free to circulate this correspondence widely and rapidly)
This is a matter [...]

H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, was introduced in the Senate Tuesday April 28th, and is slated to reach the House floor for a vote Wednesday.  The bill would expand existing hate-crimes law to include crimes motivated [...]

As we seek to establish communities of faith in America and the West that are worthy of the Master, feed your soul on some recent stories of persecution from Voice of the Martyrs.  Let these stories do more than make you feel sympathetic to these believers’ plights… these brave saints have much to impart to [...]

I like to strike up conversations with people I meet while traveling. Last Tuesday, on the way back to San Francisco airport, I asked the driver where he was from. “Jordan,” he replied.

In an effort to make a connection, I mentioned that I haven’t gotten to Jordan, but I went to Iran in 2006 and served in Saudi Arabia with the Navy twenty years ago. [...]

The National Organization for Marriage released the following video on gay marriage, entitled “A Gathering Storm,” on April 8th:

In response, New York Times columnist Frank Rich provided an editorial entitled “The Bigots’ Last Hoorah” declaring [...]

Editor’s Note: To listen to Dr. Brown interview Jeff Johnston, the man who’s story is told in the ad, click here.
An ad submitted by Love Won Out to a San Antonio newspaper was rejected for being offensive. According to CitizenLink:
Newspaper Rejects Ad for Love Won Out Conference
Leading up to Saturday’s conference in Texas, [...]

“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” -Jn. 6.63
In comparison with the nature of preaching in centuries past, I would say that truly anointed proclamation is at an all-time low. Many fellowships have little value for true preaching [...]

Over the last week, there were three major victories for gay activists: The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that there were no constitutional grounds to ban same-sex marriage; the Vermont legislature passed a same-sex marriage bill and then overrode the governor’s veto; and Washington, D.C. indicated that it would begin [...]

According to the National Review:

More than 1,000 retired Flag & General Officers for the Military, including 47 four-star leaders from all branches of the United States military, have taken a firm stand in support of the 1993 law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to serve in the military.
That statute, Section 654, Title 10, U.S.C., [...]