About the author

Bethany French

Bethany French grew up in the Christian faith, and has had several life-changing supernatural experiences with Jesus in recent years that have revolutionized how she sees and experiences God in the small and big things of life. She has a BA in Psychology and has spent much time working with preschool/kindergarten age children. She has a heart for protecting the unborn and seeing hurting women come to know and experience the transforming power and love of Messiah Jesus. She and her husband Marcus are expecting their first child, and attend Fire Church in Concord, NC.

Articles from Bethany French

Almost Christian

Sep 2nd, 2010 | By Bethany French | Category: Culture, Featured Articles

Author’s note:  This is the first article in a mini-series of articles reviewing Almost Christian by Princeton professor Kenda Creasy Dean.  All quotes without direct links are directly from the book’s first few chapters.  To hear Dr. Brown’s review of this book, click here.
A large-scale departure from a biblical understanding of what living as a [...]



Selling Babies at Walmart

Jul 12th, 2010 | By Bethany French | Category: Featured Articles, Revolution & Justice

Last month a couple was arrested in California for attempting to sell their six-month-old baby to two women for $25, according to a statement released by police.  Both parents are being charged with child endangerment as well as drug-related charges.  Thirty-eight-year-old Patrick Fousek’s fellow inmates took justice into their own hands, attacking him after [...]



Straight Men Make Bad Dads?

Apr 11th, 2010 | By Bethany French | Category: Life & Family, News

In January of this year, the Journal of Marriage and Family published a study that concluded that it was unnecessary for children to be raised by both a mother and a father. USA today sums up the study here:
Sociologists Stacey and Timothy Biblarz of the University of Southern California, spent five years reviewing 81 studies [...]



Burning Idols

Jan 9th, 2010 | By Bethany French | Category: News, The Kingdom of God

Burning Idols
Idolatry in the West is often subtle, taking the form of addictions, money, power, etc… but in some parts of the world, the ancient forms of idolatry spoken of by the Old Testament prophets are still being practiced, and as people come to the Lord, they literally cast their idols and ritual instruments away [...]



Nation Refocuses on President Obama’s Abortion Stance

May 16th, 2009 | By Bethany French | Category: Law & Politics, News

President Obama has so far largely avoided taking a public stand on his views regarding abortion, using the distraction created by the economic situation facing the U.S. as well as moderate rhetoric to avoid a direct confrontation from pro-life Americans. However, he has already passed many pro-abortion bills and reversed several of former President [...]



Born Alive, Then Thrown Away

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 [...]



“Leftover” Embryos: What Are Our Options?

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 [...]



Obama Lifts Restrictions on Stem Cell Research

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Bethany French | Category: News, Revolution & Justice

President Obama has overturned the restrictions on the federal funding of stem-cell research that were set in place by the Bush administration in August 2001, when President Bush limited funding because of “fundamental questions about the beginnings of life and the ends of science.” [...]



Pro-Life Memorial Service in Charlotte

Jan 29th, 2009 | By Bethany French | Category: News, Revolution & Justice

On Thursday January 22, 2009 from 11:30-12:30, approximately one to two hundred people from different churches and pro-life organizations gathered at the intersection of Trade and Tryon in Charlotte, NC for a church service as a memorial for the unborn children who have been and continue to be killed under the [...]



Violent Campaign Against Indian Christians (part 1)

Dec 17th, 2008 | By Bethany French | Category: News, Persecution

For the past five months, an underground campaign of violence directed against Christians has erupted in Orissa (one of the poorest states in India) and spread to several surrounding states as well.  According to a London online newspaper as of November 20, 2008, there have been 67 Christians killed, thousands of homes burned, hundreds of places of worship destroyed [...]