Culture

Kill the Gays? (One activist says yes)

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, Featured Articles, Law & Politics, News, Philosophy & Science

Controversial filmmaker Molotov Mitchell (often featured on WorldNetDaily) recently released a video entitled “Uganda is right, Rick Warren is Wrong” concerning Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill which would criminalize homosexuality, allowing for the death penalty [...]



Tebow Superbowl Ad and Strange LGBT Reactions

Jan 26th, 2010 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, Life & Family, News

Much has been said already on the Tim Tebow ad that will air during the Super Bowl this year on CBS, so I’ll just point out one interesting quote from an ABC news article published today:
Karen Middlekauff, a UF law student and the president of Outlaw, an organization for College of Law LGBT students, said [...]



Day of Purity: February 14th

Jan 26th, 2010 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

Liberty Counsel is asking youth around the nation to participate in the annual Day of Purity on February 14th. According to their website:
The Day of Purity is a day when youth can make a public demonstration of their commitment to remain secularly pure, in mind and actions. Today’s culture encourages youth to become sexually [...]



Bill Donahue on Gay Adoption, Homosexual Priests, and Liberal Churches

Oct 19th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

Author Bill Donahue on the October 15 edition of CBN’s The 700 Club:[Link to Video]
Among the more interesting quotes from the clip, Donahue discusses efforts in Massachusetts and California to require Catholic adoption agencies to allow gay couples to adopt children in order to receive taxpayer funds:
We’re not going to allow gay people to adopt [...]



New York Times Article on Pro-Life Protesters

Oct 12th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

The New York Times published a fair article about murdered pro-life activist James Pouillon and the pro-life protest movement in general.  One of the more interesting sections of the article states :
This is a particularly American brand of faith: confrontational and action oriented. The most cited verses come not from the Gospels detailing the life [...]



Rifqa Bary’s Update for October 13th 2009: Please Pray

Oct 12th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

From Lou Engle of TheCall:

Rifqa Bary’s Update for October 13th 2009: Please Pray

Divining Moment

Many of you have already heard of Rifqa Bary, the 17 year old young lady, who’s life has been threatened by her Muslim father because she has confessed Christ. Because of the death threats she fled and sought refuge [...]



The Power of the Holy Spirit on Reality TV?

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

A group of Christians praying for random people to experience the supernatural presence of the living God on network television? That seems to be the goal of a group affiliated with Randy Clark’s Global Awakening Ministry. They explain their idea for the potential show entitled “The God Squad Show” below:
Imagine this…
…through relationship with [...]



Islam on Capitol Hill

Sep 20th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

On September 25th, organizers of a rally called Islam on Capitol Hill expect 50,000 Muslims to converge on Washington, D.C to “express and illustrate the wonderful diversity of Islam” and “manifest Islam’s majestic spiritual principals.” According to Robert Knight:
Hassen Abdellah, president of Dar-ul-Islam, and a main organizer, told the Washington Post that the event was [...]



Way-Side Evangelism & The Battle for a Generation

Sep 13th, 2009 | By Daniel Kolenda | Category: Culture

The Angel in Acts 11 told Cornelius to send for Peter “Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.” There is an incredible power in words. James says that “Life and death are in the power of the tongue…” [...]



An Italian Pop Singer and Public Debate

Aug 21st, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

A remarkable event happened earlier this year in Italy… a pop singer bucked the cultural norms that say that gay and lesbian individuals cannot change their sexual orientation, and made a public statement in support of ex-gay individuals, all on national television.
Roberto Marchesini shares this intriguing story here, and it is well worth a look.  [...]