White House Says Obama’s LGBT Executive Order Will Not Provide Religious Exemption
President Obama will not include an exemption for religiously affiliated government contractors when he issues an executive barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
“With the strokes of a pen, the president will have a very real and immediate impact on the lives of millions of LGBT people across the country,” said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. Michael Wear, a former Obama faith adviser who had organized a letter to Obama urging... Continue Reading
Conservative Professor Granted Promotion After Seven-Year Battle
Criminology Professor Dr. Mike Adams’ seven-year quest to earn his promotion at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington has finally come to a successful conclusion
In 2000, however, Adams reconsidered his atheism and became Christian. His conversion led him to publicly speak out on conservative issues, including through a column on Townhall.com. “After this, he was subjected to intrusive investigations, baseless accusations, and the denial of promotion to full professor even though his scholarly output surpassed that of almost all of his... Continue Reading
Praying For Our Children’s Salvation
God blesses the prayers of parents to the spiritual and eternal well-being of their children
“According to God’s promise (Gen. 17:7; Acts 2:39), the children of believing parents are included in the covenant of grace and must be received as members of the church by baptism. This promise is precious, and the privileges it confers on our children are great indeed. But they afford us no ground to presume that... Continue Reading
Why Marriage Traditionalists Are Unprotected In PCUSA
The logic of the pro-same-sex marriage position pushes its proponents eventually to make the redefinition of marriage universal and mandatory
“Proponents of redefining marriage already have declared that they regard this doctrinal revision as “the civil rights issue of our generation.” They see the denial of marriage to same-sex couples as an unconscionable form of discrimination that can have no rational justification. In their eyes, opponents of same-sex marriage are today’s equivalent of racist bigots... Continue Reading
Will Free Markets Bring Religious Freedom to China?
The days of the Chinese socialist state are numbered
“China has the experienced benefits from economic deregulation experiments, such as in Hong Kong, and the country as a whole seems to be headed down a very similar path. Liberty in China has had a direct connection to economic improvement. The government seems to have had a proclivity to allow such freedoms in order to... Continue Reading
9 Things You Should Know About Mormonism
Here are nine things you should know about Mormon beliefs
“The LDS church teaches that as the Bible has been transmitted over the centuries it has “suffered the loss of many plain and precious parts.” They believe the Bible to be the word of God “as far as it is translated correctly” and that the “most reliable way to measure the accuracy of any biblical... Continue Reading
‘Get with the Program’ — The Church of England Votes to Ordain Women Bishops
This is the kind of “compromise” that pervades mainline liberal Protestantism
“The measure approved by the synod means that women bishops will be bishops in full, with mandatory recognition of their episcopal status by all within the Church of England. This will leave conservative ministers under the authority of bishops they do not actually believe to be bishops in fact. It is hard to imagine “mutual... Continue Reading
Invincible Ignorance
If the world is broken and if I am chief among the broken, why are we surprised when things don’t work, when we do not work as we were meant? Sin.
“We are so deeply corrupted by the fall that we’re still surprised by the effects of the fall. We slip into thinking that we must be right, that of course we’re correct. The other fellow must be incorrect. I must have the right number and I must have dialed it correctly. There can’t be any... Continue Reading
Battered Pastors (Part 5)
While all churches struggle with their own sins, there are some which are particularly toxic
“It is understandable why battered pastors tend to draw inward and begin avoiding people. The pain of being betrayed, undermined, and slandered by Christians is so great that withdrawing from people seems wise. But this sort of self-protection is deadly. It is actually a failure to love. It is also a failure to show forth... Continue Reading
Erskine Board Calls Paul Kooistra as President
Kooistra has been Coordinator of Mission to the World since 1994, an agency of the Presbyterian Church in America
Kooistra, who has headed Mission to the World (MTW), an agency of the Presbyterian Church in America, since 1994, previously served for nearly a decade as president of Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Mo. He has gained a reputation for transformational leadership in challenging circumstances. The Rev. William S. Cain, chairman of the... Continue Reading