North Carolina becomes 30th state with marriage amendment
J.D. Greear, lead pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., a Southern Baptist congregation, urged the church’s members to support the amendment. “Government did not define or establish marriage. God did. Government merely recognized that which has been established by the Creator.” North Carolina voters have made the state the 30th in the U.S.... Continue Reading
Federal Court: Tennessee Tech policy violated First Amendment rights of evangelist
[Court] said McGlone’s desire to share his beliefs is protected First Amendment activity and the open areas of Tennessee Tech’s campus are public forums. When deciding to allow people on campus, the policies must not grant overly broad licensing discretion to government officials…[and] the two-week notice period is unreasonable, far longer than other timeframes upheld... Continue Reading
When Paul Sent the Celebrity Pastor
There have always been men–like this fellow and like Chrysostom or Knox or Whitefield or Spurgeon or Lloyd-Jones or ten thousand others–who have been “famous among all the churches for [their] preaching of the gospel.” It is not a capitulation to culture to admit this fact. And it’s not bad to acknowledge these men and... Continue Reading
David Barton’s Jefferson Portrayal Less Than Honest
“It’s easy to believe in the separation of church and state when one has nothing but scorn for all organized religion. That was the position of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson’s hatred of the clergy and established churches knew no bounds. He thought that members of the ‘priestcraft’ were always in alliance with despots against liberty.” –Gordon... Continue Reading
Law-and-order Gov. Bob McDonnell sets record pace for restoring civil rights of former felons
What Kaine and his successor, McDonnell, have in common is they are Virginia’s first two Roman Catholic governors, and both are mindful of the church’s opposition to capital punishment. Kaine allowed executions to proceed, as has McDonnell, despite faith-based teachings to the contrary. “I think they’re both right. Justice is a fundamental tenet of our... Continue Reading
The Torah and Politics
Thankfully in time the Reformed tradition came to see the mistake in insisting that civil magistrates are to enforce the true religion, and both the Westminster Confession of Faith (the Presbyterian confession) and the Belgic Confession of Faith (the Dutch Reformed confession) were modified to eliminate that requirement. Nevertheless, I can’t help but think that... Continue Reading
Tennessee Governor Haslam, The Presbyterian Elder, Knows His Calvin In Vetoing Vanderbilt Bill
The following aphorism speaks to Christians living under tyranny. “When tyrants reign, let us first remember our faults, which are chastised by such sourges; and, therefore, humility will restrain our impatience. Besides, it is not in our power to remedy these evils, and all that remains for us is to implore the assistance of the... Continue Reading
Tennessee State Senate passes bill aimed at Vanderbilt’s ‘all-comers policy’
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, amended the ban on all-comers so that it applies to any private school that receives more than $24 million in state tax revenue. Only Vanderbilt takes in an amount that large The state Senate approved legislation Monday afternoon targeting Vanderbilt’s all-comers policy on a 19-12 vote. The... Continue Reading
Parental choice in education: the next civil rights movement.
Since the government mandates education for children and provides resources for fulfilling that mandate, no organizations seeking to fulfill the government’s education mandate should be denied access to such resources simply because they provide education from an explicitly religious perspective. Nor should parents whose religious convictions direct them to choose religion-based schools be compelled through... Continue Reading
New Study: People Who Don’t Support Non-profits
New research shows many Americans who don’t financially support non-profit organizations believe it’s really someone else’s responsibility to provide this support – someone with more money. Trouble is, the people with more money are just as likely as those from low-income households to wish they had enough to share with non-profits. Non-donors also have concerns... Continue Reading
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