The Obama administration is under increasing pressure to reverse its order mandating that religious organizations cover abortion-inducing contraceptives in insurance plans, with congressional Republicans threatening legislative action and two prominent Christian leaders calling it the “greatest threat to religious freedom in our lifetime.” The issue is being portrayed in the […]
Daily Archives: February 9, 2012
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The issue at the center of the swelling controversy over the Obama administration’s refusal to protect the conscience rights of employers in its “contraceptive mandate” is “about as basic as it gets,” especially for Baptists, says Richard Land.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on Saudi Arabia to release 35 Ethiopian Christians who have been under arrest since mid-December for holding a prayer meeting.
Montia Setzler, in his “Lecture Lab” at Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church in Riverside, Calif., keys his sermons to the lessons being taught in the church’s adult Sunday School classes.
Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire is on the verse of signing a bill that would legalize gay “marriage,” but voters in the state likely will get the last word.
A Virginia lawmaker is calling on the Air Force to reverse a decision to remove a Latin reference to “God” from a logo after an atheist group complained.
This Bible study for Feb. 12 is adapted from the Masterwork curriculum published by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.