Voices from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are calling for the United States government to do more to protect Nigeria’s Christians from the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram. Boko Haram and its associates have killed more than 1,000 people in the west African country during the last 18 months, […]
Daily Archives: July 18, 2012
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Fred Luter, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, opposes President Obama’s embrace of gay marriage. Yet, Luter said, a five-minute congratulatory call from the president “made my day” after his election as the SBC’s first African American president.
After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America is upholding its policy to exclude homosexuals from membership and leadership posts, despite activists’ cries for change. But at least two members of BSA’s board have vowed to work within the group for change, according to news reports.
The shelter that Thomas Road Baptist Church opened after crippling straight-line winds tore across the region June 29 became a place of spiritual refuge for some 70 people who embraced Christ for salvation on July 4.
Evangelical school Wheaton College has joined the list of religious organizations suing to overturn the Obama administration’s abortion/contraceptive mandate, asserting in a new federal suit that the mandate for religious organizations is unconstitutional and “runs roughshod over Wheaton’s religious beliefs.”
Columnist Frank Page says that too often, we as Christians hate our deadness, our lack of spiritual vitality, but we hate still more to be bothered into action.
Columnist Candi Finch says it’s possible for young women to live holy lives in a sexually charged culture and that parents must play a primary role.