Where Do Candidates Stand on Pornography?
Image: She and her father, Ed Smart, testified at the U.S. Capitol last summer. He said, "Pornography provides a slippery slope to take the next step to abuse and exploitation." Violent pornography...
View ArticleNavy Signals Course Reversal in Refusing to Charge Chaplain
Image: During their sessions Modder was continually pressed for his personal opinions regarding homosexuality. After sharing his beliefs he was charged with discrimination. Additional charges cited...
View ArticleChristians Persecuted by Muslims Even in the West
Image: It gets worse. When Christian refugees finally do make it to Western shores, they continue to be attacked by Muslims, or fellow "refugees."According to a September 30 report, in Germany, "Many...
View ArticleGerman Pastor Faces Hostility from Fellow Pastors for his Stand on the Faith
Image: VOL presents this video as evidence of the growing hostility to orthodoxy in the land of Luther.German Pastor Faces Hostility from Fellow Pastors for his Stand on the FaithSubmitted by David W....
View ArticleCatholic Bishops on Divorce & Cohabitation
Image: They added that "Divorced and remarried Catholics want the same thing that all observant Catholics want. They want to stay in the faith."Divorced and remarried Catholics are unable to receive...
View ArticlePC Censorship and the Quest for the Truth
Image: I've always been wary about people suppressing the truth and using power to do it. But I've been taken by surprise about how it has happened in the last 15 years or so, and how quickly.It took...
View ArticleA new identity will not make you happy
Image: A more in-depth Snopes report brought to light an online discussion group of people who "wannabe blind", where the woman in question seemingly found support and encouragement in her efforts. The...
View ArticleSALT LAKE CITY: Restoring the Natural Family
Image: This past week, the city became the de facto capital of the world for conservative international groups dedicated to restoring the natural family and delegitimizing the sexual revolution.With...
View ArticleThe Episcopal Church's Destructive Addiction to Political Correctness
Image: The signs of her alcohol addiction had been apparent, but never addressed. The Diocese of Maryland wanted a female bishop and ignored the warning signs of her problem drinking. To have raised...
View ArticleReligious polarization on the way
Image: Between 2007 and 2014, the number of religiously unaffiliated adults in the USA has increased from 16% to 23%. At the same time, these individuals have become increasingly secular. In 2007, 70%...
View ArticleRending the Rainbow Veil: How to Make Your Church a Safe Space for Christians...
Image: Recently, my dear friend Diane was lamenting the fact that there are few places for Christians who experience same-sex attraction and wish to be faithful to Christian teaching to deal openly and...
View ArticleGermaine Greer: the feminist misogynist?
Image: The controversy dates back to something Greer wrote in the Guardian in 2009. She opined that "Nowadays we are all likely to meet people who think they are women, have women's names, and feminine...
View ArticleHomosexual Marriage -- "Born That Way" Is A Myth
Image: And, if there is some sort of recessive gene in there somewhere, you would think this would have been eradicated by now.I discussed this with a homosexual friend of mine who says that he was...
View Article"Going to Pot"
Image: President Obama has a different opinion. In an interview published by The New Yorker, Obama asserted, "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol."Perhaps he is remembering what marijuana...
View ArticleThe 'Yale snowflakes': who made these monsters?
Image: Okay, fine. It is indeed interesting, and worrying, that students are so sensitive and censorious today. But I have a question for the hand-wringers, the media people, academics and liberal...
View ArticleAn Evangelical Woman's Liberation from the Pill
Image: Evangelicals often get a bad rap for not thinking through tough theological disputes deeply enough. Perhaps it's time to prove the stereotype wrong and commit to thoughtfully reconsidering our...
View Article"Create In Me A Clean Heart": Psalm 51:10
Image: They open with Scripture and God's "beautiful plan for human love (that) was inscribed on the human heart and in the human body," in Genesis: "Male and female he created them." Since each of us...
View ArticleCould America Survive without Religion?
Image: Perhaps the first thing to note is that our Constitution is, to borrow a phrase from Hayek, a "constitution of liberty." Under it, the power of government over the people is checked and limited,...
View ArticleSeattle First Presbyterian's breakaway vote spurs $28.5 million real-estate...
Image: The church, founded in 1869, sits on a $20 million piece of property that stretches from Seventh to Eighth avenues along Spring Street. Also in contention, according to recently resigned church...
View ArticleGay marriage: the silence of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Image: But if that's your reason for opposing same-sex marriages, says Moreton, then wouldn't that be giving in to a form of blackmail? Here Welby could have waffled but didn't. "It would be. You can't...
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