Head of LifeWay Addresses Young SBC Pastors' Concerns
February 10, 2005
An official with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) says the denomination is not looking to relax its standards when it comes to issues like the role of women in churches or the biblical response to homosexuality, but it does want its young ministers to know inclusiveness matters to the SBC. Full Story...Thanks to Pro-Life Teen's Firm Stand, Abstinence Educ. Now on NJ Campus
February 10, 2005
The efforts of a New Jersey teenager to get abstinence education into her public high school are starting to pay off. Full Story...
Pro-Homosexual Theater Ads 'Activist Indoctrination,' Says Canadian Group
February 10, 2005
A Canadian pro-family organization is calling for the boycott of a major movie theater chain in that country over its decision to allow an in-theater ad that promotes same-sex "marriage." Full Story...
Christian Internet Terror Watchdog Undaunted by Islamist Threats
February 10, 2005
A New Mexico homeless shelter director, who also writes for a Christian news service, claims he has been targeted for death by users of a radical Islamist website. Full Story...
G-Men Question Man of God About Sermon on Abortion
February 10, 2005
A pastor of a small southern Illinois church has been subjected to a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe after delivering a pro-life Memorial Day sermon comparing aborted babies to casualties of war. Full Story...
For African-American Leader, Reconciliation Rooted in Gospel
February 10, 2005
From a college basketball standout to a racial reconciliation activist, Dr. Dolphus Weary is a veteran among African-American pro-family leaders. He serves as executive director of Mission Mississippi -- a statewide unity initiative designed "to build relationships and to call persons of all races and denominational backgrounds to reconciliation." Full Story...
Policy Analyst Says Math Backs Up Bush's Social Security Concerns
February 9, 2005
Sources ranging from the Congressional Budget Office to Democratic pundits are saying that the U.S. Social Security system can pay retirement benefits until at least the year 2042. However, one policy analyst is pointing out one thing most of those sources fail to mention -- that this payout would be deficit spending. Full Story...
Educ. Advocacy Group Finds School's Excuses for Censorship Attempt Suspicious
February 9, 2005
The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has backed down from an attempt to prohibit a critic's expression of dissent. UC's legal counsel has announced the school will no longer pursue legal action against a website that points out problems on its campus. Full Story...
Former 'Israel of the West' Now Far from God, Says Dutch Journalist
February 9, 2005
The editor of a Dutch Christian newspaper says his country has moved a long way from the Christian principles that once earned it the title "Israel of the West." Full Story...
Author: 'Peace' for Palestinians = Annihilation of Israel
February 9, 2005
A Christian author and bible prophecy expert says attempts to make peace in the Middle East are a fraud -- because "peace" for the Palestinians, he says, is the destruction of Israel. Full Story...
Texas Minister Takes On Homosexual Hostility, Spiritual Confusion
February 9, 2005
A Dallas-area church called New Wine Fellowship focuses much of its outreach effort on a predominantly homosexual area of town. Every weekend, members of the congregation hit the streets in a ministry known as "Soul Patrol." Full Story...
Pro-Homosexual Study Authored by Lesbian
February 9, 2005
Raising questions about a conflict of interests, a pro-family leader claims that the co-author of a 2002 study of the children of homosexual couples is not a researcher but a propagandist. Full Story...
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