Some people don’t have sexual desires. The Bible describes that as a gift of God (Matthew 19:11-12; 1 Corinthians 7). Today it’s being called a”sexual orientation,” an identity. There is now an “asexual community,” whose members call themselves “Aces.” (more…)
Evangelicals, Pentecostalists, and even Mormons took part in a recent Vatican conference on marriage, which was hosted by Pope Francis. Southern Baptist social ministries spokesman Russell Moore was an invited speaker. So was megachurch pastor Rick Warren, who was said to have turned the Roman
Does this message from an estranged husband to his wife after she filed a restraining order against him sound like a threat to you? “Fold up your PFA [protection-from-abuse order] and put it in your pocket. Is it thick enough to stop a bullet?” Does
Former Virginia senator Jim Webb has formed an exploratory committee for a run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Webb, a much-decorated Marine in Vietnam, was President Reagan’s Secretary of the Navy. He later turned Democrat, but he has been very much a maverick. A die-hard
Progressive education, which tries to reduce everything to a narrow academic specialty, thinks “liberal arts” means “humanities.” But in reality, the classical liberal arts refers to a whole approach to education– one that is broad rather than narrow, connected rather than fragmented, open to the
In Europe and Asia, thousands of spectators are rooting for their favorite well-paid players, listening to color commentary, and filling arenas to watch people playing video games. The time may come when, instead of watching professionals play in the NFL, we will watch professionals play
Another family innovation: Marrying yourself. (more…)
My longtime friend, the Rev. Harold Senkbeil, has an article in the latest Concordia Journal entitled “Engaging the Culture Faithfully.” It is a scathing critique of how the Church as a whole has been accommodating the culture instead of truly engaging it. At the same
President Obama has issued an executive order protecting some 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation. On what authority, you may ask? He is invoking the principle of “prosecutor discretion,” under which a law enforcement officer may choose, for example, which speeders to chase down. So
Some ministers are signing a “marriage pledge” promising not to sign state marriage licenses as a protest against legalized gay marriage. This strikes me as a terrible, if well-intentioned, idea. Doesn’t this mean that the marriages performed by these pastors won’t be legally recognized, unless
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