RALEIGH — The seminar “The New Gay Teenager” — conducted at the exclusive, taxpayer-funded Governor’s School last summer — was illegal, a national Christian legal organization says. “The New Gay Teenager” seminar was based on a book with the same name, written by homosexual Cornell University Professor Ritch Savin-Williams. The book and the Governor’s School seminar discussed whether homosexual teenagers benefit, or are harmed, by embracing labels based on their sexual orientation. The co-leaders of the seminar — 19-year-old Wesley... Read more

I don’t usually spotlight Orthodox jurisdictional errors on this blog. Besides, I was sort of “raised” by the OCA in the South and am very grateful for their ministry and support. But, since the “back-story” in the following article(s) has been whispered about for some time now, and particularly since the story is hitting mainstream — forgive me — here it is: Allegations of financial misconduct are rocking the Orthodox Church in America, whose former treasurer says top officials misappropriated... Read more

+ Female sexuality is one of the most powerful forces in this world (the only one God uses to create life). + It is a privilege that a man must earn by promising his life to her. + THERE IS NOT ONE WOMAN IN THIS WORLD WHO DESERVES ANYTHING LESS THAN EVERYTHING A MAN HAS TO GIVE. + She has lost something if she does not demand a commitment first. + The measure of a man is how much he... Read more

Our mission has failed because Iraqi animosities have proved uncontainable by an invading army of 130,000 Americans. The great human reserves that call for civil life haven’t proved strong enough. No doubt they are latently there, but they have not been able to contend against the ice men who move about in the shadows with bombs and grenades and pistols. Read more

Back in the summer of 1980, I sold books door-to-door for the Southwestern Book Company. My territory was northern Wisconsin. In Antigo, by chance, I met a fellow named Bill Kawalski (not his real name). Bill was wild about Jesus. He was some sort of regional rep for Campus Crusade for Christ. He also had about 400 ski-mobile trophies. Put it this way, he was a local star. On my way to becoming Anglican, I wasn’t particularly into the guitar-strumming,... Read more

“We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.” Read more

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With the Great Fast upon us, several searchers have found this post from last year helpful. Blog regulars, please forgive the repitition. St Ephraim’s Prayer&The Moral Person O Lord and Master of my life,Take from me the spirit of sloth, despair,lust of power and idle talk;But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see myown transgressions and not to judgemy brother, for blessed art Thou unto ages... Read more

The murder of filmmaker Michael Moore left Hollywood shaken and outraged. A fundamentalist Baptist cut the liberal icon’s throat in broad daylight on a New York City street after the release of “Submission,” his movie with actress Susan Sarandon that attacked the Religious Right for oppressing women. As a final symbolic act the killer used his knife to pin an anti-abortion tract to Moore’s chest, with an explicit warning that Sarandon was next. Read more

There’s an interesting discussion going on at GetReligion. How ’bout you? R U a CC? From a review: And the most permanent thing of all is God. At the heart of Mr. Dreher’s family-centered crunchy conservatism is an unwavering commitment to religious faith. And not just any religious faith but rigorous, old-fashioned orthodoxy. Only a firm grounding in religious commitment, he believes, can sustain crunchy conservatives in their struggle against the radical individualism and materialism he decries. Nearly all the... Read more