Archive - Dwayne Hastings
Religion has an important role in politics
Just days before Rick Santorum put his campaign on ice, Richard Land suggested it was time for the former Pennsylvania senator to abandon his presidential campaign. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Apr 11, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, ,
ABC Network ‘far over the line’ with new comedy
COMMENTARY
Just when you think network television has pushed the envelope as far you’d imagine they’d ever dare, along comes another program that goes far beyond that stretched-out line of decorum and respect. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Mar 14, 2012
Topic: Culture, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity,
Evangelicals rising, but U.S. faltering, Land says
While the number of evangelicals in the United States is rising, the moral health of the nation continues to falter, Richard Land told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 14. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jun 17, 2011 - (2)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Citizenship, National,
Suspect study affirms deadly solution
The esteemed New England Journal of Medicine recently published a report out of Denmark that made the questionable assertion that women who aborted their babies suffered fewer mental issues than women who gave birth. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Mar 4, 2011 - (3)
Richard Land Leaves Interfaith Coalition, Affirms Religious Liberty
Richard Land announced January 21 he had listened to Southern Baptists and as a result was withdrawing his name from a diverse coalition established to monitor “mosque discrimination” in the U.S. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jan 22, 2011 - (30)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty,
New Study Bible Built by Readers
The Holman Christian Bible, published in 2004 by Broadman & Holman (B&H), has quickly become a favorite translation, now having sold more than 6 million copies. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jan 17, 2011
Learning a lesson of contentment with the VeggieTales characters
There are a handful of movies that are must-viewing every Christmas season for my family. Included among these special movies is the classic Jimmy Stewart film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Oct 1, 2010
Hope for America rests on believers, ERLC trustees told
The consensus evident at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s annual trustee meeting is that the United States is in dire straits and facing an uncertain future, but the matter at hand was what Southern Baptists will do about it. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Sep 22, 2010
Topic: Faith,
Sidestepping Samson’s Fate
A popular physical ed teacher at a Tennessee elementary school lost his job after local officials discovered he was visiting pornographic Web sites–more than one hundred such Internet sites–on a school computer during school hours. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jul 7, 2010
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography,
Abortion Statistics
While studies indicate that a growing number of Americans believe that abortion on demand should be restricted and that the number of abortions per year have been declining since 1990, there are still over a million babies aborted each year in the U.S. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Dec 10, 2009