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Virginity pledges: Still a good idea?
Before 2008 ended, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin welcomed her first grandchild into the world. Her daughter Bristol and fiancé Levi Johnston named their baby Tripp. more »
By Penna Dexter - Jan 12, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Gay activists demand Obama concessions for Warren pick
The gay-rights movement’s leading organization is calling on President-elect Barack H. Obama to “turn the corner” on the Rick Warren controversy by endorsing its policy agenda for homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender people. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 22, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Newsweek’s “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage” Misses the Mark
In the Dec. 15, 2008 edition of Newsweek, Lisa Miller attempts to make “the religious case for gay marriage.” Well, she may have made a “religious” case for same-sex marriage, but she certainly did not make a biblical one. more »
By Richard Land - Dec 16, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
‘Tis the season for Christian-bashing
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, according to the 1963 Johnny Mathis hit song written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle.
I, too, thought the song was much older but Google, that limitless fount of information for the Internet Age, proved me wrong once again. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Dec 13, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Religious Liberty, Social Issues
State gets mixed results in wet/dry votes; nation decides other issues
Baptists in three Alabama counties won their fight against the expansion of alcohol sales Nov. 4, while the city of Arab and Cleburne County both voted to go wet. more »
By staff - Nov 24, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Parenting, Adoption, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Homosexual rights group again targets Mississippi College
Homosexual rights group Soulforce picketed the campus of Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College (MC) in Clinton on October 19-20, the second time in a year the group came to town to protest what they consider to be the school’s discrimination against “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender” students. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Nov 7, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
BCM/D churches use Celebrate Recovery Program to bring help for the hurts, hang-ups and addictions
COLUMBIA, Md.—John Baker, founder of Saddleback Church’s “Celebrate Recovery” program, committed his life to Jesus as a child, but later struggled as an alcoholic. more »
By Sharon Mager - Nov 6, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Addictions, , Gambling, Substance Abuse, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Another state falls
On October 10, Connecticut became the third state in the country to legalize homosexual marriage by judicial fiat when the state’s Supreme Court ruled by a razor-thin 4-3 vote that same-sex couples have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexual couples. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Nov 6, 2008
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Obama gains historic win; conservatives watch & wait
Democrat Barack Obama made history Nov. 4 by becoming the first African American elected to the U.S. presidency, but the victory left many evangelical Christians and other social conservatives concerned his administration will undermine pro-life and pro-family policies. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 5, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, , National
Because of them, I am forever changed
I grew up in Southern Baptist church culture. During adolescence I found myself overwhelmed by homosexual attractions. I had no idea how to fight something so powerful. more »
By Melanie Spinks - Oct 28, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality