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NOW PLAYING: Bella
Bella
Oct 27, 2007
Topic: Family, Parenting, Adoption, Pop Culture, Life, Abortion, Science, Bioethics
IVP: Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study…
Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse present social science research on homosexuals designed to answer the questions
* Can persons who receive religiously informed psychotherapy experience a change in their sexual orientation? * Is it harmful for anyone to receive such therapy?The results show that outcomes for this kind of therapy are similar to outcomes of therapy for other psychological problems. Such therapy is not harmful to individuals.
This research will be of interest to all those who want to know the latest research on sexual orientation change and the effects of religiously based therapy on those who utilize it.
Sep 17, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Travelodge Hotel Chain Switches Off its Porn TV
Travelodge, one of the largest UK hotel chains, has decided to cut out its pornography option and replace the “adult” channels with family friendly material in order to encourage the growing number of parents and children who stay at its budget hotels.
Aug 20, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Valuing Speech
Valuing Speech
Sunday, June 24, 2007
by George Will
WASHINGTON — Marriage is the foundation of the natural family and sustains family values. That sentence is inflammatory, perhaps even a hate crime.
At least it is in Oakland, Calif. That city’s government says those words italicized here constitute something akin to hate speech, and can be proscribed from the government’s open e-mail system and employee bulletin board.
Jun 30, 2007
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Gene Shopping? - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
David Brooks: America’s new pastime: gene shopping
About 40 percent say they’d use genetic engineering to upgrade their offspring
08:26 AM CDT on Saturday, June 16, 2007
At this very moment thousands of people are surfing the Web looking for genetic material so their children will be nothing like me. They are looking through files at sperm bank sites with Jetson-like names such as Xytex, which have become the new eBays for offspring.
Jun 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Life, Science, Bioethics
Graven images? Pornography in the Church - KC Star
http://www.kansascity.com/255/v-print/story/142253.html
Jun 18, 2007
Topic: Faith, Bible, Ministry, Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Study: Religion is Good for Kids
Live Science
By Melinda Wenner
Special to LiveScience
posted: 24 April 2007
09:39 am ET
Kids with religious parents are better behaved and adjusted than other children, according to a new study that is the first to look at the effects of religion on young child development.
The conflict that arises when parents regularly argue over their faith at home, however, has the opposite effect.
Apr 26, 2007
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Family, Children, Parenting, Science
Sex Offenders Test Churches’ Core Beliefs
On a marquee outside and on a banner inside, Pilgrim United Church of Christ proclaims, “All are welcome.” Sustained by the belief that embracing all comers is a living example of Christ’s love, Pilgrim now faces a profound test of faith.
Apr 10, 2007
Topic: Faith, Family, Sexual Purity, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
TIME: The Case for Teaching the Bible
The same might be said about public-school courses on the Bible nationwide. There aren’t that many. But they’re rising in popularity. Last year Georgia became the first state in memory to offer funds for high school electives on the Old and New Testaments using the Bible as the core text. Similar funding was discussed in several other legislatures, although the initiatives did not become law. Meanwhile, two privately produced curriculums crafted specifically to pass church-state muster are competing for use in individual schools nationwide. Combined, they are employed in 460 districts in at least 37 states. The numbers are modest, but their publishers expect them to soar. The smaller of the two went into operation just last year but is already into its second 10,000-copy printing, has expressions of interest from a thousand new districts this year and expects many more. The larger publisher claims to be roughly doubling the number of districts it adds each year. These new curriculums plus polls suggesting that over 60% of Americans favor secular teaching about the Bible suggest that a Miss Kendrick may soon be talking about Matthew in a school near you.
Mar 28, 2007
Topic: Faith, Bible, Family, Education, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Religious Liberty
For Some Black Pastors, Accepting Gay Members Means Losing Others
When the Rev. Dennis Meredith of Tabernacle Baptist Church here began preaching acceptance of gay men and lesbians a few years ago, he attracted some gay people who were on the brink of suicide and some who had left the Baptist faith of their childhoods but wanted badly to return. At the same time, Tabernacle Baptist, an African-American congregation, lost many of its most loyal, generous parishioners, who could not accept a message that contradicted what they saw as the Bible’s condemnation of same-sex relations.
Mar 27, 2007
Topic: Faith, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship