Jason Lee got a wakeup call on 9/11. He was serving as a missionary in Kenya in 2001. Ten percent of the population he served were Muslim Somali refugees. When the news of the terror act on U.S. soil reached the village, there were indigenous Kenyans who offered to protect him from Muslims, whom they …
Continue...Last September, amid the buzz of fresh energy after a summer break and the hopeful promise of a new academic year, Lizbeth Duran-Ortiz, a Spanish translator at a Birmingham, Ala., area elementary school, sat frozen and scared at her desk. Having heard that day’s announcement that there would be a move to end DACA, she …
Continue...Panel: Death and Disease—Respecting Human Dignity Throughout All of Life (Daniel Darling—moderator, Scott James, Paige Cunningham, Benjamin Mast and Ben Mitchell) Every human being will age and face death. And as Paige Cunningham pointed out during the panel, most people will have to make a bioethical decision—whether for themselves or for a family member. How …
Continue...Are You Mentally Healthy Enough? Preparing for Adoption’s Hardships (Sharen Ford) “The question is not if the battle is going to happen, but when,” said Sharen Ford, who opened Friday’s session with some words of caution for adoptive parents, or those considering adoption. As the program director for adoption and orphan care efforts at Focus …
Continue...“Your presence makes a great statement to the culture that we are willing to defend life,” said Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly as he—along with ERLC president Russell Moore—welcomed hundreds to Evangelicals for Life. Before the speakers and panelists ascended the platform for the afternoon and evening sessions, he reminded the attendees, “We’re on the …
Continue...Russell Moore sits down with civil rights hero, John M. Perkins for a conversation about his history and the future of this important movement. Jenny Yang writes poignantly of the immigrant experience. Jamaal Williams speaks of the difficult challenges of planting, cultivating and establishing multiethnic churches. David E. Prince gives pastors a framework from which to …
Continue...In this issue of Light Magazine, Karen Swallow Prior asks if this is our pro-life moment and writes about current cultural attitudes toward abortion. Joy Allmond traces Southern Baptists' path to a pro-life position. Mike Cosper writes about how we talk about abortion as society and how language matters to the conversation. Pastor Garrett Kell …
Continue...In this issue: Russell Moore with Rosaria Butterfield, Christopher Yuan, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., and Joy Allmond profiles Mike Goeke Read this issue online.
Continue...For many women, Mother’s Day is a happy time—a time to be recognized and praised by husbands and a day when “her children rise and called her blessed.” It’s a day of reflection and gratitude for the woman who basks in the gift of motherhood. Yet, for other women, Mother’s Day is painful. It’s a …
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