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News & Current Events :: Christians Move Towards Code on Seeking Converts
2007-08-08 01:08:00
Author: Eric Subject: Christians Move Towards Code on Seeking ConvertsPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:08 pm (GMT -4) Christians Move Towards Code on Seeking Converts Robert Evans GENEVA - Christian churches are moving closer to a common code of conduct on how they go about winning converts among themselves and from other religions, the World Council of Churches (WCC) said on Monday. Conversion, sometimes dubbed "sheep-stealing" as it targets another's flock, is a cause of friction and conflict between religions and among different branches of individual faiths. Militant groups are often accused of underhand tactics in winning over new adherents. The Geneva-based WCC, working with the Vatican on the issue, said a meeting in Toulouse later this week should bring the year-long process of agreeing a conversion rule-book nearer to completion by its target date of 2009. "Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives will be taking part in the dialogue for the fir...
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News & Current Events :: Christian Mayor Rejects 'Gay Pride' Flag in Canada
2007-08-08 01:05:00
Author: Eric Subject: Christian Mayor Rejects 'Gay Pride' Flag in Canada Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:05 pm (GMT -4) Christian Mayor Rejects 'Gay Pride' Flag Knows decision unpopular but says he must abide by Bible Motivated by Christian beliefs, a Canadian mayor refused to fly a rainbow "gay pride" flag at his town hall. The decision by Bill Mills was backed by the town council of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a 6-1 vote Friday, reported the Canadian television network CTV. "There are writings in the book of Romans chapter one, to name a few – basically I have to go with that conviction, and I know it's not a popular one," said Mills, who leads a town of about 12,000 people. Mills contended he had a right to his opinion, but a local homosexual activist group called the decision a sign of homophobia in a government that should be secular. "It's about having a welcoming community ... and having people feel comfortable where they live,"...
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Psychology, Anthropology, & Sociology :: RE: Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fa
2007-08-07 23:07:00
Author: Eric Subject: Issues Tearing Our Nation's FabricPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:07 pm (GMT -4) Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric Chapter 17: Pornography We have been invaded by an enemy more insidious than any we have fought in Vietnam, Korea, World Wars I and II, the Civil War, the American Revolution, or any other battle in the history of the nation. The enemy? Pornography. It is a cancer eating away at the souls of millions of men, women, and children at this very hour. Unless this virulent disease can be stopped and defeated once and for all, it will lead this nation into a moral disaster from which we may never recover. The words on the cover of the February 10, 1997, edition of U.S. News & World Report provide a glimpse of the problem: "America is by far the world’s leading producer of porn, churning out hard-core videos at the astonishing rate of about 150 new titles per week." The accompanying cover story, compiled by reporter Eric Schlosser, reve...
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News & Current Events :: Town Could Be First U.S. Municipality Controlled b
2007-08-07 22:18:00
Author: Eric Subject: Town Could Be First U.S. Municipality Controlled by MuslimsPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:18 pm (GMT -4) Michigan Town Could Be First U.S. Municipality Controlled by Muslims Chad Groening One of the nation's leading critics of the Islamic religion is concerned that a Michigan community could become the first U.S. municipality to be controlled by Muslims. Hamtramck, Michigan, made news in 2004 when the city council passed an ordinance allowing Muslims to broadcast calls for prayer over loudspeakers in the community. Now Hamtramck has four Muslims seeking city council posts. If all are victorious, they would join one incumbent Muslim council member to control five of the six council seats. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is concerned over this upcoming election. He believes the Muslims are emboldened in the city and would impose their laws on everyone else in the community. "The fact that th...
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News & Current Events :: Lutherans Again Face Homosexuality Debate
2007-08-07 22:12:00
Author: Eric Subject: Lutherans Again Face Homosexuality Debate Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:12 pm (GMT -4) Lutherans Again Face Homosexuality Debate Lillian Kwon Evangelical Lutherans opened a churchwide assembly Monday and are slated to again open debate over the controversial issue of gay clergy and same-sex blessings. The weeklong biennial gathering in Chicago convenes more than 1,000 members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the nation's largest Lutheran denomination, who will confront the issue of human sexuality years earlier than originally planned for. The ELCA will continue its conversation on human sexuality and "the place of gay and lesbian people in ministry" although "we are still in the process of developing our social statement on human sexuality," ELCA presiding bishop the Rev. Mark S. Hanson said on Monday, according to the ELCA News Service. In 2005, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly had voted in favor of maintaining its non...
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News & Current Events :: Despite Cuba's Isolation, the Church Experiences R
2007-08-07 22:06:00
Author: Eric Subject: Despite Cuba's Isolation, the Church Experiences RevivalPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:06 pm (GMT -4) Despite Cuba's Isolation, the Church Experiences Revival Cuba (MNN) -- The Republic of Cuba is a Secular state. The Cuban people live in abject poverty, and the larger faith communities have faced intense opposition amidst claims of theoretical religious rights. At the same time, World Serve's Cuba Director Darryl Wright says their team is reaping a harvest of revival amongst the evangelical church. "It began to accelerate into a house church movement. There were about 1100 churches and house churches in 1990, and today, they're drawing close to 17,000 churches and house churches. That's revival." This year, WorldServe and the American Bible Society teamed up to deliver a landmark gift to the growing church. "It's not just the largest shipment of children's Bibles. It's the largest shipment of Bibles, period, in the history of C...
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News & Current Events :: Evangelistic Campaign Launch in Francophone Africa
2007-08-07 22:02:00
Author: Eric Subject: Evangelistic Campaign Launch in Francophone Africa Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:02 pm (GMT -4) Evangelistic Campaign Launch in Francophone Africa Africa (MNN) -- An evangelistic campaign occurring in French-speaking Africa launches this month. JESUS Film workers developed a strategy called "Operation Jericho." It's a combination of evangelism, discipleship and training aimed at West Africa's Gospel saturation. It's a project designed to do this through church partnerships. Pray for the ministry plans underway in the capital cities of 17 countries in Francophone Africa. The potential for outreach is huge. Last year's effort saw 35 new equipment sets and approximately 30 "JESUS" film showings. At one of these evening showings last year in Benin, 600 of the 1,000 viewers responded to the invitation to trust Christ. Overall last year, within six days, more than 80,000 people heard the Gospel, and approximately 9,000 indicated decis...
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News & Current Events :: Abortion #1 Killer of Blacks, Says Tennessee Pasto
2007-08-07 08:27:00
Author: Eric Subject: Abortion #1 Killer of Blacks, Says Tennessee PastorPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:27 am (GMT -4) Abortion #1 Killer of Blacks, Says Tennessee Pastor Rusty Pugh The pastor of an African Methodist Episcopal church in Tennessee says blacks in America need to know that an enemy much more dangerous than the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups snuffs out the lives of more blacks than do violence, accidents, and all diseases combined. Joseph Parker is pastor of Campbell Chapel AME Church in Pulaski, Tennessee, birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan. Parker says most blacks would agree that the Klan is viewed as the number-one enemy of blacks. Yet despite all the violence that group has committed over the years, the Tennessee pastor says it "pales in comparison" to the violence and killing committed by the world's largest abortion-provider, Planned Parenthood. "Planned Parenthood kills more black people in three days than the Klan has killed in its entire...
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News & Current Events :: Over 102,000 Pack Angel Stadium for Born-Again Exp
2007-08-07 08:23:00
Author: Eric Subject: Over 102,000 Pack Angel Stadium for Born-Again ExperiencePosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:23 am (GMT -4) Over 102,000 Pack Angel Stadium for Born-Again Experience Lillian Kwon An estimated 102,000 people attended the 18th annual Southern California Harvest Crusade in Anaheim, Calif., over the weekend while nearly 33,000 more showed up via live webcast. It's become an annual tradition for some “So Cal” families as the evangelistic crusade at Anaheim's Angel Stadium is one of the only crusades that has run for 18 years. And every year thousands return for the hottest Christian bands and up-to-date messages from evangelist Greg Laurie, who reminds them of the brevity of life. "What are you doing with your life?" Laurie asked the large crowd Saturday night from the center of the baseball field. "What are you living for? What's going to happen to you when you die?" Thousands attended the Harvest Crusade for the first time, some not kno...
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News & Current Events :: Christian NGOs Help Millions of Flood Victims in S
2007-08-07 02:32:00
Author: Eric Subject: Christian NGOs Help Millions of Flood Victims in South AsiaPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:32 pm (GMT -4) Christian NGOs Helping Millions of Flood Victims in South Asia Bei Chatlai Beita NEW DELHI – Christian organizations are doing their best to help the victims of South Asia’s fierce monsoon flooding, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives and left more than 20 million people homeless and displaced. Official reports have claimed that more than 12 million people in India, 6 million in Bangladesh and 750,000 in Nepal are affected, and face severe food shortages and vulnerability to water-borne diseases. According to the latest figures reported by Agence France-Presse, the number of people killed nationwide in the annual monsoon rains as of Sunday rose to at least 1,039. Christian organizations like Tearfund, World Vision, Christian Aid, Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR), Canadian Food for the Hunger International and their ...
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News & Current Events :: Presidential 'God Talk' Not Enough, Says Evangelic
2007-08-07 02:27:00
Author: Eric Subject: Presidential 'God Talk' Not Enough, Says Evangelical LeaderPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:27 pm (GMT -4) Presidential 'God Talk' Not Enough, Says Evangelical Leader It's the Issues That Matters Michelle Vu WASHINGTON – Nearly all Americans would agree that faith is playing a prominent role in the current presidential race. Yet an evangelical leader contends that Christians should be more concerned about where the candidates stand on issues, than the amount of “God Talk” from each presidential hopeful. “I appreciate that the candidates are taking a risk when they talk about their faith,” said Prison Fellowship Ministries President Mark Earley in a commentary last week. “The problem is that all of this ‘God Talk’ misses the point: what Christians want – or should want – is a candidate who shares their moral and culture concerns, not just their religious vocabulary.” Talks about God and personal testimonies of faith have been a bipartisan affair at...
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Psychology, Anthropology, & Sociology :: RE: Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fa
2007-08-07 02:22:00
Author: Eric Subject: Issues Tearing Our Nation's FabricPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:22 pm (GMT -4) Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric Chapter 16: Parental Rights When President Bill Clinton issued an executive order on April 21, 1997, instructing the directors of several federal agencies to give special attention to the health and safety needs of America’s children in the development of new policies and regulations, conservative and Christian organizations around the country immediately went on alert. The president’s order requires federal agencies to analyze and explain the effects of any new rules relating to children, explain how such changes will impact young people, and explain why such proposed actions are preferable to alternatives currently in practice. The risk is not that the Clinton Administration isn’t concerned with child welfare, but that the White House has demonstrated from the beginning a very different view from most Americans of "the rights of the c...
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News & Current Events :: Global Medical Alliance Connects Missionary/Church
2007-08-06 22:09:00
Author: Eric Subject: Global Medical Alliance Connects Missionary/Church PartnersPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:09 pm (GMT -4) Global Medical Alliance Connects Missionaries, Church Partners International (MNN) -- Southern Baptist medical mission work may be entering a new era. The recent Global Medical Alliance conference linked health professionals with medical missionaries overseas. Missionaries are creating new ways to use healthcare ministries in outreach without relying on traditional, expensive medical institutions. How successful is it? It's an opportunity for using critical skills in hard-to-reach places and people. In one area, the International Mission Board health outreach, coupled with training of local believers to take over the work, helped launch some 500 churches in three years. The strategy follows an ABC approach: A-Access to unreached areas. B-Behind closed doors. C-Care for the needy. D-Disciples. E-Empower the church. Th...
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News & Current Events :: HIV/AIDS Pushes Organization to Help Children in Z
2007-08-06 22:05:00
Author: Eric Subject: HIV/AIDS Pushes Organization to Help Children in ZambiaPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:05 pm (GMT -4) HIV/AIDS Pushes Organization to Help Children in Zambia Zambia (MNN) -- A ministry focusing on children in Zambia needs your help. Chief Operating Officer of Every Orphan's Hope is Gary Schneider: "Every Orphan's Hope is on the front lines of God's rescue mission for a generation of children who've been orphaned and left behind by the HIV/AIDS pandemic that's sweeping across the global." For the last five years, Every Orphan's Hope has been assisting in Zambia. Schneider says, "We're simply servants of the body of Christ and coming along side of the church who's really in the midst of a crisis that the world has never seen before when you look at the number of orphans that have been left behind." He describes the problem. "In a country of just 11 million people, one in every six adults is currently living with HIV/AIDS. A...
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News & Current Events :: Zimbabwe Running Out of Food; Doors Open for Minis
2007-08-06 22:00:00
Author: Eric Subject: Zimbabwe Running Out of Food ; Doors Open for MinistryPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:00 pm (GMT -4) Zimbabwe Running Out of Food; Doors Open for Ministry Zimbabwe (MNN) -- Zimbabwe's population risks starvation because of a severe drought and the effects of the country's economic meltdown. Crippled production and skyrocketing inflation make food hard to come by. The United Nations World Food Program recently asked for help from the international community for humanitarian food aid to over 3 million Zimbabweans facing severe food shortages over the next eight months. Scott Hendrix with GAiN USA (Global Aid Network) says many Non-Governmental Organizations are responding, including them. "We have clothing and school supplies and other things like that we're sending, but the most critical aid is the food. In the last few years, the team there has been going to villages and showing the JESUS Film. By showing the JESUS Film, they have established 346 ...
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News & Current Events :: New Evangelist Leader Plans to Avoid Politics
2007-08-06 21:55:00
Author: Eric Subject: New Evangelist Leader Plans to Avoid Politics Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:55 pm (GMT -4) New Evangelist Leader Plans to Avoid Politics DALLAS -- Nine months after influential US evangelist Ted Haggard was disgraced in a gay sex scandal, the man poised to take his place in the pulpit says he plans to steer clear of overt politics and focus on the Bible instead. "I believe Christians need to be good citizens. . . . But I will not take near the active political role that Ted did," Brady Boyd, recommended by a search committee to be the new senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said in an interview. Haggard, a vocal critic of gay marriage, was forced from the helm of New Life -- the 14,000-member "mega-church" he founded in 1985 -- in November after a male escort said the two had sexual liaisons. Haggard later admitted to undisclosed sexual immorality and also stepped down as president of the National Association of Evang...
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News & Current Events :: London Gathering Defends Vision of Radical Islam
2007-08-06 21:52:00
Author: Eric Subject: London Gathering Defends Vision of Radical Islam Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:52 pm (GMT -4) London Gathering Defends Vision of Radical Islam JANE PERLEZ LONDON, Aug. 4 — An international radical Islamic party that has been the focus of increasing concern in Britain launched a frontal attack on its critics at a carefully stage-managed conference in London this weekend that attracted several thousand relatively well-heeled Muslims. “They say, ‘You preach hate,’ ” said the party’s chairman, Abdul Wahid, a doctor in Harrow, England, to an appreciative audience segregated into his and hers sections. “I preach a hatred of the lies of people in this country that send soldiers to Iraq. I preach a hatred of torture.” The party, Hizb ut-Tahrir, calls for the return of the caliphate in Muslim countries, the end of Israel and the withdrawal of all Western interests in the Middle East. In the aftermath of the botched terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow, there ...
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News & Current Events :: Minnesota Cities Unite in Prayer
2007-08-06 21:47:00
Author: Eric Subject: Minnesota Cities Unite in PrayerPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:47 pm (GMT -4) Minnesota Cities Unite in Prayer People Gather in Churches to Mourn, Express Gratitude, Ask for Strength Vicki Smith MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 5 -- Across the Twin Cities the prayers rose up Sunday -- in Spanish, Greek and English. Prayers of peace for grieving families. Prayers of strength for those still searching the Mississippi River. And prayers of gratitude from those who were spared. At St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, an estimated 1,400 people gathered Sunday night for an interfaith service that included responsive readings and singing by the church choir. "We're here to begin the process of restoration," said Gov. Tim Pawlenty. "We are also here to begin the rebuilding process." Some in the crowd hugged and wiped tears from their eyes as speakers remembered the dead and missing. Religious leaders offered prayers from the Bible and the Koran. The ...
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Inspiration & Devotionals :: The Weak and the Strong
2007-08-06 10:00:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: The Weak and the Strong Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:00 am (GMT -4) The Weak and the Strong Jill Carattini An unlikely fleet is set to make port on the beaches of Britain. After fifteen years and nearly 17,000 miles, hundreds of yellow plastic ducks will find their journey complete on the shores of England. On January 29, 1992, three massive containers on a cargo ship from Hong Kong crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The containers were filled with brightly colored bathtub toys bound for the United States. Instead, 29,000 little plastic ducks began a journey that would be carefully monitored by children, oceanographers, and newscasters alike. After a decade and a half, the tiny bobbing chicks have traveled past Japan and back to Alaska, drifted deliberately down the Bering Strait and past the length of Greenland, and carefully floated down the eastern coastline of the United States. They have persevered through storms that would have...
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Prayer & Blessings :: Call To Prayer for Sunday, August 5, 2007
2007-08-06 10:00:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: Call To Prayer for Sunday , August 5, 2007Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:00 am (GMT -4) Praise God that children so readily listen to and accept spiritual truth. Pray children around the world hear about Jesus and take the steps to salvation. Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.' Matthew 19:14 Read more... Source: Call To Prayer 24x7 Call To Prayer by International Bible Society_________________*The Post Above Was Automatically Inserted* Although we have thoroughly examined the source of this feed before approving it for automation, we are not responsible for any content from this feed source or their website. If you have any issues with the content of this post, please contact Patrick for a resolution.
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Inspiration & Devotionals :: Daily Manna from the Net for Sunday, August 5,
2007-08-06 10:00:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: Daily Manna from the Net for Sunday , August 5, 2007Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:00 am (GMT -4) This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:16-18 NIV Read more... Source: Daily Manna from the Net [NIV] Daily Scripture reading by International Bible Society_________________*The Post Above Was Automatically Inserted* Although we have thoroughly examined the source of this feed before approving it for automation, we are not responsible for any content from this feed source or their website. If you have any issues with the content of this post, please contact Patrick for a resolution.
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News & Current Events :: Christians Look for Hope Using Online Bible
2007-08-06 05:57:00
Author: Eric Subject: Christians Look for Hope Using Online Bible Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:57 pm (GMT -4) Christians Look for Hope Using Online Bible SANTA CLARA, Cali., August 5 /Christian News wire/ -- On Aug 10th, 2007, the new Bible study and Christian inspirational site www.FaithSavers.com will be open for beta testers. The site is only available to 1000 beta testers at which point the registration process will be disabled. The www.FaithSavers.com project was created to give Christians an online tool for Bible study. The site was designed by a pair of Wayland Baptist University Alumni who are focused on brining web 2.0 technologies to the online Christian community. The founders built the site to act like a cross between web2.0 news services and modern social networking sites. Among the many features of the site, users can save verses of the Bible to their profile, mark them as read, make leave comments about them and respond to other users comments. Members can sa...
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News & Current Events :: U.N. Peacekeepers 'Vital' to Ending Darfur Crisis
2007-08-05 21:27:00
Author: Eric Subject: U.N. Peacekeepers 'Vital' to Ending Darfur CrisisPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:27 pm (GMT -4) U.N. Peacekeepers 'Vital' to Ending Darfur Crisis U.N. Breakthrough in Darfur Crisis 'Sends a Strong Signal' Maria Mackay A solution to the crisis in the troubled region of Darfur in Sudan will not be possible without the presence of U.N. peacekeepers, warned a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations. A peace deal was signed with Khartoum in May 2006 but was endorsed by only one of the three rebel factions taking part in the negotiations. Since that time, violent conflict has continued more or less unabated in Darfur. Recently, however, the United Nations issued a new resolution to send 26,000 U.N. peacekeepers to the region, giving new impetus to peace efforts, and on Saturday, the leaders of Darfur’s rebel groups took part in landmark peace talks in Tanzania for the first time in over a year. Caritas Intern...
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News & Current Events :: U.S. Pentecostal Body Enters Pivotal Moment, Urges
2007-08-05 21:22:00
Author: Eric Subject: U.S. Pentecostal Body Enters Pivotal Moment, Urges PrayersPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:22 pm (GMT -4) U.S. Pentecostal Body Enters Pivotal Moment, Urges Prayers Audrey Barrick The nation's largest Pentecostal group has issued a special prayer call in the days leading up to key leadership change. Prayers are being urged across the 2.8 million-member denomination for Sunday just before delegates head into its biennial General Council meeting where they will vote on a new head. "We are asking churches across the nation to devote a concerted time of prayer this Sunday, August 5, for God's will to be accomplished in these key posts of ministry in our Fellowship," said John Maempa, director of the National Prayer Center, according to the Assemblies of God News Service. Thomas E. Trask announced last month that he will step down as general superintendent, two years before his third four-year is up. Trask, who has led the denomination since 1993...
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News & Current Events :: The Cure for Common Christianity
2007-08-05 21:19:00
Author: Eric Subject: The Cure for Common Christianity Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:19 pm (GMT -4) Cure for 'Mad Christian Disease' Lillian Kwon Christianity has become extremely complicated, says one pastor and author. While some Christians like whole milk, others prefer 2 percent and some want soy or even condensed. "We've found ourselves catering to everybody to please them when the Gospel is not really to please people, it's to save people," says Tommy Galloway, author of newly released Cure for Common Christianity. The “milk” that Galloway is referring to is the Word of God. Furthermore, the milk is just the Gospel in its simplest form. Yet he finds that churches have complicated the message, trying to turn a not-so-pretty message of blood and sacrifice into a pretty sermon. Today, many churches are giving out messages in a "Have it your way" Burger King-fashion. "Because of our fast-food faith, never have we had so much food and so...
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News & Current Events :: Survey: Biggest Spiritual Challenges for Christian
2007-08-05 21:15:00
Author: Eric Subject: Survey : Biggest Spiritual Challenges for Christian ParentsPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:15 pm (GMT -4) Survey Reveals Biggest Spiritual Challenges for Christian Parents Audrey Barrick The biggest spiritual challenges Christian parents identified are related to the spiritual development of their children, a new survey found. Only four out of every 10 Christian parents of children between the ages of 3 and 18 said they do not face any spiritual challenges in their life, according to The Barna Group. Among those who do, 14 percent said the biggest personal challenge related to faith is raising moral children with a strong faith, which was the most common response. Ten percent identified the need to personally invest more time in religious activities, such as reading the Bible or praying, as their greatest faith challenge. When asked to rate the significance of eight specific challenges related to their faith, most do not perceive themselves to face majo...
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News & Current Events :: Why is the Pre-Teen Pregnancy Rate Dropping?
2007-08-05 21:06:00
Author: Eric Subject: Why is the Pre-Teen Pregnancy Rate Dropping?Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:06 pm (GMT -4) Why is the Pre-Teen Pregnancy Rate Dropping? Janice Shaw Crouse Newly-released data indicates great news about the nation's children –– girls aged 10-14 –– are not getting pregnant nearly as often as they did just a few years ago. This is further evidence that abstinence programs are having an impact, that they are making a difference for teens –– including children as young as 10 years of age. How can anyone hesitate to recommend abstinence for children? How, in good conscience, can a supposedly-responsible adult support public policies that would communicate to such girls and boys that "safe-sex" is an appropriate option? Even if pregnancy were not a consideration, youngsters are not physically or psychologically ready for sexual activity. Even if morality were not an issue, the earlier a child begins sexual activity, the more partners he or she will have...
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Psychology, Anthropology, & Sociology :: RE: Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fa
2007-08-05 06:09:00
Author: Eric Subject: Issues Tearing Our Nation's FabricPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:09 am (GMT -4) Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric Chapter 15: National Endowment for the Arts Most Americans hold a high view of art. We are amazed at the splendid lifelike sculptures of the Greeks and Romans; we delight in the magnificent music, paintings, and sculptures of the Renaissance; we are stirred by the probing insight and splendid detail of the Dutch Masters; and inspired by the imagination and joie de vivre of the Impressionists. We can appreciate the playful insolence of Pablo Picasso, Salvadore Dali, and Piet Mondrian, and also the edgy taunts of Claes Oldenburg, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein. But there is a point at which taste, like common sense, has its limits. Art that inspires, challenges, and uplifts the soul has a rich history and deep significance in the American experience; but inspiring and uplifting art has been in very short supply the last fif...
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News & Current Events :: A Surer Way to Feed the Hungry
2007-08-04 21:03:00
Author: Eric Subject: A Surer Way to Feed the HungryPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:03 pm (GMT -4) A Surer Way to Feed the Hungry Globally, about 800 million people are chronically hungry, and the number rises every year. The Bush administration is pushing what should be an obvious policy change to help those most acutely in need — victims of catastrophe or some other emergency. Instead of shipping American-grown food abroad, Washington would send American dollars to buy food from local farmers. The present food aid system is a favorite of American farmers. But it is also cumbersome, slow, expensive and leaves people hungry who could easily be fed. President Bush has rightly proposed shifting $300 million from farm subsidies to enable governments and relief groups to buy food locally. This plan struck a responsive chord almost everywhere except the Congress. The House omitted the idea from the farm bill it passed last week. And prospects for the Senate approving anything more t...
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Southeast :: ICR Genesis Presentation in Montgomery, AL
2007-08-04 17:58:00
Author: Eric Subject: ICR Genesis Presentation in Montgomery, ALPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:58 am (GMT -4) On Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007, Dr. John Morris from the Institute for Creation Research will be holding a Genesis Presentation in Montgomery, Alabama at Trinity Presbyterian Church on, "Creation and God's Word." For all information about this event, go to http://www.icr.org/event/352/
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