On Tuesday The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to bar men who identify as women from completing in women’s athletic competition.
That evening Speaker Mike Johnson addressed reporters at a press conference and began saying “We know from Scripture and from nature that men are men and women are women and men cannot become women.” He pointed out that differences between the sexes goes back to God’s creation of Adam and Eve. Continue reading
“Nowadays we’ve forgotten the word morals and replaced it with boundaries,” opined Freya India a London based freelance writer who focuses on politics, psychology, and culture.
I don’t know anything about Miss India’s religious affiliation, but she is spot on in her critique regarding many of our cultural problems today. Continue reading
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The General Conference of the United Methodist Church is meeting this week in Charlotte, N.C. to enact new legislation which will separate sexual relations from the marriage union.
In an post by Mark Tooley on the Juicy Ecumenism website and reposted on World.org he writes, “delegates by wide margins are disconnecting sex from marriage or even monogamy. Until now, the United Methodist Church officially taught that “sexual relations are affirmed only with the covenant of monogamous, heterosexual marriage.” Continue reading
“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness,” opined one of America’s Founding Fathers, Samuel Adams (1722-1803).
In an age when it seems the moral, ethical, and spiritual foundations all around us are crumbling, the Psalmist’s question bears repeating and reflecting on.
If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?
(Ps. 11:3) Continue reading
While we were away for Christmas break, we apparently missed this breaking news in the religious world.
“Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples”
This was the headline from the December 18, 2023, edition of the New York Times. Continue reading
We have to stop using the term “biological woman,” opined Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky swimmer in a recent speech to the Family Research Council, as reported by Ryan Foley in the Christian Post.
Gaines’ world was turned upside down just over a year ago when a 6’4″ male, who now identifies as a woman, was allowed to compete in an NCAA championship swimming event.
William Thomas, who had been swimming on the University of Pennsylvania men’s team, now known as Lia, tied Riley for 5th place in the women’s event. However, the NCAA officials were instructed to award Thomas the trophy. Continue reading
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The New York Times recently reported that former NYC Mayor, Bill de Blasio, and his wife Chirlane McCray, are separating after nearly thirty years of marriage. However, they’re not getting a divorce. Or even moving to a separate residence.
Confused? Let me explain the new morality of “consensual non-monogamy.” Continue reading
You don’t have to be a “news junkie” to know that crime in the United States is increasing.
Violent crime is especially on the rise according to FBI statistics. And not just in our major cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Even in our rural community of Citrus County our local newspaper, The Chronicle, reports murders, rapes, and armed robberies.
Recently President Biden met with New York Mayor Eric Adams to discuss the crime problem and proposals to reduce violent crime. Continue reading
“It can feel lonely to stand for Biblical morality in our radically secular culture,” observed Jim Denison, an American cultural apologist who comments on current issues through a Biblical lens.
Denison relates that he and his wife recently returned from a wonderful trip to Vermont. They enjoyed the natural beauty of the state and met many wonderful people. But they were surprised by “the irreligious nature of the culture.” Continue reading
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Since taking the oath of office, President Biden has signed a flurry of executive orders at an unprecedented rate from previous Presidents.
One that has raised concerns not only from Conservatives but Moderates and even some on the Left is the directive titled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.”
This order, writes Ramona Tausz in a New York Post article, “spells disaster for women’s shelters, sports and health care in the name of transgender equality.” Continue reading
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