Archive for January, 2012
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
(Image by elycefeliz via Flickr) Last Sunday, Catholic churches all across America read a letter to congregants supporting the church’s stance against the Obama administration order that employers must include contraception and abortion-inducing drugs in their health-care coverage. Churches are exempt from the order but not allied ministries including hospitals, schools, and colleges regardless [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Politics & Religion, American Church, Catholic Church, Christian living, USA
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]
Filed under: -Bible Issues, -Christology, -God, -New Testament, Apologetics, Culture & Religion
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
(Julea Ward from ADF website) Today (Friday 1/27/12), the US 6th Circuit ruled in favor of a graduate student who was expelled from a university counseling program because of her Christian beliefs about homosexuality. It is a real victory for religious freedom. Here’s a summary of the case according to Citizen Link: “The 6th [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, Attacks on Christianity, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Education, Lawsuits
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Just in case you didn’t hear about it, nearly half a million pro-life supporters marched on Washington DC on Monday. As usual the event was under reported if reported at all by the main stream media. For instance, the CBS coverage keyed in almost exclusively on the few hundred counter demonstrators who were also on [...]
Filed under: -Pro-Life, Abortion, Media Bias, MSM, USA
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
(Cover of Jay Leno) In American comedy everything is fair game. If I told you that Jay Leno had offended a whole religion while telling a joke on Mitt Romney you would probably assume that Mormons were the offended party but you would be wrong. After all what connection does Gov. Romney have with [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Freedom of Speech, Culture & Religion, Toleration, USA
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) The dictator is gone and the ‘free’ elections in Egypt are over and have produced an Islamist majority in Parliament. Even though their were many incidences where the Coptic Christians were kept from voting, former president Jimmy Carter judged the elections to be “acceptable” Now Coptic Christians who make up approximately [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Politics & Religion, -Religious Persecution, Coptic Church, Culture & Religion, Egypt, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Brotherhood
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
More than 40,000 joined in eighth annual ‘Walk for Life West Coast’ event in San Francisco, California, on Saturday. According to the Christian Post: The crowd gathered at Civic Center Plaza in front of the San Francisco City Hall on Saturday morning for an "Info Fair," which featured music, speakers and activities for kids. The [...]
Filed under: -Pro-Life, Sanctity of Life, USA
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