It can almost be humorous at times when the modern jargon of “the separation of church and state” finds its way into our flip, postmodern American discourse. Somehow morality formed from the Judeo-Christian tradition has no place in our government; since it is morality, not religion, which seems to be the true object from which [...]
Pro-Life Leader Jill Stanek Endorses Santorum for President by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/18/12 2:34 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Jill Stanek, the nurse who exposed the practice of live-birth abortions that resulted in pro-life legislation signed by President George W. bush, is the latest pro-life leader to endorse the presidential campaign of [...]
From the campaign to elect David McSweeney State Rep., 52nd District… Barrington Township: David McSweeney, candidate for State Representative in the 52nd District has been endorsed by four well known Pro-Life organizations. The Illinois Federation for Right to Life, the Illinois Citizens for Life, the Lake County Life PAC, and the Pro-Life Victory PAC of [...]
From the campaign to elect David McSweeney State Rep., 52nd District… Barrington Township: David McSweeney, candidate for State Representative in the 52nd District has been endorsed by four well known Pro-Life organizations. The Illinois Federation for Right to Life, the Illinois Citizens for Life, the Lake County Life PAC, and the Pro-Life Victory PAC of [...]
To facilitate curiosity or help with current studies a good home library should at least include: *A book of Bible facts *A book of History (in a time-line format) *A book of General Science facts *A book of Animal facts World of Animals is a 256 pages full-colored book filled with spectacular photos and interesting facts. [...]
VIDEO: Demonstration against pastor who defends death-penalty-for-gays dogma hosted on campus of University of Nebraska, Omaha, week after week. MSNBC’s Ed Schultz called Rev. Kayser’s views “jaw-dropping” Michigan GOP state senator Tom McMillin, sponsor of two anti-gay Michigan bills, is shown here repeatedly refusing to answer constituent questions about his ties to Koch Bros.-funded ALEC, [...]
We all be based upon our vehicles for going and for most other objectives. Life without having a car simply seems impossible to live on, but notice speedier if a professional seizes the car and you cannot take the item back. Here understanding a few car repossession laws undoubtedly are a huge guidance. But let [...]
TIME (blog)Pipeline Politics: Keystone Is Dead (For Now). What Happens Next?TIME (blog)That’s not a knock on the protest movement—obviously they have concerns about the risk of pipeline safety and spills as well—but it makes the Keystone decision less a climate victory than a victory for traditional environmental politics, as I wrote …Keystone pipeline rejected over [...]
Rev’d Colin Coward, Changing Attitude (2011) “As so often where such matters are concerned, the worthy Archbishop sounds the drum for High Church Tories.”David Blackburn Spectator Coffee House (2011) “If you have never heard of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, I’ll forgive you, as His Grace has been dead for close to 500 years. But the fellow [...]
“Personhood” has dominated the abortion debate in recent months, highlighted by the failure of a high-profile constitutional amendment in Mississippi. And while abortion rights advocates in several states continue to defend against other bills that would define an embryo or fetus as a person, advocates in Washington state are taking the offensive. Photo by Alan [...]
Public and private schools in Whatcom County are closed Wednesday, Jan. 18 due to bad weather and poor road conditions, but Western Washington University will open on time, officials said this morning. All public school districts canceled classes – Bellingham, Blaine, Lynden, Lummi Nation, Ferndale, Meridian, Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley. Among private schools, Assumption [...]
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Rev’d Colin Coward, Changing Attitude (2011) “As so often where such matters are concerned, the worthy Archbishop sounds the drum for High Church Tories.”David Blackburn Spectator Coffee House (2011) “If you have never heard of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, I’ll forgive you, as His Grace has been dead for close to 500 years. But the fellow [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2012/01/19/more-nasty-christophobia/ ____________________________________________________ Indeed, if all this was not bad enough, they had another ugly piece on the same day and on the same page, this time by a certain Rob Mitchell, attacking Margaret Court for daring to express her Christian faith in public. …. Keep on speaking out in the [...]
Bloodlines: Race, Cross and the Christian by John Piper. Crossway, 2011. 304pp. In Bloodlines: Race, Cross and the Christian, well-known Minnesota pastor and author John Piper presents a compelling and cogent biblical basis for active racial reconciliation for Christians. He rightly asserts that “to be a Christian is to move toward need, not comfort” when [...]
“Our long history of religious tolerance and pluralism has strengthened our country, helped create a vibrant civil society, and remained true to the principles enshrined in our founding documents.” President Obama 01-13-2012 In September of 2001, I was a freshman at an all-girls college in Pittsburgh, PA. After the attacks on September 11th, I remember [...]
Posted by The Right Scoop on Jan 18, 2012 in Politics | 120 comments The Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is being pressured by the government of Iran to recant his Christian faith and accept Islam. If he does so they will spare his life and set him free. But he stands firm and continually refuses [...]
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” –Ephesians 4:29 “Scripture presents spiritual warfare not as the violent, bizarre end of the Christian life, but as what the Christian life is!” –Paul David Tripp Prayer Motivator [...]
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“Personhood” has dominated the abortion debate in recent months, highlighted by the failure of a high-profile constitutional amendment in Mississippi. And while abortion rights advocates in several states continue to defend against other bills that would define an embryo or fetus as a person, advocates in Washington state are taking the offensive. Photo by Alan [...]
What does the Bible say about Facebook, Twitter and social networks? Nothing? That’s right. Facebook and Twitter are not in the Bible. But there is a very clear teaching in scripture that helps us to evaluate issues that are not explicitly commanded or condemned in the Bible. This teaching is called Christial liberty. In my [...]
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IN MEMORY OF: Lena, aborted 23 Dec 2002, who would have been born 23rd August 2003. Sent to us a while ago, by another blogger, about another abortion experience, from “Heaven Knows”: Somethings remain Unspoken… She’d commented on one of our posts from 2005, saying, “I stumbled upon your site. Just wanted to share my [...]
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. We’re sixteen Republican debates into the election season. By November, we’ll have all whipped ourselves into a vitriolic froth and will have convinced ourselves that the very survival of the planet hinged on the result [...]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is unveiling a plan to boost tourism to the U.S. by making it easier for people in China, Brazil and elsewhere to come to this country, promoting visits to national parks, and adding business executives to a tourism advisory board. The president was announcing those steps and others in a [...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Under duress two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney acknowledges he has part of his millions invested in the Cayman Islands, although his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven. Neither Romney nor his campaign are providing details, including how much he has [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final results of the Iowa caucuses, Republican officials said Thursday, but no winner was declared because some votes remain missing in the event’s closest finish ever. Romney had initially been considered the winner — by just 8 [...]
EASLEY, S.C. – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is drawing big, enthusiastic crowds and fending off new attacks from GOP front-runner Mitt Romney while reveling in a strong debate performance and a nod from tea party favorite Sarah Palin. But it’s unclear whether the former House speaker’s latest burst of momentum, reflected in both internal [...]
DES MOINES (Reuters) – Former Senator Rick Santorum won the January 3 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses by a razor-thin margin of 34 votes, according to certified results released on Thursday by the Iowa Republican Party. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney had been declared the winner on the night of the caucuses, but now falls to [...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Texas Gov. Rick Perry will abandon his presidential bid and endorse Newt Gingrich, two Republican officials said Thursday, a move coming just two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary as Republican front-runner Mitt Romney struggles to fend off a challenge from the former House speaker. Perry scheduled a news conference Thursday [...]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Congress are back where they were before Christmas, locked in an election-season tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Republicans hope to again force Obama to make a politically risky decision, while he is seeking to put it off until after the November election. Obama [...]
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Sen. Joseph Kyrillos will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to run against Sen. Bob Menendez in November. Two people familiar with Kyrillos’ plans told The Associated Press on Thursday the 51-year-old Monmouth County legislator is switching the federal exploratory committee he formed months ago to a campaign account, [...]
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, and is likely to endorse Newt Gingrich, two Perry campaign sources said on Thursday. Perry has scheduled a news conference in North Charleston, S.C., for 11 a.m. EST. Perry led polls of the Republican candidates after [...]
Written By : William Teach Mostly, the Times writer, Craig Leisher, learns the pitfalls For our year living in the woods of Maine, I wanted a place where I could see and hear wildlife. Someplace both quiet and remote. In our part of Maine, quiet and remote means off the electrical grid. Our summer rental [...]
Written By : Kathleen McKinley I think this is important to address because this is a lie that the Democrats are more than happy to spread. Usually I ignore Sheila Jackson Lee because she sees all things through the lens of race. A sad way to go through life, I think. But here she is [...]
Written By : William Teach Via Mediate CNN political analyst Paul Steinhauser is reporting that Texas Governor Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid for the GOP nomination Thursday afternoon, ahead of the South Carolina debate later Thursday night. Steinhauser said that CNN political reporter Peter Hamby has two sources that [...]
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney told a crowd of supporters in Spartansburg, S.C., on Wednesday that his opponent Newt Gingrich taking credit for creating jobs during his time in [...]
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a campaign town hall at the Art Trail Gallery, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told supporters in West Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday that President Ronald Reagan “inherited a terrible economy and began turning [...]
(CNSNews.com) – The Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual advocacy group, has produced a “professional development film” through its Welcoming Schools project for school staff and parents that features 6- to 12-year-olds talking about gays and lesbians. The film is called “What Do You Know? Six to Twelve Year Olds Talk about Gays and Lesbians,” and [...]
David Rubenstein, a co-founder of the Carlyle Group, told the Associated Press he was inspired to help fund the repairs to the 555-foot obelisk when it became clear how severely damaged it was by a 5.8-magnitude quake on Aug. 23. The monument received about 1 million visitors a year before the famous landmark was closed to [...]
On Thursday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich spoke about the possibility that ABC News is sitting on a potentially career-ending interview with his second ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich. Gingrich declined to speak on the matter itself, but urged co-host Ann Curry to consult his two daughters. He also urged ABC News not [...]
Amid news that Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne’s interview with ABC will air tonight, a political veteran who has had past ties to Gingrich, reminds me that the former Mrs. Gingrich has long opposed his running for president. “I think it matters that she’s been saying this shit for years — and has been doing things to [...]
Tejinder Singh . Posted Thu, January 19th, 2012 7:59 am We continue our Community discussion of Justice O’Connor’s legacy by asking you for your thoughts on the ways in which Justices O’Connor and Kennedy have occupied the role of the Court’s “swing vote.” As the ideological centers of their respective Courts, these two Justices have [...]
Same-sex marriage advocates want to have a family values conversation with Iowans. They launched a statewide “public education campaign” Wednesday aimed at moving the conversation about marriage rights out of the political arena and into family rooms and dens. The effort, called Why Marriage Matters, is led by One Iowa, which seeks civil rights for [...]
slideshow (Washington, DC) – Leaders of some of the largest religious communities in the United States have joined together in an open letter to all Americans to voice their shared concern for marriage and religious freedom. The letter, titled “Marriage and Religious Freedom: Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together,” was released January 12th. Signers [...]
IL lawmakers set to push for school vouchers — again January 18, 2012 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News Through vouchers, tax dollars are used to help pay for tuition at private schools. Although attempts at instituting a voucher program have been made, the idea has yet to achieve enough support to make it [...]
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Governors of 12 states, all of them Republicans, declared Jan. 22-28 “National School Choice Week,” according to organizers of the weeklong event. Not joining them: Florida Gov. Rick Scott. According to The Birmingham News, along with Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin have [...]
The Muslim Brotherhood is trying to maneuver its way between its fierce anti-Israel ideology and the realities of governing as it ascends to leadership in Egypt for the first time in its history and faces the key question of how to deal with the country’s peace treaty with the Jewish state. The fundamentalist group’s stance [...]
(AFP) – 2 hours ago JERUSALEM — Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians overnight as they tried to enter Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said on Thursday. “Late last night, three men approached the border fence from southern Gaza to infiltrate into Israel. They were picked up by troops immediately after they [...]