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Almost Everything the Media Tell You About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Is Wrong
08.23.16
A major new report, published today in the journal The New Atlantis, challenges the leading narratives that the media has pushed regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
Target Is Being Deceptive
By   |   08.23.16
Last week, Target announced a $20 million public relations diversionary tactic to make you believe the company has changed its bathroom policy. Don’t fall for it. Target has not changed its policy. While it is true the company is adding...
Christian Physicians Join the Emerging Transgender Debate
08.20.16
Suddenly transgender rights is the hot “culture wars” topic. Religious folks with traditional convictions about such matters have been largely silent, or else many newswriters haven’t yet figured how to locate them in order to report the other side of this crucial debate.
America’s Abandonment of Traditional Values Has Hurt the Black Community
08.19.16
One of the unavoidable consequences of youth is the tendency to think behavior we see today has always been. I’d like to dispute that vision, at least as it pertains to black people.
Why Do People Still Donate to Universities?
08.18.16
There was rare good news this month. On August 4, The New York Times published a front-page article headlined, "College Students Protest, Alumni's Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink."
Pastors Challenge IL Ban on Sexual Identity Counseling in Court
08.18.16
Illinois' ban on sexual identity counseling is facing a legal challenge from pastors who fear they could be charged with consumer fraud if they provide pastoral counseling to young people who want to turn away from same-sex attraction.
Why HAS the Church Been Caught by Surprise by the Body-Rejecting Revolution?
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.17.16
There’s a brief interview on the Desiring God website with Australian theologian and pastor Dr. Rob Smith. It’s titled “Why Did the Transgender Revolution Catch Us by Surprise?” Although it’s helpful in explaining the philosophical and political origins of the revolution to normalize the abnormal rejection of one’s biological sex, it ignores one of the most significant reasons that the so-called “transgender” revolution has caught most Christians by surprise: the failure of many (perhaps most) church leaders to address it.
Whoa and Giddyup
By   |   08.16.16
Self-control is not a virtue that can be tucked away in one small portion of our lives. We have seen that it applies everywhere, and that when a people are self-governed, they are in a position to enjoy free government....
Rauner Sears Conscience Law in Illinois
By Monte Larrick   |   08.10.16
Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a law which forces pro-life medical professionals to promote abortion. In response, pregnancy centers have filed a lawsuit against the governor and federal legislation is now being debated in Congress.
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