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A Christian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
By   |   11.23.15
What was President Obama’s immediate and instinctive response to this month’s Islamic terror attacks in Paris? Did he offer prayers for the families of the slaughtered and vow to wipe out the global cancer that is Islamic Jihad? Did he pledge to come alongside France and work with our wounded European ally until every last Islamic State barbarian is wiped from the face of the earth?
Syrian Refugees: U.S. House Passes WEAK Bill
11.21.15
From Eagle Forum In the wake of the evil and horrific events in Paris, Congress decided to react to President Obama’s promise to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to America. The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that adds...
The Fall of Western Snivelization
By   |   11.20.15
It is as though someone dropped our culture, what remains of it, into a fifty gallon drum of solvent, and then complained loudly when the whole thing wound up as a solution. That’s not the kind of solution I meant, complained the president.
Six Church Types That Try to Avoid Culture Wars
11.19.15
"If I could choose one more course for ministry training and preparation, it would be 'Courageous Leadership','' says Thom Rainer in a recent Christian Post article. Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, says that many challenges pastors and churches face now "can only be understood in the context of spiritual warfare" for which many church leaders are "ill-prepared."
Ask Gov. Bruce Rauner to Defund Planned Parenthood of ALL Taxdollars
By David E. Smith   |   11.19.15
Last month, Illinois Family Institute and the Christian Emergency League held a Jericho Prayer March around the executive mansion in Springfield.  More than two hundred people joined us to pray, protest, and call on Governor Bruce Rauner to end all...
U.S. Bishops Take a Stand Against Pornography, Applauded by NCOSE
11.18.15
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) applauds the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which voted today to adopt a formal statement about the crisis of pornography, entitled "Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography," at the annual Fall General Assembly. NCOSE commends the bishops' stand against pornography as exploitive and harmful material.
The Progressive ‘Super Story’ That Wasn’t
By Robert Knight   |   11.18.15
Media bias is less about slanted stories than about what’s covered – or not. For example, when a Muslim extremist cut off a woman co-worker’s head in Oklahoma City in September 2014, there was minimal coverage. A year later, the...
SCOTUS  to Hear  Major Abortion Case  on Women’s Health
By David E. Smith   |   11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is poised to render a decision next year that will be its most significant ruling on the abortion issue in more than twenty years.  The SCOTUS has agreed to hear a challenge...
High Court Revisits Abortion Rx Mandate
By David E. Smith   |   11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will revisit the legality of the Obama Administration’s contraceptive and abortion drug mandate in a crucial case this coming term. SCOTUS announced last Friday that it will hear another challenge to the...
Pot Dangerous? Mother’s Testimony Says Yes
By Monte Larrick   |   11.17.15
The big pot push is now underway in Illinois with the opening of what proponents call “medical” marijuana dispensaries. But an activist who blames her son’s suicide on his marijuana addiction warns what’s being rolled out in the Land of...
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