
By Rev. Thorin Anderson
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07.10.15
The viral discussion regarding Joshua Duggar over the last few weeks presents us with a very troubling but interesting irony. Anyone interested in the glory and honor of God and the well-being of children cannot help but be saddened by...

By Laurie Higgins
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07.01.15
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention just released a document titled “Here We Stand: An Evangelical Declaration on Marriage,” signed by scores of religious leaders. It is largely an excellent document that embodies an unequivocal,...

By Laurie Higgins
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06.26.15
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case provides yet more evidence that smart people can be monumentally foolish. This decision not only denies reality but also robs citizens of their right to self-government. From the gaseous...

06.22.15
No one wants to see a divorce or separation. And no one wants to see it made easier or erase a loving parent from a child’s life.
That’s why it’s important that you contact the Governor’s office and urge him...

By Monte Larrick
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06.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will soon issue a ruling on same-sex “marriage.” In the video below, Princeton University Professor Robert P. George tells IFI that Christians should be in prayer about the Justices’ decision:
“Prayer is...

06.15.15
Later this month The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on state marriage laws. Here are the three most important things you need to know about the case, and what to do after the Court rules.

06.10.15
Norms surrounding behaviors relating to sexual behavior and reproduction have been shifting in the U.S. in recent years. Where once normatively taboo, certain behaviors and lifestyle choices are now much more likely to be normatively sanctioned.

I am proud of my wife, Paulie. She started young loving Jesus. She gave her heart to Him when she was seven years old. Her mother guided her to the foot of the cross. And there she has remained.
Paulie’s...

By
Robert Knight
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05.27.15
As the calendar slips toward the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, there’s a storm cloud hanging over America that will release its thunder in late June.
That’s when the U.S. Supreme Court is widely expected to declare a constitutional...

I said it was coming. Many of us did. Two years ago this week the Boy Scouts of America voted to welcome into its ranks “open and avowed” homosexuality (boy-on-boy sexual attraction and behavior), thereby disavowing the “morally straight” Scout...

People living in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood are in for a shock, says an Illinois-based family advocate.

05.21.15
The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable, and called for change in order to avert potentially destructive legal battles....

A conservative legal organization is calling for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse herself from deciding the marriage case now before the court.

05.18.15
In the marriage debate, we pay a lot of attention to how polling questions are asked.
But a new report from Pew Research shows that we should watch where they’re being asked too. For years, Family Research Council and other conservative groups have watched the media twist and distort survey questions to feed their “inevitability” narrative on same-sex “marriage.”

05.16.15
A few weeks ago, I assigned the article “What is Marriage?” to the students in my gender theory class, which I teach at an evangelical university. This article presents an in-depth defense of the conjugal view of marriage, and I included it on the reading list as part of my efforts to expose students to a range of viewpoints—religious and secular, progressive and conservative. The goal is to create robust civil dialogue, and, ideally, to pave the way for thoughtful Christian contributions to cultural understandings of sex and gender.



