Article posted on the Gospel Coalition website. The Story: The Chinese government recently admitted that over the last four decades the country has aborted 336 million unborn children, many of them forcibly. The Background: According to the Financial Times, on March 14 the Chinese Health Ministry reported the following statistics for its family planning practices since 1971: — 336 […]
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A SBC Leader Denounces Papacy
This is a re-post of this article quoting some statements from Dr. Albert Mohler. A Southern Baptist seminary president urged evangelicals not to get too caught up in all the excitement surrounding the naming of a new pope. “Evangelical Christians simply cannot accept the legitimacy of the papacy and must resist and reject claims of […]
A Catholic priests reflects on the Sandy Hook tragedy
Article by MAUREEN DOWD, posted on The New York Times. When my friend Robin was dying, she asked me if I knew a priest she could talk to who would not be, as she put it, “too judgmental.” I knew the perfect man, a friend of our family, a priest conjured up out of an […]
‘I’m spiritual but not religious’ is a cop-out
Here is a good article by CNN writer, Alan Miller. Editor’s note: Alan Miller is Director of The New York Salon and Co-Founder of London’s Old Truman Brewery. He is speaking at The Battle of Ideas at London’s Barbican in October. The increasingly common refrain that “I’m spiritual, but not religious,” represents some of the […]
Billy Graham site removes Mormon ‘cult’ reference after Romney meeting
Surprising change of stance by Billy Graham today on CNN. By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) – Shortly after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney enjoyed cookies and soft drinks with the Rev. Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham on Thursday at the elder Graham’s mountaintop retreat, a reference to Mormonism as a […]
Should we abandon the idea of hell?
This article from CNN contains 2 views. Clearly, I believe in the second view by Mark Driscoll. Read and decide for yourself. View #1: The dangerous effects of believing in hell Editor’s note: Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author. By Frank Schaeffer, Special to CNN Is it any coincidence that the latest war of […]