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Understanding the President’s Health Care Reform Plan
Today President Obama released his plan for reforming our nation’s health care system. We had hoped for a truly bipartisan, market-based approach that would have preserved the private nature of our health care system. more »
by: Richard Land, Barrett Duke, and Doug Carlson - Feb 22, 2010 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Family, Living, Finances, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
The Christian hope for government
The apostle Paul identifies hope as being one of the major characteristics of Christian living. In 1 Corinthians 13 where he describes the supremacy of love, he nonetheless includes hope along with faith as an enduring quality. more »
by: staff - Feb 18, 2010 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State
Dawn Johnsen: another radical Justice Department pick
President Obama has distinguished himself by tapping controversial figures for offices within the executive branch. One example is his choice last year for the No. more »
by: Doug Carlson - Feb 17, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood continues to grow
Another Planned Parenthood clinic is in legal trouble, but America’s leading abortion provider otherwise continues to flourish.
The Alabama Department of Public Health placed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham on probation for violations of state law, it was reported Feb. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 16, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues
Teaching the Bible in a public school
The government should be neutral when it comes to matters of faith in government-sponsored events and activities, not acknowledging (favoring) one faith over another and not avoiding (banning) religious expression on the part of its citizens all together. more »
by: Richard Land - Feb 16, 2010 - topic(s): Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
Motorola Promoting “Sexting”?
While a record audience watched the Saints and Colts do battle, Motorola and CBS were busy glamorizing a trend that is harming young people across the nation: “sexting,” reports the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families . more »
by: staff - Feb 10, 2010 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Modesty, Pornography
Tebow Super Bowl Ad Has Its Critics
The Super Bowl ad featuring Heisman Award winner Tim Tebow and his mom, Pam, was perhaps the most anticipated game-time advertisement ever. more »
by: Richard Land - Feb 9, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
ERLC releases 2010 Legislative Agenda
With lawmakers on Capitol Hill underway on their agendas in this second session of the 111th Congress, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has released its own legislative agenda for the year ahead. more »
by: Doug Carlson - Feb 9, 2010 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Legislative Agenda for 2010
A year after Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president, many of our legislative priorities and concerns remain the same. Generally, liberals were largely unable to advance many of their principal legislative goals. more »
by: Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Feb 5, 2010 - topic(s): Faith, Family, Living, Health, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, , Christian Citizenship, Healthcare, Human Rights, Hunger/Homelessness, Immigration, Legislation, National, Persecution, , Religious Liberty, Social Issues, War, Science, Bioethics, , Issues,
The Tebow commercial: Why the heated protest?
Why are groups such as the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Feminist Majority Foundation, the Women’s Media Center, and numerous “pro-choice” groups apoplectic over a Super Bowl commercial sponsored by Focus on the Family? more »
by: Richard Land - Feb 4, 2010 - comments: 3 - topic(s):