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Getting Into Hot Water: Evangelicals and Global Warming
Introduction
The subject of anthropogenic global warming has become an issue of much discussion in American culture in general and among evangelicals in particular1. more »
By Benjamin Phillips - Feb 3, 2009
Topic: Science, Environment,
Wise Decision–Making in a Wicked World (God’s Guidelines for the “Gray Areas)
Daniel L. Akin is president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Ethical and moral decision-making in the 21st century is confronted with many new and diverse challenges, and a radically biblical perspective is demanded. more »
By Danny Akin - Feb 3, 2009 - (2)
Topic: Family, Abuse, Addictions, Living, Citizenship, Social Issues,
How Christians Can Be Involved In Politics
The Christian’s concern for citizenship is not a matter merely of understanding, but also of acting. The final test of our citizenship is not what we think and say, but what we do. more »
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, ,
Heritage Foundation Reports Show Effectiveness of Abstinence Education
The Heritage Foundation has completed multiple analyses of studies, showing that abstinence education is effective.
In 2004, Melissa G. Pardue of the Heritage Foundation analyzed a report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) and the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform entitled The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Education Programs. more »
By staff - Sep 2, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Abstinence,
ERLC Policy Position: Opposing the Reduction of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Since the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was increased to 21 years old by every individual state in the mid-1980s at the prompting of the federal government, there have been some groups and individuals who have sought to lower the legal drinking age. more »
By Andy Lewis - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health,
A Perspective on War, Love and Iraq
College campuses around the country are rife with debate over the legitimacy of the War on Terror and, specifically, the war in Iraq. This conversation has also reached the Christian collegiate community, but in a different way. more »
By Joel Heimbach - Aug 26, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Citizenship, War, Issues, ,
The Christian and Alcohol
As published in the Criswell Theological Review
Excerpt:
Recently, Barrett was enjoying lunch with a good friend. When their conversation turned to their children, he mentioned that his daughter had just turned 21. more »
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Apr 18, 2008 - (12)
Topic: Family, Abuse, Addictions, , Substance Abuse, Citizenship, Social Issues,
Some Positive Benefits Churches Bring to Communities
The American founders viewed churches as a central institution within American life, because religion provided the moral foundation of self-restraint and community awareness necessary for the success of republican self-government. more »
By Andy Lewis - Mar 13, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty,
The Role of Women in Public Life
The question about the role of women in the political life of our nation is an important and certainly timely one. I do not believe that the Bible prohibits women from serving at any level of public life. more »
By Barrett Duke - Nov 8, 2007 - (18)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Marriage, Wives, Parenting, Mothers, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Community Service, ,
Abortion and Breast Cancer: The Link That Won’t Go Away
There are many well established and well-known causes of breast cancer, such as inheriting a BRCA gene (a defective gene associated with increased breast cancer risk) and being exposed to oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. more »
By Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., FACS - Nov 2, 2007