Apologetics - article
Obama: Sermon on the Mount supports gay civil unions - Baptist Press
Mar 4, 2008 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Bible, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
“Gospel of Judas” misinterpreted by Nat’l Geographic
GetReligion.org
Betrayed with a translation
Easter 2006 featured an unrelenting public relations offensive (emphasis on offensive) by the National Geographic Society and its National Geographic magazine that argued that Judas was unfairly maligned by Christians. The story was covered far and wide by all the major media outlets. A later update on the story hasn’t received as much coverage — not by a long shot — but I thought it worth highlighting. In a New York Times op-ed, April DeConick, a professor of Biblical studies at Rice University, argues that National Geographic got the story wrong:
Dec 10, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Family, Pop Culture
BRAND NEW - JosiahRoad.com Launches
Josiah Road is a community of concerned individuals dedicated to changing the world. We invite you to browse the forums, dig into the wiki, and discover how you can work with other like-minded individuals to make a difference in the culture.
by: Matthew Hawkins - Jun 18, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Bible, Ministry, Family, Life, Citizenship, Science, Issues
ERLC launches unique Web community
NASHVILLE—When news reports began trickling out in March that some brands of pet food were contaminated with a deadly ingredient, pet owners in America rushed to their cupboards—and the Internet. more »
by: Dwayne Hastings - Jun 12, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Ministry, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Issues
SBC’s ministry to homosexuals shifts into higher gear
Bob Stith soon may be stepping down as pastor of Carroll Baptist Church in Southlake, Texas, but he is definitely not stepping away from ministry. more »
by: Dwayne Hastings - May 22, 2007 - comments: 19 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Ministry, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
WSJ - Christianity Without Salvation
Christianity Without Salvation
The legacy of the “Social Gospel”—100 years later.
BY JOSEPH LOCONTE
Friday, May 11, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
Within a few years of its publication in 1907, “Christianity and the Social Crisis” swept through America’s Protestant churches like a nor’easter, selling more than 50,000 copies to ministers and laypeople alike. In an age of social upheaval, Walter Rauschenbusch’s jeremiad was meant to rouse the church from its pietistic slumber. “If society continues to disintegrate and decay, the Church will be carried down with it,” he warned. “If the Church can rally such moral forces that injustice will be overcome . . . it will itself rise to higher liberty and life.”
May 11, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Bible, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Social Issues, Issues
Study: Religion is Good for Kids
Live Science
By Melinda Wenner
Special to LiveScience
posted: 24 April 2007
09:39 am ET
Kids with religious parents are better behaved and adjusted than other children, according to a new study that is the first to look at the effects of religion on young child development.
The conflict that arises when parents regularly argue over their faith at home, however, has the opposite effect.
Apr 26, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Family, Children, Parenting, Science
Day of Silence countered by Day of Truth
This April 18, thousands of students at high schools across the country will once again be demonstrating their support of homosexuality during the annual Day of Silence. more »
by: Lucretia Goddard - Mar 28, 2007 - comments: 71 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Persecution, Religious Liberty, Social Issues
Faith by example - Dungy, Smith
Our First Amendment rights of freedom of religious expression were on display Sunday night for the world to see, and in a most special setting. more »
by: Richard Land - Feb 6, 2007 - comments: 3 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Newsweek Blog: Childlike Faith
by: staff - Jan 3, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics