KANSAS CITY – “Sound of Freedom” is a deeply unsettling and unpleasant viewing experience. It’s also a well-done, well-acted, riveting movie which – with a few caveats – demands to be seen. You may have heard of the film in recent days, perhaps due to its surprise success at the box office, its dark subject matter, its circuitous path to your local theater, or maybe all three. “Sound of Freedom” is based on the true story of Tim Ballard, federal agent on a crusade to rescue children … [Read more...]
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What do you know about MBCH?
When you hear the name “Missouri Baptist Children’s Home,” what images come to your mind? Do you see campuses full of young children waiting for a forever home? Do you see an orphanage? Does residential care only come to your mind? Well, hopefully, after you read this article, you will have learned more about what the Agency is and who it serves. First of all, instead of calling it “Missouri Baptist Children’s Home”, we are now referring to the parent corporation as MBCH. The … [Read more...]
Article XVIII of the BF&M: The Family
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article XVIII of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. “Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the … [Read more...]
Southern Seminary’s Mohler interviews Missouri Senator about ‘war against manhood’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler interviewed Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley about the “war against manhood and the American cultural crisis” in his latest “Thinking in Public,” June 21. They discussed the Missouri Senator’s latest book, Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, which was released in print, Kindle and audiobook formats last month. Mohler began the conversation: “Well, I think you know you started an argument, and I think you … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court: Colorado can’t force Christian web designer to support LGBT agenda
SCOTUS protects free speech of creative professionals in 303 Creative v. Elenis ruling WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today upheld the right of creative professionals to “just say no” to creating works that violate the creator’s religious conscience. In a 6-3 vote, the Justices said, “The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.” Denver web designer Lorie Smith wants to do … [Read more...]
‘Keep Missouri pro-life’: Missouri Baptists testify to life’s sanctity one year after reversal of Roe v. Wade
JEFFERSON CITY – Twenty-five years ago, L.P. Cook and his wife, Amy, welcomed their twin sons into the world. But there was a problem. The twins came two-and-a-half months early. “Dangerously early,” L.P. Cook, pastor of Union Hill Baptist Church, Holts Summit, said. “In fact, our son Jeremiah – one of our twin boys – had a cerebral hemorrhage right at birth or just before that,” Cook said. Because of this and other complications, he added, Jeremiah “was left with profound … [Read more...]
Missouri Gov. Parson signs bill banning sex changes for minors
Another Missouri bill prevents boys from playing girls sports EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes reporting from the Concerned Women for America communications team and from Pathway staff. JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill, June 8, preventing minors in Missouri from accessing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries that can alter their bodies irreparably. The bill (SB 49) was passed in the wake of St. Louis Children’s Hospital becoming a focus of national attention when … [Read more...]
First U.S. law banning public drag shows ruled unconstitutional
NASHVILLE (BP) – A federal district judge has ruled unconstitutional a Tennessee law prohibiting gender-bending drag performances in front of minors, which had been the only such law in the nation. Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) violates constitutionally protected freedom of speech, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled late June 2 in the Western District Court of Tennessee. “The AEA’s regulation of ‘adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors under § 39-17-901’ … [Read more...]
UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘made up’
EDITOR'S NOTE: Will Hall is executive editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message (LBM). This article was first published on the LBM website here. CORRECTED, JUNE 10, TO CLARIFY INFORMATION ABOUT DR. AZ HAKEEM IN PARAGRAPH FOUR. BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – In a stunning interview on Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Dr. Az Hakeem, who was identified as “the only psychiatrist in the UK to specialize in working psychotherapeutically with gender dysphoria patients, which he has done for 23 … [Read more...]
‘Our job isn’t finished,’ Missouri Baptists tell Midwest March for Life participants
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists – including three keynote speakers – joined a crowd of some 700 pro-life advocates during the Midwest March for Life, April 26, on the lawn of the State Capitol here. Brandy Meeks, president of the Vitae Foundation and member of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC), put a spotlight on the abortion industry’s efforts to convince young people to support abortion. “Friends, parents, grandparents that are out there, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court suspends abortion pill ruling temporarily
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court placed a temporary hold Friday afternoon (April 14) on a week-old decision that suspended the federal government’s 2000 approval of the abortion pill. Associate Justice Samuel Alito ordered a stay of the federal court ruling out of Texas until 11:59 p.m. (EDT) Wednesday, April 19. Alito, who is assigned motions that arise from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, said a response to the emergency request by the Biden administration for the hold must … [Read more...]
Fifth Circuit upholds protections in abortion pill appeal
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A federal appeals court has blocked a nationwide injunction suspending the two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill but restored protective requirements weakened in recent years by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In an opinion issued late Wednesday (April 12), a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans halted a federal judge’s April 7 stay of the FDA’s 2000 approval of mifepristone, the first drug in a two-step process commonly … [Read more...]
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