It’s rare to see kids playing sports in the neighborhood anymore. We’re now organized and “professionalized”—including uniforms, state-of-the-art facilities, endless trips to the field, competitive coaches, equally competitive parents, and the after-season tournaments designed to give parents “bleacher bottom.” In addition, you’ve got to pay to play—and when you’ve paid that much, you’ll be sure to play. It is also fun, and it can be instructive. I love to watch my kids play sports. In … [Read more...]
Review: Is ‘Captain America: Civil War’ family friendly? (And what about that superhero vs. superhero worldview?)
CHICAGO (Christian Examiner) – There is a popular belief among Christian moviegoers about superhero movies, and it goes something like this: Superhero films are popular because all humans innately are looking for a Christ-like figure – that is, an otherworldly being that will save the day, defeat evil and uphold justice. In other words, even non-Christians are attracted to superhero movies because they, unknowingly, are looking for such a cosmic King. I hold to this belief, but what do we … [Read more...]
Allen addresses worldview
HANNIBAL – Christians must base their understanding of marriage and family—as well as all those issues facing the church today—on a worldview shaped by the Word of God, Anthony Allen, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University here, said during the opening of the Worldview Conference, April 14. “From a Christian worldview, we understand God has created,” Allen said. “After so much was good with creation, God found it was not good for man to be alone. Marriage was designed for companionship … [Read more...]
Mitchell talks on life, death
HANNIBAL – Especially in this high-tech society, families are often faced with serious questions about the beginning of life and about dying—questions that C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University, addressed during two presentations at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 14. Churches are all-too-often unprepared for one beginning-of-life issue facing families in their own congregation: namely, infertility. “Infertility is like any … [Read more...]
New tools, same rules
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 Recent comments about young people and their “devices” would lead one to believe that technology is the work of the devil. There are those who blame recent inventions for many undesirable actions. They are upset that young people will talk on their cell phones instead of talking to people around them. They feel that too much time is spent on computers, cell phones, etc. On the other hand, there are … [Read more...]
Transgender student wins restroom case appeal
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – A federal appellate court has “for the first time ever” held that a public high school may not provide separate restrooms and locker rooms for students on the basis of biological sex alone, according to dissenting judge’s opinion. The fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., threw out a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by a transgender student claiming the Gloucester County, Va., school board discriminated against her by not allowing her to use the … [Read more...]
Crouse: God is perfect, trustworthy
HANNIBAL – Janice Crouse shared God’s faithfulness in a personal challenge and how evidence shows marriage benefits society at the Worldview Conference April 7 at Hannibal-LaGrange. Crouse is the executive director of World Congress of Families IX and previously served as executive director and a senior fellow at The Beverly LaHaye Institute, the think tank for Concerned Women for America. “Christians are not without trials,” Crouse said as she testified to God’s work in her own life. … [Read more...]
Wilcox: Marriage makes a healthy community
HANNIBAL – Families based upon healthy marriages make for healthy communities, Brad Wilcox said during the first of two presentations at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 14. “I’m sure you’ve heard this idea, this phrase, that it ‘takes a village to raise a child,’” said Wilcox, who is director of the National Marriage Project and serves as an associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. “I would just add to that, ‘It takes a married village … [Read more...]
Labeling porn ‘public health hazard’ may bring change in treatment
WASHINGTON (BP) – Labeling pornography a “public health hazard” may prove to be a game-changer. That is the hope of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) and its allies in the attempt to prevent exposure and addiction to pornography and to help those impacted by its use. The effort to reverse the spread of sexually explicit material and its effects received a boost March 29, when Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution saying pornography is establishing “a public health … [Read more...]
Gender confusion and child abuse
Which of the following options would you define as “child abuse”? A) a parent encourages a child to pursue desires that will cause irreparable physical, psychological and emotional damage. B) a parent protects the child from these desires, despite the child’s insistence on what’s best. The answer seems easy, but when it comes to the debate over treatment for gender-confused children, many medical professionals demonstrate competing worldviews that will prove disastrous for this … [Read more...]
‘Ministry in the New Marriage Culture’
We live in a culture that is increasingly hostile to what the Bible teaches us about sexuality, gender, and marriage. Christians seeking to live out their faith beyond their homes and churches have faced resistance, criticism, accusations of discrimination, and in some cases legal action. Religious liberty bills designed to safeguard the freedom of those who seek to live out a biblical ethic have recently been signed into law in both North Carolina and Mississippi, and they have met with … [Read more...]
Major religious freedom rally, April 19
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats and leaders of most of Missouri’s largest denominations will be featured speakers at the Missouri Religious Freedom Rally set for 2 p.m., April 19 at the State Capitol. Several other notable speakers will be featured along with musical guests. The event is being held as a prelude to a critical vote by the House of Representatives on the Missouri Religious Freedom Amendment (SJR 39). “We are asking people to come in … [Read more...]
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