OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – In a letter addressed to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Russell Moore, Bott Radio Network President Richard P. Bott, II, called on Moore to apologize publicly for his recent critical remarks regarding Christian talk radio—an industry supported by millions of Southern Baptist and evangelical listeners. Bott’s May 5 letter was also sent to more than 70 Southern Baptist and evangelical leaders, including … [Read more...]
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Mohler open to meeting with gay author
David roach/Baptist Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — Through an exchange on Twitter, R. Albert Mohler Jr. has expressed his willingness to meet with author Matthew Vines, whose new book God and the Gay Christian argues that Scripture permits monogamous homosexual relationships. Four Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professors who contributed with Mohler to an e-book critiquing Vines also apparently have shared their interest on Twitter in meeting with him. Mohler, president of Southern … [Read more...]
‘Subjective discrimination’ fuels religious freedom bills
David Roach/Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – Concern that anti-discrimination laws infringe on religious liberty is among factors that have prompted more than a dozen states to consider religious freedom bills to protect Christians’ right to speak against homosexuality. Currently, 18 states have passed versions of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill signed by President Clinton in 1993 that prohibits government infringement of religious liberty unless the state shows a … [Read more...]
Adopting God’s logic: Missouri Baptist family eager to welcome home three new children
KANSAS CITY – After almost a year of prayer and seeking God’s will and promises through Scripture, Amber Rust was ready to proceed with the next steps of the adoption. But her husband, Tyler, still wasn’t sure. Tyler’s reasoning and God’s calling weren’t in alignment, and he couldn’t find the peace that he desperately desired. They had identified the two children they believed the Lord wanted them to adopt. Massah, a 6-year-old girl, and Ibrahim, a 2-year-old boy, are around the same age … [Read more...]
Another religious liberty threat rears its ugly head
On April 7 the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will not take up the religious liberty case involving a New Mexico wedding photography company which refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding ceremony. The court, as is customary, did not offer any explanation for declining to hear the case. As a result, the ruling lets stand an earlier decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court declaring that Elane Photography of Albuquerque, N.M., violated the New Mexico Human rights law. Elane … [Read more...]
Nixon Harms MO Taxpayers
JEFFERSON CITY – The attorney for four taxpayer plaintiffs told a circuit judge that every citizen of Missouri is harmed when a governor can use an executive order to create new tax breaks for his political supporters. The argument was made during an hour-long hearing here April 3 before Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem, in which plaintiffs were seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) against an executive order by Gov. Jay Nixon regarding the filing of combined tax returns … [Read more...]
Crouse sounds warning for marriage, sexual issues
HANNIBAL – Despite the persistent drumbeat that marriage is nothing more than an optional piece of paper, Janice Crouse told the crowd at the Missouri Baptist Convention Worldview Conference April 3 that the erosion of tradition marriage – especially since 1960 – is a major driving factor in many social ills plaguing the United States. Crouse, a speech writer for President George H. W. Bush, author, and the executive director of Concerned Women for America’s think tank, said that … [Read more...]
JUDGE WON’T HALT NIXON ORDER – FOR NOW.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for four taxpayer plaintiffs told a circuit judge that every citizen of Missouri is harmed when a governor can use an executive order to create new tax breaks for his political supporters. The argument was made during an hour-long hearing in Cole County on April 3 before Judge Jon Beetem, in which plaintiffs were seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) against an executive order by Governor Jay Nixon regarding the filing of combined tax … [Read more...]
HLGU conduct code, former student make local news
HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) was in the news last week in St. Louis and the tri-state area when a gay student came to media saying the school denied him readmission after he publicly confirmed his homosexuality. Chase Martinson, a 20-year-old nursing student from Jefferson County, attended HLGU for two years, but had left the school due to illness. He applied for re-admission and was initially accepted in January, but later received a letter saying that his application … [Read more...]
A real ‘drag’ on our military
Near the end of my 10 years as an Air Force journalist, I was selected for a special assignment as a correspondent in Tokyo, Japan, for Stars & Stripes, the worldwide newspaper that has served the men and women of America’s armed forces since 1861. In fact, it was started by Union troops occupying Bloomfield, Mo., during the War Between the States (a museum still commemorates the occasion). It is read by more than 350,000 people worldwide. The list of distinguished journalists who … [Read more...]
AG will defend Missouri marriage laws
Joe Ortwerth/Missouri Family Policy Council JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has initiated the legal defense of Missouri’s marriage laws against a challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Koster has instructed his staff to proceed with actions to defend Missouri’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight same-sex “couples” currently living in Missouri who … [Read more...]
A disaster in the desert: what the veto of Arizona 1062 means
Brandon McGinley/Pennsylvania Family Institute Arizona is populated largely by warty, crooked-fingered Christians who were waiting excitedly to eject LGBT people from their restaurants, flower shops, and laundromats until Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill (SB) 1062. This is the only conclusion one can draw from the hysterical claims peddled by LGBT activists, business leaders, and several prominent Republicans about the infamous religious liberty bill. If the bill were to have been … [Read more...]
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