The Christian Post reports:
A man who entered the Family Research Council Offices in Washington, D.C., shot and wounded a security guard late Wednesday morning. The shooter is in custody and the guard is reported to be conscious and breathing.
Tim Tebow ‘Jesus’ Pose in GQ Stirs Controversy
Fox News reports on a controversial photo of Tim Tebow inside GQ Magazine. In the photo Tebow is shirtless with legs crossed and arms outstretched as if he is posing as Jesus Christ on the cross. This is not the first time the photo has appeared in GQ. According to Fox, the same photo was in the magazine when Tebow was quarterback for the University of Florida.
Unification Church Founder Rev. Moon in Critical Condition
Democrats Officially Add Homosexual ‘Marriage’ to Party Platform
Christian News Network reports:
The Democratic party has voted to officially add homosexual marriage to its platform, and has called for a repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The decision came down Saturday in Detroit, Michigan in front of a full platform committee. The vote to support “marriage equality” and “to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples” was unanimous.
Theologian Rejects Claim That Jesus Never Addressed Gay Marriage
The Christian Post reports:
A Southern Baptist theologian is rejecting a popular argument made among gay activists who say Jesus never addressed the issue of same-sex marriage.
“Is it indeed the fact that Jesus never addresses the issue of same sex marriage?” asked Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., in a recent commentary.
Study Reveals Anti-Conservative Discrimination among Psychologists
The Christian Post reports:
A significant number of social and personality psychologists have told researchers they would discriminate against conservatives in decisions about publishing, grant applications and hiring, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Todd Bentley: Truly Misleading
David Barton Controversy
Southern Baptist Leaders: Calvinism Should not Divide SBC
Abortionist Talks of the “Ugly Black Babies” He Aborts
Lifesite News reports:
Charlotte abortionist Ashutosh Ron Virmani was caught on camera telling pro-lifers to “adopt one of those ugly black babies.”
Virmani’s comments came as he was speaking with pro-life activists from Operation Save America who confronted Virmani on his doorstep on July 26, 2012.
Obama: I “Wont Give Any Ground” Defending Unlimited Abortion
Life News reports:
President Barack Obama made it clear, yet again, that he will not yield when it comes to promote and supporting abortion on demand for any reason throughout pregnancy.
Appearing at a conference of liberal bloggers in New York City, Obama pledged “not to give any ground” when it comes to the issue of abortion.
Richard Land Announces Retirement Effective October 2013
Gay Agenda in Campaign Against Chick-fil-A Not About Civil Rights?
The Christian Post reports:
The backlash against gay activists and their political supporters for their campaign against Chick-fil-A for espousing the “biblical family unit” appears to be growing. Conservative activist Star Parker went so far as to describe the gay agenda as not a movement about civil rights but the advancement of the homosexual political agenda.
Fewer Americans Than Ever Hopeful for Children’s Future
The Christian Post reports:
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, 27 percent of Americans said today’s children would be better off than their parents. But now, when he is seeking re-election, only 14 percent are hopeful, “the lowest level of optimism ever measured,” a new Rasmussen poll says.
Spain Angers Feminists with Plan to Tighten Abortion Law
AFP reports:
Spain’s conservative government has provoked a storm among women’s groups with plans to tighten abortion laws to make the procedure illegal in cases where the foetus is deformed.
About 100 people took part in a rally in Madrid’s central Tirso de Molina square on Sunday to protest against the proposed reform which they argue will take Spain back to the era of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
The crowd, mostly women, chanted “We give birth, we decide” and “Not one step backwards”.
Pope Names ‘Father of Proposition 8’ Archbishop of San Francisco
New Healthcare Regulation Requires Offering Free Sterilizations to Teens
Southern Baptist Jonathan Merritt Outed As Gay?
Apprising Ministries makes you aware of this developing story. Merritt is an up and coming voice, not only within the SBC but within evangelicalism as a whole.
The son of former SBC president James Merritt, Outreach magazine places him among “’30 Emerging Influencers’ reshaping Christian leadership.” In addition, Jonathan Merritt is on the advisory board for Religion News Service and the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Let’s be praying those involved in homosexual sin will find repentance and forgiveness of their sin in Jesus’ Name.
Members of Military March in San Diego Gay Pride Parade
The Los Angeles Times shares a troubling report out of San Diego:
Led by a Marine sergeant wearing her dress blue uniform and bearing the American flag aloft, several hundred members of the military marched in the city’s LGBT Pride parade Saturday, marking the first time the Department of Defense has permitted personnel to wear their uniforms in a gay festival parade.
Hollywood Sex Scenes Influence Personality, Behavior of Teens
People Treated For Burns At T.D. Jakes’ Fellow Oprah Lifeclass Teacher Tony Robbins’ Event
Rob Bell, He’s Back…Well, Almost
Seeker Driven Pastor Tommy Sparger Resigns Citing “Moral Failure”
Jack Hayford To Remarry WF Heretic Benny Hinn To Ex-Wife
John Downey Responds to Rick Warren’s Twitter Swine Email
I continue my coverage of this sad situation where, in an email to his Saddleback staff, Southern Baptist megapastor Rick Warren decided to single out fellow Southern Baptist John Downey as an example of the wrong kind of person for his staff to follow.
Included in Warren’s orders was a reference to not casting Saddleback pearls before swine. As an SBC pastor myself I contacted John and he gave me permission to publish his reasoned response to Rick Warren at Apprising Ministries.