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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Apprising Ministries has been pointing out that one of the fruits of the Seeker Driven movement gaining a stranglehold upon contemporary evangelicalism is the growing influence of Word Faith prosperity preachers so many attractional megachurch pastors so fancy.
Yet another reason this sad story should not be allowed to be swept under the rug.
CRN research articles give a concise overview of a specific topic and provide links to resources for further study. The most recently published research article examines contemplative prayer, discussing some of the dangers of this practice and contrasting it with what the Bible teaches about prayer.
Apprising Ministries is doing what we can to help you see that, as silly as it sounds, Word Faith prosperity preachers are slithering closer to acceptance within contemporary evangelicalism.
This story involving one of the popular of them has taken an important turn. As such, I bring you this important follow up containing the video of Creflo Dollar addressing his arrest with his congregation from his pulpit yesterday morning.
You’ll see that he does present an alternate story from what his daughters testified to in the police report and says it was “appalling” how law enforcement handled this incident.
Apprising Ministries says, you really can’t make this stuff up anymore. The bad news is we’ll likely see Seeker Driven pastors enter this arena as well.
Of course, they aren’t millionaire business moguls like Joel Osteen…yet. Well, the good news is, maybe Mary will be in a better mood and stop holding the Holy Spirit hostage.
The Baptist Press gives details of amendments to the House defense bill that prevent same-sex marriages from taking place on U.S. military bases. According to one amendment sponsor, Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss:
This amendment is intended to clear up any doubt and reinforce the [Defense of Marriage Act’s] authority as it applies to those installations.
What is at stake here is the religious liberty of all military service members including chaplains. The report asserts that,
The Obama administration issued a statement saying it “strongly objects” to these amendments protecting chapels and the conscience of chaplains and other service members. The administration stated those provisions “adopt unnecessary and ill-advised policies that would inhibit the ability of same-sex couples to marry or enter a recognized relationship.”