“If Your Affection Shall be Inclined” – Some Marriage Proposals of Protestant Reformers
What’s an appropriate way for a Protestant preacher to propose to a lady?
At first, Luther laughed at the prospects of getting married, but his friends convinced him to do it. After all, he had been teaching for some time about the benefits of marriage. It was time to put his own words into practice. Besides, he would have finally pleased his father, something he had unsuccessfully aspired... Continue Reading
There Goes that Pesky Biological Reality Again
The moves from ‘What is truth’ to ‘There is no absolute truth’ to ‘It’s true if it’s true for you’ to ‘If you deny this is true you are a hater’ perfectly fulfil Isaiah’s warning.
The trouble is, reality has a way of making itself known. So the evidence mounts up that the most progressive societies are also those in which occupation is most closely linked to sex; and two men are not actually capable of becoming parents without hiring a womb; and biological sex is determinative for all manner of things.... Continue Reading
Self-Righteous Hypocrisy: The Oxfam Sex Scandal Shows That It Is Not Just The Religious Right Who Are The Contemporary Pharisees
In the past we have tended to assume that the contemporary equivalents of the Pharisees in the Bible, noted for their hypocrisy and judgement of others, were conservatives and the religious right.
Now Oxfam and Save the Children have been shown to have covered up inappropriate sexual behaviour by their employees, and no doubt many other charities will be similarly exposed in the days the come. Those who have excoriated others for their “sins,” whilst presuming their own moral superiority, have been shown to have been just... Continue Reading
What Parents Need to Know About Juuling
Juul is a popular e-cigarette system that looks a lot like a USB flash drive that consists of a long, slim vaporizer and disposable “pods” of nicotine juice.
Jack Waxman, a high school senior in New York who’s working to spread awareness about the dangers of teenage Juul usage, says he’s seen friends all go down the same path: First, they’re attracted by the “fun flavors” and enticed by the head-rush. But then, after using the Juul for a while, they feel no... Continue Reading
Federal Appeals Court Rules That Sexual Orientation is a Protected Class
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender non-conformity are prohibited under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Currently, people who live in New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Indiana, Illinois, or Wisconsin, are prohibited by federal law from being fired because of sexual orientation, while in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida there is no such prohibition. In the other states the issue is unresolved. Because the circuit courts are split, the Supreme Court will likely... Continue Reading
Parental Rights: A Casualty of the Transgender Revolution
Who possesses authority to make prudent medical decisions in the best interest of the child? According to Judge Hendon’s ruling, the answer is the state of Ohio.
If the medical establishment deems “transitioning” in the best interest of a legal minor and the parents object on moral or religious grounds, legal precedent now exists that suggests that parental rights can be severed in the interest of countenancing transgender orthodoxy. On February 16, 2018, Ohio Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon handed down a decision in... Continue Reading
Which Country Sends the [Second] Most Missionaries?
South Korea has sent out 27,436 missionaries in 2017, second only to the United States
This passion for cross-cultural missions is shared by Korean-American immigrant churches. It is not uncommon for the smallest of the 4,000 plus Korean-American churches to set aside a significant portion of the church’s budget for missions and proudly display the names of the supported missionaries in their weekly bulletins. My friends and I recently... Continue Reading
The 25 Best Icebreaker Questions For Team-Building At Work
The key to building trust is to ask questions that help everyone get to know each other
We put a lot of thought (over four years worth of research and fine-tuning!) into crafting get-to-know-you questions that would be as non-cheesy as possible, and elicit meaningful and memorable responses from the team. I get emails all the time from CEOs who’ll tell me, “Wow, Claire, I had no idea this question would get... Continue Reading
Why Transgenderism Threatens Parental Rights
We still have an opportunity to protect the rights of parents before the Court decides the state, rather than parents, should decide what’s best for our children
Scalia told an audience at Georgetown University Law Center there is no U.S. constitutional right of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children. Although Scalia believes the right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the “unalienable rights” mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, it is not a right necessarily... Continue Reading
Harvard Places HCFA On ‘Probation’ After Group Barred Student in Same-Sex Relationship from Leadership
Harvard College Faith and Action was placed on “administrative probation” for a year after a female student leadership member was asked to resign after beginning to date a woman.
“Our theological view is that—for professing Christians who are in leadership—celibacy is the only option outside the bounds of marriage,” Ely and Richmond wrote. “We have applied and do apply this policy regardless of sexual orientation.” The woman, as well as four other members of HCFA, said they believe she was not asked to step... Continue Reading
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