LSU lost to Florida on Saturday, just as I predicted they would last week. That’s all I have to say about that. In other news, my LA Tech Bulldogs beat UNLV decisively. Tech now moves to 5-0, and it’s our best start since the 1975 season. The AP poll now has Tech ranked at number 23. This is only the second time Tech has ever been ranked by the AP. The first time was near the end of the 1999 season when Tech was 8-2. The Coach’s poll has Tech ranked at number 24, and it’s Tech’s first time to appear on this poll.
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Pastor Voddie Baucham talks abortion, adoption, President Obama
(HT: Josh Philpot)
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Romney vs. Obama on Gay Marriage
Michael Foust has done some fantastic reporting contrasting Romney’s and Obama’s records on gay marriage. There is a real difference here, and Foust reminds us of the strong stand that Romney took when he was governor of Massachusetts. Foust writes: Romney was governor of Massachusetts when the state’s highest court issued its first-in-the-nation decision legalizing gay marriage, and he not only fought to have the ruling overturned but also supported an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as between a man and a woman. Obama voted against that federal marriage amendment as a U.S. senator, and once he was president he became the first sitting U.S. president…
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Younger Evangelicals Are Not Going Liberal
Joe Carter argues against the meme that says younger evangelicals are trending more liberal than their parents. Highlighting a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, he shows that younger evangelicals have not abandoned the conservative political convictions of their parents. His concluding observations are right on the money: Since evangelicals tend to put strong emphasis on the authority of the Bible, it shouldn’t be surprising that they do not support a party whose platform is, on several issues, diametrically opposed to Biblical principles. What is surprising is that such as large number of evangelicals have embraced the naïve idea that voting for a party that endorses abortion-on-demand, same-sex…
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John MacArthur Rebukes Democratic Platform
I’ve been following John MacArthur’s ministry for many years now. He is not—by any stretch of the imagination—a political preacher. In fact, he steers clear of politics in his preaching because he believes it to be a distraction from the preacher’s primary responsibility—preaching the word of God. So it is worthy of note that MacArthur has recently included remarks in a sermon that address politics. I could write an excerpt here, but you’ll probably benefit more from hearing it from the man himself. You can download the audio here or listen below. [audio:http://www.gty.org/media/audioblog/AB_90-448_1.mp3] (HT: Dan Phillips)
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Christianity Today’s 50 Women To Watch
The cover story of the October issue of Christianity Today is a list of “50 Women You Should Know.” Sarah Pulliam Bailey writes that these are women who are “profoundly shaping the evangelical church and North American society.” It’s an interesting list that includes both evangelicals (like Beth Moore) and non-evangelicals (like Rachel Held Evans). The list also includes women who you wouldn’t normally find on the Christian speaking circuit—women like Bethany Hamilton (surfer), Condoleeza Rice (former Sec. of State), and Michelle Bachmann (politician).
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Paul’s Rebuke of Red-Letter Christians
Paul really had the Corinthian church’s number. He knew all about their issues, and he never shrank back from getting in their face when they needed it. In 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, he chastises the Corinthians for dividing themselves into factions based on their devotion to different teachers. He writes:
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What Is Reparative Therapy?
In my last post, I noted that California has just become the first state in the union to outlaw therapies aimed at altering the sexual orientation of minors. If you read the law, you’ll find that the vast majority of it is taken up with explaining the medical basis for prohibiting these therapies—including some rather negative assessments of reparative therapy in particular. In the opening section of the law and in other writings on this story, I see persistent misunderstandings about what reparative therapy actually is. Consequently, there’s a good bit of confusion about how Christian teaching relates to this particular therapy. Here’s the definition given in Joe Dallas’ and…
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California Outlaws Therapies Aimed at Changing the Sexual Orientation of Minors
On Saturday, California became the first state to ban therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors. The new law states, Under no circumstances shall a mental health provider engage in sexual orientation change efforts with a patient under 18 years of age… Any sexual orientation change efforts attempted on a patient under 18 years of age by a mental health provider shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall subject a mental health provider to discipline by the licensing entity for that mental health provider. This means that even if a minor wants help in battling same-sex desires, mental health professionals in California are not allowed to…
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Death Threats for Opposing Gay Parenting
Rupert Everett is gay actor who is probably best known for his role in the 1998 film My Best Friend’s Wedding. He recently made some remarks against gay parenting that have resulted in threats on his life. What exactly did he say? The Huffington Post has his exact words: [My mom] thinks children need a father and a mother and I agree with her… I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads… Some people might not agree with that. Fine! That’s just my opinion. The article goes on to talk about the backlash that Everett is getting from gay rights groups. They are predictably…