Posts with the category “the-3”

In 2021, the Legislature in the state of Arkansas passed the first in what has been known as a series of bills in over 25 states that would prevent gender transition surgeries and treatments to be performed on minors. A Washington Stand article laid out the timeline: even though the Arkansas bill known as the SAFE Act, standing for "Save Adolescents from Experimentation," was blocked by a federal ...  Read More

By now, you may be familiar with a woman in the U.K. named Isabel Vaughan-Spruce.  She has been exonerated twice on charges that she prayed in public, violating ordiances prohibiting the practice, even silently.  The Christian Post reported: In 2023, Vaughan-Spruce, a charitable volunteer who has supported mothers in crisis pregnancies for two decades, was arrested for praying within a “buffer zon...  Read More

For years, there have been reports of violence against churches and ministries.  This especially became troubling in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court.  Family Research Council has been tracking these violent incidents for a few years now, and its report on such occurrences during 2024 has just been released.  A Decision Magazine website article noted: The 415 re...  Read More

There are Christians and other who have found themselves removed from various financial institutions, apprarently because of their ideology.   Now, the President has issued an Executive Order promising relief.  The White House website states: "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to ensure that Federal regulators do not promote policies and practices that allow financial inst...  Read More

New federal guidelines will allow employees to express their faith in their government work spaces, according to a report by The Washington Times on new guidelines from the federal Office of Personnel Management, or OPM.  The website reported: In a memo titled “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workforce,” OPM Director Scott Kupor said public employees have the right to express their ...  Read More

Luke Ash is a pastor who relocated his family to Louisiana to take a church pastorate.  To supplement his income, he took a job at a local public library.  That's according to The Christian Post, which reported this past Friday: In February, Pastor Luke Ash returned to his hometown of Baton Rouge with his wife and their four children to begin serving as pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church. In orde...  Read More

While there are some, even in the Church, who seem to advocate that people who experience gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction, should remain in that state, the Bible teaches that victory is possible over temptation and all areas of sin.  Interestingly enough, you have those that have been critical of therapy that can help people deal with their attractions, demonizing something that is intende...  Read More

On Thursday's edition of The Meeting House on Faith Radio, I referenced a news story from The Daily Citizen about a substantial grant that Baylor University had received dealing with LGBT inclusion.  Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family had written that article, which stated, as an updated version on the website noted:We explained, On June 30, Baylor University announced its Center for Church and ...  Read More