Wednesday, December 7, 2016, the Alabama Supreme Court has sent an order to the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) giving them fourteen days to show cause as to why the Motion to Intervene and Unseal filed by The Alabama Political Reporter should not be granted. The JIC sealed all the file on their case against Alabama Chief Justice Roy S. Moore (R). Normally cases are sealed to protect the privacy of the accused; but Chief Justice Moore has consistently stated that he wanted the case unsealed and made public.
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has appealed his suspension from office to a special AL Supreme Court appointed to hear that appeal. Liberty Counsel filed an appeal brief on Moore's behalf on Tuesday night. In September, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended Moore without pay for the remainder of his term, finding that he violated judicial ethics.
Bryan Fischer writes on Donald Trump's nomination of Rex Tillerson,—a pro-homosexual and pro-abortion activist—to Secretary of State: "To this point, I have been quite happy with Trump’s cabinet picks. But this choice is a clunker. Bottom line: Rex Tillerson is not qualified to serve this nation as Secretary of State."
In this message, John Piper makes a very direct and simple point: "If your marriage is going to make God look glorious, then you must find more satisfaction in God than in your marriage."
A three-person panel of commissioners from the Illinois Human Rights Commission has decided not to review the decision to punish Christian bed and breakfast owner Jim Walder. Last spring, Judge Michael Robinson fined Walder more than $80,000 for refusing to rent out his facilities for a same-sex ceremony.
A three-person panel of commissioners from the Illinois Human Rights Commission has decided not to review the decision to punish Christian bed and breakfast owner Jim Walder. Last spring, Judge Michael Robinson fined Walder more than $80,000 for refusing to rent out his facilities for a same-sex ceremony.
As Christian artists, Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski had a simple goal for their studio: to recreate the beauty God placed all around us and to share that beauty with others. And this goal made it natural for Joanna and Breanna to focus on artwork for weddings, one of the most beautiful days in someone’s life. But this wedding focus drove Joanna and Breanna straight into a problem. Phoenix law required Brush & Nib to create and speak according to Phoenix’s definition of marriage. So on May 2016, Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on their behalf against Phoenix. The lawsuit alleged that Phoenix is violating the Arizona Constitution and the Arizona Free Exercise of Religion Act.
The NC General Assembly has ordered administrators of the NC State Health Plan to find ways to cut costs, but that didn’t stop the State Health Plan Board of Trustees from voting to cover sex reassignment procedures for state employees, teachers and their families. The policy, which could include children as young as nine years old, takes effect on January 1, 2017.
Trevin Wax: "Supporters of same-sex marriage once leaned on libertarian terminology to make their case. 'Just live and let live,' we were told. Nowadays, despite surveys showing that only half of Americans support same-sex marriage, the traditional view, accepted by nearly all societies across the world for thousands of years, is treated as if it is a fringe position, worthy of public scorn."
A Minnesota couple is suing state officials to allow their film production company to celebrate marriage as a man-woman union without being forced, against their biblical beliefs, to promote same-sex "marriage." Carl and Angel Larsen, of St. Cloud, Minnesota, say they run Telescope Media Group as a way to deploy their storytelling ability and production services to glorify God. "The Larsens desire to counteract the current cultural narrative undermining the historic, biblically orthodox definition of marriage by using their media production and filmmaking talents to tell stories of marriages between one man and one woman that magnify and honor God’s design and purpose for marriage,” the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota says.
In the guise of tolerance, modern culture grants alternative lifestyle status to homosexuality. Even more disturbing, some within the church attempt to revise and distort Christian teaching on this behavior. The authors write for all who want to better understand the Bible's teaching on the subject, explaining and defending the foundational Bible passages that deal with homosexuality--including Genesis, Leviticus, and Romans. Expanding on these Scriptures, they refute the revisionists' arguments--including the claim that Christians today need not adhere to the Law. In a straightforward and loving manner, they appeal to those caught up in a homosexual lifestyle to repent and return to God's plan for His people.
In this special episode of Signposts, Russell Moore sits down with professor and author Rosaria Butterfield to talk about her conversion to Christ, her previous life as a lesbian, and what Christians need to remember when reaching out to the world around them.
North Carolina's Democrat Attorney General Roy Cooper has been an outspoken critic of House Bill 2, but his win Monday in the fiercely fought governor's race doesn't guarantee an end to the legislation. Even the most ardent opponents of House Bill 2 acknowledge Cooper has an uphill battle to reverse the law because he faces Republican super-majorities in the House and the Senate, and most of those lawmakers continue to back the law.
A really good article by John Piper on how Christians should think about sin: "I wonder how many believers today realize that faith is not merely believing that Christ died for our sins. Faith is also being confident that his way is better than sin. His will is wiser. His help is more sure. His promises more precious. And his reward more satisfying."
Hear what Joseph Backholm and Chris Plante have to say about the lawsuit against Barronelle Stutzman on this week's podcast episode of FYI.
Barrronelle Stutzman, the florist who was fined for refusing to be involved in a same-sex "wedding," went before the Washington Supreme Court recently. Please watch the arguments if you can.
A Washington State florist and an Oregon baker have been persecuted badly for several years for their Christian faith. Court trials and exorbitant fines have been levied against them for refusing to support homosexual "weddings." Kevin Swanson and Bill Jack revisit the Baronelle Stutzman and Klein’s Bakery controversies in this edition of Generations Radio.
North Carolina remains one of the best places in the nation for its business climate, despite the hotly debated economic repercussions of the state’s controversial House Bill 2. Forbes magazine ranks the state as No. 2 in the nation, behind only Utah, with North Carolina’s low cost of doing business sufficient to offset any economic fallout of House Bill 2.
Who really benefits from the lawsuit against Barronelle Stutzman, the florist who didn't want to decorate a same-sex wedding? The Attorney General who is suing her. That's not how government should operate.
In this sermon, Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas looks at God's creation of marriage in Genesis 2, and demonstrates the importance of never giving in to the Obergefell agenda.
Oregon's Democratic Secretary of State went down to defeat, marking the first GOP victory in a statewide election in 14 years. More significantly, the loser of this race was known to many as the infamous bully who led the charge to fine a Christian-owned bakery $144,000 for declining to provide services to a same-sex "wedding."
Barronelle Stutzman had her day in court. Accused of violating the state’s law against discrimination for declining to decorate for a same-sex "wedding," yesteday Mrs. Stutzman went to the Washington State Supreme Court to argue that the First Amendment protects her right to decide the kind of messages she supports with her art. A crowd of approximately five hundred people showed up to support Mrs. Stutzman. The crowd filled the three-hundred person auditorium and two overflow rooms at Bellevue Community College, where the arguments were held.
Barronelle Stutzman had her day in court. Accused of violating the state’s law against discrimination for declining to decorate for a same-sex "wedding," yesteday Mrs. Stutzman went to the Washington State Supreme Court to argue that the First Amendment protects her right to decide the kind of messages she supports with her art. A crowd of approximately five hundred people showed up to support Mrs. Stutzman. The crowd filled the three-hundred person auditorium and two overflow rooms at Bellevue Community College, where the arguments were held.
Here's another good article by Kevin DeYoung: "In Witherspoon’s Lectures on Moral Philosophy, he has a small section on the meaning of marriage. It is interesting to see how Witherspoon, a confessional Presbyterian, understands marriage to be an institution oriented not first of all toward personal fulfillment, but to the protection of children."
Here's a really good article by Josh Squires on making God the center of your marriage: "Making God the center and highest priority of your marriage may be the key to saving it, even if it’s not in trouble — yet. . . . Prioritizing God in our marriages means knowing him in our hearts and reflecting him in our actions. While the Trinity at times may seem like some obscure theological construct, it is in reality an essential part of God-centered marriages."