HHS stops internal fetal tissue research
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“…pro-life leaders welcomed the Trump administration’s newly announced decision to halt internal research by a federal entity using tissue from electively aborted babies.” - BPNews
The Age of Pelagius
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“For decades now our politics and culture have been dominated by a particular philosophy of freedom. It is a philosophy of liberation from family and tradition, of escape from God and community… a philosophy that has defined our age, though it is far from new.
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India court rules in favor of legal person status for all animals
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“A single judge bench of India’s Punjab and Haryana High Court held on Friday that the ‘entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic’ species has a ‘distinct legal persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person.’” - Jurist
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"I thank God for Jacobs and for French ...Over and over I have found them to be helpful assessors of contemporary arguments."
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“Insofar as liberal proceduralism is the result of specifically Christian convictions about the inviolability of the conscience, and maybe even Reformed convictions about the necessity of the Holy Spirit in conversion; and certainly many biblical commands about gracious speech, love of neighbor, impartiality, and the Golden Rule; then liberal proceduralism should live on.” - Mark W
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Gene editing should be banned, bioethicists say
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“While some scientists have proposed an international moratorium on gene editing, evangelical bioethicists contacted by Baptist Press said a temporary hold is inadequate.” - BPNews
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New York Times Calls Unborn Baby’s Heartbeat ‘Embryonic Pulsing’
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“Pro-lifers are accusing the New York Times of ignoring science by labeling an unborn baby’s heartbeat ‘embryonic pulsing’ – language that wasn’t used in earlier stories but appeared in a May 29 report on the issue.” - Christian Headlines
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What actually changes anti-vaccine minds
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“People who argue in favor of vaccines are making rational arguments to people who have already proven themselves not to be moved by reason.” - Washington Examiner
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Research Presented at Vatican Shows That Anti-Atheist Stereotypes Are Inaccurate
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“There’s a pernicious stereotype that atheists are immoral because we don’t have God in our lives. But, in fact, our beliefs are really no different from society at large.” - Patheos
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The Terrorist Who Came in from the Cold (Part 4)
This is the conclusion of an apologetic series intended to confront secular unbelievers with the bankruptcy of their worldviews, based on my 2019 Easter sermon. In the first installment, we discussed what faith is and what it isn’t, and challenged readers to consider the evidence for placing allegiance and trust in Jesus based on a comparison of worldviews.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to School’s Transgender Bathroom Policy
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“The Supreme Court decided not to hear a case involving a challenge to a Pennsylvania School’s District’s policy of allowing students to use the restroom which matches their gender identity rather than their biological sex.
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