As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The increased reliance on web-based research for public opinion surveys is raising questions about the relevance of long-accepted political and social trends documented in decades of telephone polling. … prominently and consistently reported declines in belief and church attendance may be less dramatic than reported over the past two or three decades.” - BNGlobal
“An evangelical church is suing the state of Washington over a new law requiring employers to cover abortion in insurance plans if those policies also cover maternity.” - BP News
“According to a poll released Wednesday (March 13) by Gallup, more than a third of U.S. Catholics …said they have questioned whether they should remain in the church. That’s up from 22 percent in 2002, when The Boston Globe published its report detailing widespread child sex abuse by priests in the city.” - RNS
In this excerpt from his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin explains one of his experiences with the Presbyterian church in Philadelphia sometime in the mid-1730s, and the beginnings of his own scheme to attain moral perfection.1
“A church filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the state of Washington over a new law that forces it to cover abortions in its health care plans. …It has no religious exemptions.” - Christian Headlines
“…those two things are not mutually exclusive. Fighting for equality and trusting solely in Christ are not mutually exclusive. In fact, those two things go hand in hand.” - A Day in His Court
“A piece of legislation known as the Equality Act is expected to be introduced soon by House Democrats. The bill’s provisions add the categories of ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to the list of protected classes in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.” - TGC
“The bill provides an exception for medical emergencies that may require an abortion.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics showing that death from suicide, alcohol, and drugs hit their highest level since the federal government started recording data in 1999.” - Christian Headlines
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