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Lowering Drinking Age: Research Says Bad Idea
Business, engineering, journalism, medicine, philosophy. The nation’s finest institutions of higher education pride themselves in rich traditions of academic study. more »
By Doug Carlson - Aug 27, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, , Substance Abuse, Living, Health
Library worker alleges discrimination due to her faith
Southern Baptist files federal lawsuit after taking stand over Harry Potter
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.—A Missouri Baptist is suing after she says she was discriminated against and suspended from her job for refusing to promote a book she believes promotes “worship of the occult.” more »
By Brian Koonce - Aug 27, 2008
Topic: , Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
ERLC Policy Position: Opposing the Reduction of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Since the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was increased to 21 years old by every individual state in the mid-1980s at the prompting of the federal government, there have been some groups and individuals who have sought to lower the legal drinking age. more »
By Andrew R. Lewis - Aug 26, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health
A Perspective on War, Love and Iraq
College campuses around the country are rife with debate over the legitimacy of the War on Terror and, specifically, the war in Iraq. This conversation has also reached the Christian collegiate community, but in a different way. more »
By Joel Heimbach - Aug 26, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Citizenship, War, Issues,
I walk in freedom
My heart pounded as the Sunday School teacher asked us to break into small groups and discuss how we might reach the homosexual community for Christ. more »
By Christine Sneeringer - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Parents’, Educators’ Rights and Responsibilities
This past May, one of our own, former Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley, was quoted widely by media across the state expressing his concern about the publication of photographs of and interviews with two same-sex student couples in the Clovis High School yearbook. more »
By John Loudat - Aug 26, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Etowah ministers fight proposed bingo complex
Irish statesman Edmund Burke is supposed to have said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” And as the electronic bingo gambling “epidemic” attempts to spread to Etowah County, area ministers feel it’s time for God’s men and women to get involved in the fight. more »
By Sondra Washington - Aug 26, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling
Hoover High’s track coach teaches youth spiritual strength, how to run for Christ
It’s not every day that you find a high school coach who writes weekly encouragement letters to his players. Then again, it’s not every day you find one like Devon Hind. more »
By Krista Leonard - Aug 26, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Education
LIFE DIGEST: Pastor calls for Democrats to ‘resist’ abortion
Los Angeles pastor Charles Blake interjected a discordant note into an Aug. 24 interfaith religious service that served as the first official event of the Democratic National Convention. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
New HHS rule would protect pro-life docs
The freedom of conscience of pro-life doctors and other health-care providers would be protected under a new rule proposed by the Bush administration. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty