By Grant Castleberry On Sunday and Monday night of this week, the Executive Director of CBMW, Dr. Owen Strachan, gave two talks at Grace Harbor Church in Providence, Rhode Island on how the gospel shapes and informs gender and sexuality. The first talk is about gender and how Christians should understand their identities as male...

Sam Allberry. Is God Anti-Gay?  And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-sex Attraction. Purcellville, VA: The Good Book Company, 2013. 88 pp. $7.99. By Chris Sarver On campuses across the United States, the number of believing college students who have confided with their friends, pastors, and campus ministers that they struggle with same-sex attraction (SSA)...

The Story: “Gay Rights vs. Religious Rights: 7 Issues to Watch” by Sara Pulliam Bailey writing for ReligionsNews.com, September 6, 2013. The Lead:  “Many of the legal skirmishes are not directly tied to federal recognition of gay marriages after the Supreme Court’s decision striking down most of the Defense of Marriage Act. Instead, the fights largely revolve around...

By Derick Dickens New research has concluded what most of us already knew: children need fathers. There is a myriad of evidence that shows a father in the home reduces violent crime, produces a better social environment, and provides essential growth opportunities.  However, researchers have questioned the need for fathers thinking they only provide more...

The Story: “Planned Parenthood’s Adoption ‘Gag Rule:’ Abortion Pushed Over Adoption 391 to 1” by Casey Mattox as publised at LifeNews.com on 9/9/13. The Lead:   “In 2010, according to its own numbers, for every 391 women who came to Planned Parenthood looking for unbiased information her unplanned pregnancy, 1 chose adoption and 391 chose abortion. And even...

by Kyle Worley Far too often, congregants leave their church gatherings discouraged, thinking, “If only the pastor knew what it was like to work with her/him.  How can I trust what he says about how the gospel shapes the way I work at my job?  He works at a church…” While there is a certain...