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Has the Catholic Church Changed Its Teaching on Gay Marriage?
When you went to bed this past Sunday evening, the Catholic Church taught the following; marriage is indissoluble
- 10/15/2014
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- Tag: Homosexuality Church Bodies Culture Politics Evangelicals Marriage
Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 4): The Destructive Logic of Marriage Revisionism
I have argued for the historic view of marriage as a conjugal union and made what I think are decisive objections to your view of marriage as committed sexual-romantic companionship or domestic partnership. You replied by restating your view and asse..
- 08/04/2014
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- Tag: Homosexuality Culture Court Cases Family issues Politics Evangelicals Religious Freedom Marriage
Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 2): The Need for a Defining Principle
Thanks for agreeing to this exchange about the nature and meaning of marriage. My experience with exercises like this one, conducted in a spirit of friendship and goodwill, is that they lead to deeper understanding, even if the interlocutors do not a..
- 07/29/2014
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- Tag: Homosexuality Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Marriage
Ashamed of the Gospel?
The days of socially acceptable Christianity are over. The days of comfortable Catholicism are past. It is no longer easy to be a faithful Christian, a good Catholic, an authentic witness to the truths of the Gospel. A price is demanded and must be p..
- 05/20/2014
- 8 Comments
- Tag: Homosexuality Abortion
Hotels and the Pornography Plague: An Example of Moral Responsibility from Scandinavia
While many American hotel executives refuse to rid their businesses of pornography, Petter Stordalen, owner of one of Scandinavia's largest hotel chains, is leading the way forward.
- 09/05/2013
- 1 Comments
- Tag: Homosexuality Culture Politics
President Obama Should Make the Call to Bush Before Making the Call on Syria
Before finally making the call about what to do in Syria, I pray that President Obama will call President George W. Bush and request his advice on the bomb or missile attacks he is contemplating.
- 08/31/2013
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- Tag: Barack Obama Politics Conflict/War National Security
Chuck Colson: Recalling a Vision of Unity
A day does not pass when I do not miss my beloved friend, Chuck Colson. I confess that I still have not come to terms with his death. I sometimes find myself reaching for the telephone to consult him on a question or to share a thought or idea that h..
- 05/17/2013
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- Tag: Culture Politics Evangelicals
Let Us Love and Pray for Gosnell
What Kermit Gosnell and I Don't Understand
Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell Should Be Spared the Death Penalty
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is facing the death penalty if he is convicted of the murders for which he is being tried in Philadelphia. However, in the event that Gosnell is convicted, which seems likely, I am asking my fellow pro-lifers around the cou..
- 04/15/2013
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- Tag: Abortion Ethics/rights Politics
Benghazi's Blue Wall of Silence
Thomas Sowell tells it like it is on Benghazi-gate. But Professor Sowell is a conservative and a Republican. Where are the voices of our liberal and Democratic friends and fellow citizens? Why the lack of curiosity about critical questions of governm..
- 01/30/2013
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- Tag: Politics