This week, HBO will release a documentary by Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) called The Trials of Ted Haggard. Haggard will also appear on Larry King Live and Oprah Winfrey's show. He has done a two-part interview with U.S. News and World Report. Haggard's is a sad story--the revelation that broke in 2006, the counseling he's since received (which seems to have reinforced a victim mentality), and now his media blitz. That's what Patton Dodd is saying. Mr. Dodd was employed at New Life Church (where Haggard served as Senior Pastor) for eight years. Dodd … [Read more...] about Ted Haggard’s Return To The Spotlight
NBC Rejects Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad
Shamefully, NBC has categorically rejected a positive, uplifting pro-life ad which a private organization wanted to run during the Superbowl. An NBC representative said that they are not interested in "advertisements involving 'political advocacy or issues.'" Inconsistently, however, NBC is in discussion with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA -- an advocacy group for animal rights) about how their commercial might be played, if they tone down the overt sexuality. Here's the rejected pro-life ad: Brian Burch, President of Fidelis, the pro-life group which sponsored this ad, … [Read more...] about NBC Rejects Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad
John Piper To President Barack Obama
Be Courageous, Mr. President: Entire sermon. … [Read more...] about John Piper To President Barack Obama
What makes abortion plausible? What makes abortion unthinkable?
Dr. Albert Mohler unpacks these questions through the lens of Jeremiah 1:1-10: The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew … [Read more...] about What makes abortion plausible? What makes abortion unthinkable?
Get Outta My Face! (UPDATE)
Interview – Anne Hendershott – The Politics of Abortion
Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. In the last couple of weeks, I have been enjoying The Politics of Abortion by Dr. Anne Hendershott, Professor of Urban Studies at The King's College in New York, NY. Having previously introduced the book by summarizing some of its themes, I was honored to subsequently correspond with Dr. Hendershott who was willing to answer a few questions for us. What got you interested in the history of abortion politics? When writing my earlier book, The Politics of Deviance, I had been looking closely at behaviors that had become "defined down" (Using … [Read more...] about Interview – Anne Hendershott – The Politics of Abortion