December 2022

First Baptist Church of Orlando, Florida, a prominent Southern Baptist congregation, receives unrepentant homosexuals as members, including those with same-sex “marriage” partners. On Feb. 13, 2022, senior pastor David Uth said in a sermon that his church invited homosexuals to participate in its small groups, because “everyone needs a safe space to come to explore […]

“Canada, a country that prides itself on its open-mindedness and tolerance, has the most permissive rules on euthanasia in the world–and the results have been frankly terrifying. Last year, more than 10,000 people in Canada–astonishingly that’s over three percent of all deaths there–ended their lives via euthanasia, an increase of a third on the previous year.

Pastor Jamal Bryant of Atlanta’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has announced his plan to grow marijuana on the church property as an outreach. The church is “the largest land-owning Black church in America.” He said he is looking for male congregants that “smell like weed” (“Megachurch Pastor,” Relevant, Dec. 9, 2022). He says, “So if

“President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that he says will ensure that same-sex marriage remains legal but that critics say goes much further than that by also threatening religious liberty. The bill, the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), defines marriage as ‘between 2 individuals’ and overturns the 1996 Defense of

In the latest trend of the vain pop culture, adults are buying toys for themselves. Yes, for themselves. NBC News reports, “There are two things keeping the toy industry afloat right now: inflation and a consumer group known as ‘kidults.’ These kids at heart are responsible for one-fourth of all toy sales annually, around $9 billion worth.

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11) “Picture in your mind the sight and sounds of popcorn popping. As you picture the popping becoming more frantic as the popper fills up, do you begin to smell the popcorn? That’s part of the wonder of the

The super-woke Detroit School Board voted in November to change the name of the Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine. This is because of Carson’s association with Donald Trump administration as Housing and Urban Development Secretary. Board member LaMar Lemmons said that having Carson’s name on the school was “synonymous with having Trump’s

“Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on June 24, 2022, the landscape of abortion in the U.S. has dramatically changed. According to a survey of all abortion facilities nationwide conducted by Operation Rescue in October and November, there are currently 683 abortion facilities/businesses operating in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This

“A colorful new American Girl book marketed to girls as young as 10 has sparked a backlash among parents for its promotion of transgenderism. A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image Book, which American Girl says is appropriate for children ages 10 and up, supposedly tells readers what ‘every girl needs to learn to live comfortably in her

“A federal court ruled Friday that doctors and hospitals cannot be forced to perform gender mutilating surgeries, echoing a similar recent court ruling in a striking win for religious freedom. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Catholic groups’ free exercise of religion in refusing to perform or insure so-called ‘gender transition’ procedures, citing a

Amy Grant, called the “queen of Christian pop,” was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors at a gala event on December 4. It was the first time that this “top cultural distinction was given to a contemporary Christian musician” (Religion News Service, Dec. 5, 2022). Also awarded were actor George Clooney, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.” Psalm 139:15 “The theory of evolution did not begin with Charles Darwin. The Greek philosophers who chose not to believe that there is a Creator God tried to explain the origin of