Christian Parents and Teachers in the Public Schools, “Will you trust Him?”
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On Wednesday, Palatine public schools bussed in about 1200 Kindergarten through 2nd grade students from schools throughout the district to Winston Campus for a special Christmas assembly featuring a public reading of a new children’s book by actor, Sean Hayes and his ‘husband.’ The book features an orphan who is adopted by gay parents. […]
True to Self or Simply Selfish?
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There’s a wonderful article over at publicdiscourse.com about gays and lesbians forgoing their same-sex attractions in order to forge successful heterosexual marriages. Author Douglas Mainwaring contrasts their decision to the recent decision of Christian music artist Trey Pearson to leave his wife and family in order to pursue a same-sex relationship. Pearson reportedly said this […]
When Progress is Regress: Killing Our Children
Teri Paulson
We take much for granted in the West and especially here in the United States. The legacy of a Christian past supplies us with blessings we do not adequately appreciate. One of those blessings is a general respect for the value of human life. The belief that all people are of equal intrinsic value is […]
How Christianity Changed the World
Teri Paulson
Several years ago I read a wonderful and inspiring book called How Christianity Changed the World by Alvin J. Schmidt who is an emeritus professor of sociology at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois. This book along with others documents the positive effect the life and teachings of the Jesus and His followers have had on human […]
Reason Isn’t Enough
Teri Paulson
Harvard professor, Mark Tushnet is arguing that conservative Christians ought to be treated like Nazis. In Duxbury Connecticut dozens of nude and semi-nude ‘selfies’ taken by local high school girls for their boyfriends were discovered posted online at Dropbox and NYC mayor Bill de Blasio called for a boycott of Chick-Fil-A, not because Chick-Fil-A actually […]
‘Free’ to be Who I Am?
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In 1987 a public relations consultant and a researcher of neuropsychiatry wrote a book laying out a strategy designed to change the minds of Americans about homosexuality. Among other things the book (After the Ball) detailed a plan to cast homosexual behavior not as an activity in which men and women sometimes engage, but as […]
Without Truth (there is only manipulation)
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Last month several leaders from our church attended one of the “Understanding Gender Identity” sessions sponsored by District 211 in order to help us (the community) better understand the school board’s 5-2 decision in December to allow a biological male to use the girls’ locker rooms and restrooms at Fremd High School. What we witnessed […]
God is Like a Train
Teri Paulson
We Christians have a communication problem when we try to share the truth about God with unbelieving friends and family members. The problem is there are actually two different kinds of truth claims and most people tend to mix them up. Consequently, sometimes we talk past each other when witnessing. It’s easiest to explain using […]
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