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ESPN’s Chris Broussard Preaches Biblical Message of Sin

May 1, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

ESPN’s Chris Broussard

By now you are aware that NBA player Jason Collins is gay. Collins made major news headlines this week with the revelation simply because he is the first athlete in four major U.S. professional sports to admit that he is gay while still playing pro ball. Fox Sports had this to say:

“Collins became the first active player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports leagues to come out as gay. He wrote a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website that begins: ‘’I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.’ ‘I think the country is ready for supporting an openly gay basketball player,’ Collins told ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ in an interview aired Tuesday morning.”

Collin’s announcement isn’t really what I want to focus on, though I find it mildly annoying that President Obama made sure to call and congratulate Collins while continuing to ignore the Kermit Gosnell trial. Just to be clear, our president thinks it is important to congratulate someone for being gay, while ignoring the atrocities of Gosnell who will be convicted of murdering living babies. Let that sink in for a moment.

What I really want to discuss is what happened soon after Collins’ announcement with ESPN analyst Chris Broussard. For clarity let me just say I have watched Broussard on a number of venues talk basketball. He has always been direct, articulate, and fair. But not once did I ever suspect he was a person of faith. Never once did he say anything – that I caught – that would lead me to believe he knows anything about the Bible, God, or sin. [Read more...]

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: attack, biblical, Chris Broussard, Christian, ESPN, gay, homosexual, Jason Collins, liberal, media, Obama, sin

Bill Maher Actually Says Something Worth Reading

April 25, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

I rarely pay attention to anything Bill Maher says for obvious reasons. But recently he blasted a guest for comparing the violence in Islam to other faiths. A recent article says: ”Liberal talk show host Bill Maher went toe to toe with a guest Friday night taking issue with the guest’s comparing Islamic extremism with other faiths. Maher was interviewing Brian Levin, director of The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, at California State University, San Bernardino. Levin questioned the legitimacy of highlighting Islamic extremism as an anomaly among world religions…Maher went on to accuse Levin of being wrong about his facts. He said that while all Muslim people are not terrorists violence is more than just a fringe element of the Islamic faith.”

This is important because even a liberal like Maher recognizes that people are trying to spin the narrative to equate all faiths, an effort that will lead to Christians, Jews, and Catholics being called terrorists and losing their religious freedoms. When a liberal like Maher can see that this is what is happening it is evident that the attack on religious freedom in America is now a full scale war. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: Bill Maher, faiths, freedom, Islam, liberal, liberty, Muslim, religious, violence

Christians Persecuted for Their Religious Convictions – in America!

April 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

The media doesn’t do a very good job of reporting religious persecution in America or worldwide for that matter. I suppose many don’t believe such a thing exists. That would be a mistake of epic proportions and provide a false sense of security that will lull the victim to sleep as those bent on destroying religious freedom enact their plans. Just in case you didn’t know religious persecutions was currently taking place in America and worldwide, allow me to share just a few of the many incidents taking place currently.

Washington Attorney General Sues Florist For Anti-Gay Discrimination:

A florist in Washington State refused to provide her services for a same-sex ceremony and is now being sued by the state attorney general. This occurrence highlights the dangers of “non-discrimination” laws that ultimately allow Christians and people of faith to be sued for simply living according to their beliefs. This also shows how the government will try to force people of faith to violate their convictions via federal or state law in order to accomplish their political agenda.

American Arrested for Anti-homosexual Statements:

A 47-year old American was on a tour in the U.K. when he was asked about his views on homosexuality by some gay couples in Scotland. When he shared his view of homosexuality being a sin he was arrested and fined substantially for his words. Consider for a moment the implications of being criminally charged for simply sharing your religious beliefs. Again, non-discrimination laws end up harming no one but those who disagree with the politically correct view. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: America, christians, convicted, convictions, court, homosexual, lawsuit, liberal, Marriage, persecuted, religious, same-sex, sue, worldwide

New Pope Has Enemies Already

March 20, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Much fanfare and media coverage welcomed the new Pope to the national spotlight. Pope Francis I however, seems to be a Pope of a different nature. He has already been dubbed “the people’s Pope” for his emphasis on helping the poor, and the fact that his life has been an example of what that looks like. That didn’t stop liberal media outlets from seeking to discredit and hurt the new Pope by condemning his position on socio-political issues. A recent article explains the media’s attacks:

“As Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, recently chronicled, the barrage of lies, spin, and accusations has already begun. When you hate the Church, when you wish for its destruction, or at least for its transformation into another vehicle for secularization, you will naturally do all you can to hurt Her leader…Francis himself, however, actually galls them: A Jesuit who rejected liberation theology (“Oh, the horror!), a South American cardinal who opposed the government on abortion, euthanasia, and gay-lesbian adoption, and, most of all, his lifestyle provides no clubs to beat him with — he rides the bus, will not live in archdiocesan palaces, and wears the simplest of clerical robes.” I was impressed when I heard the Pope speak at the words he used and his emphasis on the sharing and spreading the Gospel. Perhaps that’s why liberals don’t like him. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: attack, Francis, issues, liberal, media, news, Pope

Groups Ask UN to Stop Pushing Abortion, Homosexuality, Sex-Ed Programs

March 5, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Some groups at the UN have taken upon themselves in recent years to deviate from their purpose and push abortion, homosexuality, and controversial sex-ed programs at the general assembly. Many of these are rejected in part or whole by a large part of the UN body and have caused tension at the general assembly. Pro-life groups took time at a special forum to ask the general assembly to do a better job of regulating reform bodies that deviate from their mandates by pushing these social agenda items. A recent article states:

“Pro-life organizations spoke at a special forum at UN headquarters this week to ask the UN General Assembly to reform treaty bodies which deviate from their mandates by pushing abortion, homosexuality and controversial sex ed programs. The UN is in the midst of a full review of the treaty bodies to identify ways to reform a system riddled with backlog, inefficiencies and abuse of authority…During the forum for civil society held on Tuesday, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), publisher of the Friday Fax, warned that when treaty bodies call for abortion rights, homosexual rights, and even the legalization of prostitution they ‘compromise their own institutional integrity and undermine the human rights project,’ adding that the independence of treaty bodies ‘is not a license to re-write treaties.’” Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: abortion, agenda, assembly, general, Homosexuality, liberal, pushing, sex-ed, social, UN

Engaging Weekend: Obama Asks SCOTUS to Overturn DOMA, Woman Sues Planned Parenthood for Botched Abortion, Movement Looking for 1 Million Men Against Porn

February 25, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Engaging Weekend is a collection of articles from the weekend you might have missed. But we thought they were important and wanted to make sure you had a chance to read them.

Obama urges Supremes to strike Defense of Marriage

Just in case there is anyone left with doubt over where the Obama administration stands on marriage, he has recently asked the Supreme Court to strike down DOMA. As he simultaneously punishes married couple through taxes religious freedom attacks, he wants to redefine marriage altogether. A recent article reports: “The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the federal law defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. The request regarding the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act was made Friday in a brief by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli that argues the law is unconstitutional because it violates ‘the fundamental guarantee of equal protection.’ The high court is set to hear two cases next month on the issue: the constitutional challenge on Proposition 8, the 2008 California that allowed same-sex marriages in the state that two years later was overturned, and United States v. Windsor, which challenges DOMA.” Click here for original article.

Mother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Engaging Weekend Tagged With: abortion, bias, botched, DOMA, Hollywood, Kevin Sorbo, liberal, Marriage, men, mother, Obama, overturn, planned parenthood, porn, SCOTUS, sues

New Yorker’s Oppose Late-Term Abortion Proposal

February 19, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

A new poll suggests that people in New York don’t think there is a need for pushing late-term abortion and that there is already plenty of access to abortion services. While New York remains a very liberal area, the people are once again proving that liberal is not synonymous with the “abortion on demand” agenda. Many even favor greater restrictions on abortion. A recent article comments:

“As pro-abortion advocates continue to push for the so-called ‘Reproductive Health Act,’ a new statewide poll reveals that voters overwhelmingly oppose expanding the state’s abortion laws and, indeed, favor greater restrictions on abortion than what is already in law. The survey was paid for by the New York City-based Chiaroscuro Foundation and it found that, while a majority of respondents (55 percent) described themselves as “pro-choice,” two out of three (66 percent) said there is sufficient access to abortion in the state. When informed of the actual number of recorded abortions each year (111,000), the number of people who agreed there is sufficient access to abortion rose to 79 percent, with only 7 percent of respondents disagreeing that there is sufficient access to abortion in the state.” Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: abortion, ban, late term, liberal, New York, oppose, proposal

When Words Are Made to Mean Something They Don’t It Gets Confusing

February 13, 2013 By Tom Stark

Confusing I was reading an article concerning the removal of Pastor Giglio from giving a prayer during the 2^nd Inaugural Event in Washington and through that article found my way to another article on a homosexual “religious” site called ”Believe Out Loud” that suggests that it is OK for “Christians to ‘evolve’ on homosexuality.” I assume the word “evolve” was lifted from our President’s claim regarding his position on homosexuality “evolving” during his first term in office.

I believe that the second link encapsulates the essence of the underpinnings of the homosexual cause. In my examination of progressive arguments for all their suggested changes to America’s beliefs, institution, and attitudes there are always “buzz-words” associated with them that are common to every argument.

Words like “compassion”, “social justice”, “…in the public square”, “diversity”, are just a few. They all sound commendable, loving, and like things that the uninformed might find attractive and worthy of embracing. Who can’t say they desire to achieve “social justice?”

The problem with all of these terms is that progressive ideology has turned the meanings around and against the classical meaning in ways that can defy belief. Social justice would appear to the uninformed as meaning simply that everyone is treated equally as in “equal justice under the law.” What’s wrong with that?

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About Tom Stark

Tom Stark began writing for the Engage Family Minute blog in February 2012. As a small business owner Tom is passionate about the intersection of faith and politics in the life of Christians and the community around him. Having been touched by both the abortion issue and the issue of homosexuality in his own family, Tom is passionate about defending the lives of the unborn and upholding Biblical Truth. Tom also writes for www.westvirginiaconservative.com

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Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: agenda, belief, bible, cause, Christian, church, confusing, Homosexuality, liberal, mean, meaning, progressive, term, words

The Hypocrisy of Advocating for Gun Control and Abortion

February 11, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Often the liberal left uses the “safety of children” as a slogan, or mantra, or catchphrase in order to push some radical agenda on the American people. Most recently it was used to try and convince Americans that more gun control laws were needed because kids just aren’t safe unless only criminals can have guns; or something like that. Somehow though, the protection of children is never mentioned in the life vs. abortion discussion.

In fact, most of the times the liberal left and other pro-abortion advocates refuse to admit that it is a living child inside the mother that is being murdered by abortion. Planned Parenthood lies to women and calls it a “blob of cells,” or a “blood clot.” Lawmakers call it a fetus or some other sterile sounding term intended on de-humanizing the child. But they never quite get to the point of calling it a child.

Until now.

In a recent article, Salon Magazine writer Elizabeth Williams, a staunch pro-abortion advocate, admitted that it is indeed a life living inside the mother but that fact had no bearing in the abortion debate. She wrote:

“Here’s the complicated reality in which we live: All life is not equal. That’s a difficult thing for liberals like me to talk about, lest we wind up looking like death-panel-loving, kill-your-grandma-and-your-precious-baby storm troopers. Yet a fetus can be a human life without having the same rights as the woman in whose body it resides. She’s the boss. Her life and what is right for her circumstances and her health should automatically trump the rights of the non-autonomous entity inside of her. Always.”

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: abortion, advocating, control, Elizabeth Williams, gun, human, hypocrisy, issue, liberal, Life, position, pro-life, sacrificing, Salon

Piers Morgan Doesn’t Like the Bible or Constitution – Americans and Christians Continue to Thrive

January 18, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Piers Morgan If anyone doubts that there is an organized attack on religious freedom in America, I would say that person simply isn’t paying attention. We live in an unprecedented time when the personal liberties of Americans are being attacked at rapid pace. Religious freedom is among the liberal left’s most coveted prizes. Liberal’s know that if they can silence pastors and religious people, they will be able to accomplish their agenda far quicker.

The lack of respect for our nation’s Constitution is appalling, and even sacred documents like the Bible are once again under attack from people that know little to nothing about them. Liberal talking head Piers Morgan believes the U.S. Constitution and the Bible are both flawed documents that need amended. On his television show Morgan made the following statement:

“Both the Bible and the Constitution were well intentioned but they are basically, inherently flawed. Hence, the need to amend it…My point to you about gay rights, for example, it’s time for an amendment to the Bible.”

Morgan showed a profound arrogance in making such a statement, arrogance not unlike that displayed by many liberals that want to change the words of Scripture, or even invent new Scriptures that affirm what God has called sin. In doing so the liberal left has decided it is now the morality police and will determine what is right and wrong for everyone; even those who choose to adhere to a traditional morality based on transcendent truth.

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