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The world is realizing anew that our faith has tangible benefits. This is an opportunity for the gospel.As Christianity continues to decline in the West, the broader world has begun to notice something’s missing. There seems to be a growing awareness that—for all the scandals and failings of the church—the loss of a Christian culture leaves us all worse off, and that there are benefits to being a Christian and to living in a Christian society.For example, Derek Thompson recently wrote in The Atlantic about the loss of community that comes with declining church attendance. “Maybe religion, for all of its faults, works a bit like a retaining wall,” he concluded, “hold[ing] back the destabilizing pressure of American hyper-individualism, which threatens to swell and spill over in its absence.”Likewise, Harvard scholar Tyler J. VanderWeele has extensively researched the benefits of participation in religious services, finding that it leads to improved mental and physical health, happiness, and sense of meaning. Statistically, going to church regularly will help you flourish as a human being. As Brad Wilcox, a professor at the University of Virginia, has shown, regular church attendance even correlates with a more satisfying sex life!And then you have those like former atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali who explain their conversion to Christianity at least partly as a response to the decay of the contemporary world, a world threatened by “woke ideology,” “global Islam,” and authoritarianism. “The only credible answer, I believe, lies in our desire to uphold the legacy of the Judeo-Christian tradition,” Hirsi Ali said in an essay announcing her new faith. Famous atheist Richard Dawkins objected to Hirsi Ali’s conversion yet seems to ...Continue reading...
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On Wednesday the Arkansas Senate passed? S.B. 64? by Sen. John Payton (R – Wilburn). The measure passed overwhelmingly without a single senator voting against it. S.B. 64 is a good bill that provides $2 million in state funding for pregnancy help organizations — including pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other organizations — that […]The post Arkansas Senate Votes to For $2 Million to Fight Maternal and Infant Mortality appeared first on LifeNews.com.
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The Missouri legislature today approved a bill that would defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business and other companies in the state that kill babies in abortions. Although Missouri is one of the pro-life states where babies are protected, state tax dollars still go to the abortion giant. And that's a problem given a recent expose' […]The post Missouri Legislature Defunds Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz appeared first on LifeNews.com.
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An overwhelming majority of Michigan voters support retaining provisions of Michigan law related to abortion which, while maintaining access to abortion, safeguard the health and safety of women, minors, parents and taxpayers. These provisions include parental consent for minors and a 24-hour waiting period to allow for informed consent before having an abortion procedure, according […]The post 68% of Michigan Voters Support Parental Consent and Waiting Period Before Abortion appeared first on LifeNews.com.
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Today, Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Family Action, and Pro-Life Wisconsin joined together to block? Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's? pursuit to find a right to abortion in the Wisconsin Constitution.? They are being represented by The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) and the Thomas More Society. There is no right to abortion in the Wisconsin Constitution, […]The post Pro-Life Groups Oppose Measure to Make Abortion a “Constitutional Right” in Wisconsin appeared first on LifeNews.com.
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