AT ISSUE: Hope for Troubled Times
My husband and I recently attended a marriage renewal weekend known as “Marriage Encounter” that God used to transform our relationship and family life for the better. The most important gift we received from that experience is hope. Both of us grew up in broken families, so we lack strong marriage role models to give […]
Millennials and Faith: Reaching Today’s Emerging Adults
DOWNLOAD ENTIRE ARTICLE (with images and endnotes) “I had no idea my friends believed this,” Grace said with a bewildered look, as other students sitting around a Summit Ministries table nodded in agreement. Grace and her friends seemed staggered by the number of their peers—many from church or youth group—who supported the Supreme Court’s recent decision […]
SCOTUS Marriage Ruling: Where Do We Go From Here?
DOWNLOAD ENTIRE ARTICLE (with images and endnotes) On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which imposed a 50-state same-sex “marriage” mandate. The ruling has left many in the Christian community feeling defeated, uncertain, and even fearful about the future and about how the Supreme Court’s ruling […]
Responding Like Jesus to the Redefinition of Marriage
Many Christians have asked how to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage for all 50 states. Let me offer three thoughts about how we should respond. 1. The institutionalizing of same-sex marriage did not redefine marriage; rather, it is the fruit of a redefinition of marriage. Same-sex marriage is […]
North Carolina Lawmaking: 2015 General Assembly Review
DOWNLOAD ENTIRE ARTICLE (with images and endnotes) After meeting for over 8 months, the North Carolina General Assembly adjourned the 2015 “Long Legislative Session” on September 30. State lawmakers reached final agreement on a $21.74 billion state budget on September 18, over 11 weeks past the start of the state’s 2015-16 fiscal year. Despite the delay […]
Government’s Coercive Threat to Religious Liberty
This week, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, about the escalating threat to religious liberty from the legalization of same-sex unions, and what pro-family citizens should do to fight back. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: Government’s Coercive Threat to Religious Liberty INTRODUCTION: Kellie Fiedorek is legal counsel with Alliance Defending […]
A Call to “Constitutional Resistance”
Many of us are still reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges this summer that forced marriage redefinition on all 50 states. As we continue to grapple with important questions surrounding how to respond to that ruling, over 60 prestigious legal scholars are calling on American officeholders and other citizens to […]
Join Us for the “We Stand with God” Rally this Saturday!
Dear Friends, Acts 5:29 calls Believers in Jesus Christ to “obey God rather than man.” Considering all that is taking place around us today, we have a unique opportunity to join together with churches, pastors and other Christians from across North Carolina to take a stand for Biblical principles and religious liberty at the “We Stand […]
The Exploitation of Women Through Surrogacy
This week, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Jennifer Lahl, founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, about the dangers of surrogacy for both women and children, and why it should be banned nationwide. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: The Exploitation of Women Through Surrogacy INTRODUCTION: Jennifer Lahl is founder and president of […]
Pro-Family Leaders Urge U.S. House to Protect Religious Freedom
NC Family has joined a coalition of state and national pro-family groups who are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to take action on critical religious liberty legislation that would prevent the federal government from discriminating against those who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. In an October 5 […]