Faith & Family Values

FROM OUR WASHINGTON OFFICE

Internet gambling law a success, but faces scrutiny

Opponents of Internet gambling achieved a momentous victory with 2006 legislation that put in place restrictions to help enforce existing laws against online gambling. Several members of Congress, however, are pushing legislation that would reverse the positive trends already seen under the UIGEA. click to continue...

MINISTRY

Card ministry to inmates marks 15th year

Dear Woman, I know you have done something wrong. You think that everyone has forgotten you. I haven’t. God hasn’t. We still love you.”  It was a simple letter written by 10-year-old Brooke Hill of First Baptist Church, Trussville, Alabama, 14 years ago. But to an anonymous inmate at Christmas, the message was anything but simple. click to continue...

FILM

"The Golden Compass"

Witches are good. The church is bad. And at the end of it all, God dies. This is the fantasy world of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, and a movie based on the first book, "The Golden Compass." The movie has been the focus of e-mails from concerned Christians, curious if what they heard about it is true. Are the rumors true?
(Also: read Breakpoint's take on the film.)

LIFE DIGEST

Adult stem cell breakthrough

Adult skin cells in human beings have been converted into embryonic-like stem cells, producing a scientific breakthrough in the field and a dramatic shift in favor of foes of destructive embryo research. click to continue...

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A Guide to Your Search for the Meaning in Life

Richard Land and Os Guinness talk life, religion and philosophy in this timeless radio interview.

VEGGIETALES CHRISTMAS  Teach London to love . . . with lightbulbs? That's what playwrights Cavis Appythart (Bob the Tomato) and Millward Phelps (Larry the Cucumber) want to do in The Star of Christmas. This musical adventure teaches that it's the true story of God's love for us (not manmade spectacle) that shows how we should love one another. (Big Idea)