But I also think that this email alert will be a great addition with its easy-to-read format for finding the most pertinent and insightful information. Hopefully, the ideas and suggestions that follow will help you to establish a strong moral compass in your own life, with your family, and in your church and community. Be sure to let me know what you think of our newest endeavor. And, as always, thank you for your faithful partnership with Transforming Congregations. Your financial support is essential to our work.
Yours in Christ,
Rev. Karen Booth, Director
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Perhaps part of the reason porn is having such a major impact is because the Church as a whole has softened its stance and teachings about sexual sin and sanctification. Joe Dallas challenges Christian believers to get serious about real grace in his article "Amazing Grays," and Riley Case of The Confessing Movement within The United Methodist Church calls faithful members back to their holiness roots in his commentary "Can We Still Speak About Purity?"
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY
MARRIAGE
The end of June, the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions regarding same-sex marriage -- one regarding the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the other regarding California's Proposition 8, a voter initiative to define marriage as between one man and one woman.
For a more in depth understanding, see this three part series by Ryan Anderson of the Heritage Foundation:
Many well meaning Christians think that same-sex unions are no different from traditional heterosexual marriage except for the gender of the partners. Joe Carter, blogging for the Gospel Coalition, sets the record straight in "What You Should Know About 'Monogamish' Relationships."
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Bishop Marcus Matthews from the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference is the
CULTURE
If you think that the sexual and feminist revolutions have been beneficial for women, think again.
The RAND Corporation has released the results of a new study on cohabitation that confirms what moral traditionalists already know: living together does not improve a couples' chances for a lasting marriage. An article in the Wall Street Journal online explains why it is especially detrimental to women.
Moral behavior on campus continues to decay with -- surprise! -- young women increasingly participating in "hook up" culture. Kate Taylor analyzes the rationale in a
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