NEWLINE http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/ opinion en-gb 144 17 http://www.christianpost.com/ http://www.christianpost.com/images/blogs/article/cpLogo.gif http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/code-red-vote-tomorrow-20/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/code-red-vote-tomorrow-20/index.html Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, released his 2,074-page version of the Senate health care reform bill-at an estimated price of $890 billion. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:07 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/a-good-nights-sleep-20/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/a-good-nights-sleep-20/index.html In a nationwide survey of 1005 adults, Barna Research found that seven of ten adults, 71 percent, placed a good night's sleep at the top of a list of things they look forward to. Born again Christians were even more interested than non-believers in getting a good night of rest.andnbsp; We're tired and the study's director, George Barna, says it's our own fault.andnbsp; We're filling our schedules and Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:33:00 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/world-day-of-prayer-for-uganda-17/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/world-day-of-prayer-for-uganda-17/index.html When: NOW Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:24:09 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/will-disapproval-of-homosexuality-lead-to-jail-today-in-washington-dc-16/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/will-disapproval-of-homosexuality-lead-to-jail-today-in-washington-dc-16/index.html Ho hum. Some religious leaders and preachers are going to be in Washington DC today to "engage in civil disobedience to protest inclusion of 'sexual orientation' in hate crimes law." Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:56:41 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/the-battle-is-shifting-13/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/the-battle-is-shifting-13/index.html The battle over health care reform has moved from the House of Representatives to the Senate. Pro-life Democrats flexed their political muscle in the House and forced a vote on funding of abortion in the health care bill-and prevailed. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:32:35 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/toward-european-health-care-13/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/toward-european-health-care-13/index.html Right in the thick of the debate about establishing a federally controlled health care system in this country, my daughter, studying in Rome, ran smack into European health care.andnbsp; It started out not to be an emergency, but after a couple of days and several contacts with the system, it became one. Once they took the problem seriously and hospitalized her, she got wonderful care. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:11:26 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/act-now-lives-hang-in-the-balance-06/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/act-now-lives-hang-in-the-balance-06/index.html We're really getting down to crunch-time with the health care reform bill. The House is expected to take a vote on it as early as tomorrow. Nancy Pelosi has decided to keep members of the House there until a vote is reached, and abortion is the hurdle preventing this. Pro-abortion leaders, along with the abortion industry, are fighting hard to keep abortion-on-demand in the health care bill. It's Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:50 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/health-care-overhaul-vs-seniors-05/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/health-care-overhaul-vs-seniors-05/index.html One of the realities permeating the health care debate is that the bulk of medical spending occurs in the last few years...sometimes the last few months....of people's lives.andnbsp; That's why the idea of government-run health care raises not-unreasonable fears of rationing, the dreaded death panels.andnbsp;We are on the threshold of a tidal wave of baby boomers entering their peak healthcare-consumi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:17:22 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/put-down-the-stones-was-jesus-wrong-02/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/11/put-down-the-stones-was-jesus-wrong-02/index.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:44 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/enda-vs-religious-liberty-26/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/enda-vs-religious-liberty-26/index.html Could the United States government think of any more ways to control businesses in this country?andnbsp; It is already a major owner of over 600 financial institutions, two auto makers and an international insurance conglomerate.andnbsp; The leading proposals to overhaul health care and revamp energy consumption will place all kinds of mandates on businesses, costing them plenty. Planned changes in ta Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:18:19 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/uganda-coalition-speaks-out-on-anti-homosexuality-bill-2009-23/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/uganda-coalition-speaks-out-on-anti-homosexuality-bill-2009-23/index.html This morning in Uganda a coalition of organizations released a statement strongly opposing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 which I wrote about earlier this week. I wish Christian groups were among the signers, however, it is American backed Christian groups that seem to be leading the support for this bill. My prayer is that the Christian groups would heed the counsel of believers here to approac Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:43:27 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/gay-divorce-would-undermine-marriage-19/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/gay-divorce-would-undermine-marriage-19/index.html Homosexual activists, fighting to attain legal same sex marriage, are creating an unlikely battleground:andnbsp; divorce courts. In the latest skirmish, a Dallas judge, Tena Callahan, has ruled that her court has jurisdiction to hear the "divorce" case of two men "married" in Massachusetts in 2006 and now living in Texas. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:31:53 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/hannah-giles-idea-13/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/10/hannah-giles-idea-13/index.html The widely criticized community activist group, ACORN, has been a "tough nut to crack." Accusations of criminal activity including misuse of money, tax evasion and voter registration fraud have dogged the organization for years. ACORN tactics against banks, like street demonstrations and boycotts, aimed at lowering standards for home loans, were found to be a prime contributor to the subprime mort Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:19:51 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/the-university-vs-christian-belief-28/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/the-university-vs-christian-belief-28/index.html My daughter, Alyson, took a semester away from her nominally Christian university to study abroad. Emails describing the first few days of classes had a common theme.andnbsp; "I'm the only conservative and they hate Christians."andnbsp;andnbsp;One professor says 'Jihad is tame compared to 13th century Christians.' There's the obligatory Sarah Palin bashing complete with sexual innuendo.andnbsp; Another pr Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:22:20 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/revising-social-studies-21/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/revising-social-studies-21/index.html The state of Texas is in the midst of a mandatory, every-ten-year review of its social studies curriculum for public schools.andnbsp; This is important to the whole country because textbook publishers develop material based on their largest market, Texas. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:44:31 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/shame-and-attachment-loss-reparative-therapy-and-father-son-estrangement-18/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/shame-and-attachment-loss-reparative-therapy-and-father-son-estrangement-18/index.html Picking up the narrative on the new book from Joseph Nicolosi, Shame and attachment loss: The practical work of reparative therapy, I want to focus on the family dynamics Nicolosi proposes to be at the source of male homosexuality. There are two basic types of familyandnbsp;soil which Nicolosi believes grows some same-sex love: the "classic-triadic family" and the "narcissistic family." If you are l Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:24:51 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/48-hours-17/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/48-hours-17/index.html Sarah Capewell's son is dead because of Britain's nationalized health care system. Little Jayden was born premature at 21 weeks and 5 days after conception. If Jayden had been born just two days later, doctors would have worked to save his life. But the cutoff age for a premature baby under Britain's National Health Service rationing guideline is 22 weeks. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:38 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/joseph-nicolosis-shame-and-attachment-loss-17/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/joseph-nicolosis-shame-and-attachment-loss-17/index.html Trying to keep up on the new developments in reparative therapy, I purchased NARTH's co-founder Joseph Nicolosi's new book, Shame and Attachment Loss: The Practical Work of Reparative Therapy. This post is not a review but more of a prep for a review. I am going to provide some excerpts and comments which may form the basis for a more formal review at a later date. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:47:13 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/life-issues-institute-condemns-murder-of-pro-life-activist-11/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/life-issues-institute-condemns-murder-of-pro-life-activist-11/index.html Life Issues Institute was shocked and saddened to hear that a long-time, pro-life activist, Jim Pouillon, was brutally gunned down in a cold act of murder this morning. He was reportedly killed by a 33-year-old man who is now in police custody. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:11 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/feminists-stimulus-selfishness-11/index.html http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/opinion/2009/09/feminists-stimulus-selfishness-11/index.html The Stimulus Package was sold with promises of millions of "shovel ready" jobs.andnbsp; Americans envisioned men who had lost jobs in the construction industry getting work repairing roads, bridges, and the electrical grid. Even the skeptical were glad, at least, that long-needed highways and schools would be built.andnbsp; But not the feminist groups.andnbsp; They demanded that half the stimulus jobs b Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:38:02