Family issues

The secret is finally out after five years that the child Sasha from the United Kingdom is in fact a boy.

His parents, Beck Laxton and Kieran Cooper, have kept the gender of their son a secret all these years to the public, refusing to reveal their child's gender to make a statement against gender stereotypes. Sasha's gender was revealed after he entered school.

"I wanted to avoid all the stereotyping," said the mother Laxton to U.K.-based Cambridge News. "Stereotypes seems fundamentally stupid. Why would you want to slot people into boxes?" more >>

The answer to combating the debilitating lies one might believe about oneself is to find the truth in Scriptures, suggests a Tennessee pastor who recently wrote two separate "10 Lies" lists for what men and women might wrongly think about themselves.

Church strategy consultant Ron Edmondson, who is a co-founding pastor at Grace Community Church in Clarksville, told The Christian Post that after working with hundreds of people over the years he has come to see that there are some consistent lies men and women believe.

"I counsel with people every week who are believing lies that keep them from enjoying life and being all God would have them to be. Ultimately, as believers, we are to believe and follow truth," Edmondson said. more >>

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Voters are accustomed to seeing the spouses of political candidates stump for their better halves on the trail. But in this week's South Carolina primary, the children of two of the remaining GOP hopefuls are fulfilling a critical role in their fathers' campaigns and in unique ways.

The children of the other candidates may be more active, but none are larger than the Santorum clan of seven children ranging in age from 20 to 3 and a half. They include Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Bella.

The former Pennsylvania senator and his wife, Karen, are tireless campaigners and public servants who have chosen to involve their children in all aspects of their political life. When Santorum moved from the House of Representatives to the Senate in 1995, the couple decided it was best to move the family to Washington so the senator could come home, have dinner with the kids and put the younger ones to bed, before returning to the Hill for late night votes. more >>

Lisa Osteen Comes delivers honest, inspirational stories while engaging the reader with biblical truths in her new book, You Are Made for More!

The Associate Pastor of the Lakewood Church, Lisa Osteen Comes preaches on a rotating basis at the largest church in America. The church is led by her brother, Joel Osteen, who she often fills in for while he is traveling.

In a foreword by her brother, Joel Osteen tells readers that You Are Made for More! will help you "recapture your joy, renew your faith, and respond to every test with integrity." more >>

Gay activists have been rebuked for “bullying” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and pushing an unsavory agenda against him, by accusing him of “hating gays.” The Santorum camp quickly turned the tables on rumors sparked by gay activists that he had a hateful agenda, by affirming that his stance against a redefinition of marriage to include gays was a matter of public policy, and not a personal attack against homosexuals.

“This is a public policy difference. I think the problem is that some see that policy difference as a personal assault,” Santorum asserted.

The issue arose as Santorum was conducting his campaign in South Carolina Monday. A mother in the audience used the question time to explain her dilemma: “I have been supporting the senator since he announced his exploratory committee,” she announced. more >>

A group of pro-family Christian and Jewish leaders – including many African-American pastors – plan to rally outside the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday to protest the SPLC’s labeling of organizations, many of them faith-based, as "hate groups" due to their opposition to homosexuality and pro-gay agendas.

The SPLC categorizes "hate groups" as any organization in the nation that has "beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics."

The group of religious leaders believes the SPLC has wrongly applied that label to themselves and other members of the faith community.  more >>