The High Court as Sport is a Sign of a Sliding Culture
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The High Court as Sport is a Sign of a Sliding Culture
By: Paul Batura
Every institution has its seasons and rhythms.
Sport fans correlate January with the NFL playoffs leading up to the Super Bowl, then there’s the NCAA’s March Madness. Come April we have azaleas and the Masters, and every June you can count on the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals. When the air turns cool and the shadows lengthen in October, I look forward to the Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series.
The Supreme Court?
The nine justices capture headlines every first Monday in October when they kick off their new term, and they’re in the news with oral arguments throughout the year – but late June is their time to shine and garner an oversized chunk of media attention.
And that’s a problem for America — and for us. In the early days of the United States, members of the Supreme Court only convened in February and August — and only for a few weeks at a time. The Judiciary Act of 1789 required the justices to preside over circuit courts around the country, so they spent considerable time traveling and meeting obligations, as well as addressing various concerns outside of New York City, where they were first based.
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Giants of the Faith Who Have Left Us in 2023
By: Joel Vaughan
The first six months of 2023 have seen the Church in America lose four legends.
Two of these men were paramount in my own spiritual development, the second being a former employer — the only one of the quartet whom I knew personally — and they were the bookends of the passings.
Two Southern Baptists, one Pentecostal, and one Presbyterian.
On January 8, Foursquare denominational pastor, and pastor to pastors, Jack W. Hayford, died at the age of 88. He took over a tiny church in the Van Nuys community of Los Angeles in 1969 which had only 18 attendees at his first service, including his own family.
“Pastor Jack” as he was fondly known, watched that church grow into the megachurch known as the Church on the Way.
He was the author of over 50 books and, more famously, hundreds of Christian songs and choruses, including the world renowned “Majesty.” In an age when many famous leaders barely touch books published over their names, there is little doubt that Jack scrutinized every principle if not every word. Hayford was also the general editor of the Spirit-filled Life Bible version of the NKJV.
On April 18, Pastor Charles Stanley died in Atlanta at the age of 89. Born in southside Virginia and born again in a small Pentecostal church in Danville, he did early ministry in Florida before taking over First Baptist of Atlanta.
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Inside the Rally to Celebrate Life
By: Nicole Hunt
This past weekend, thousands gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate lives saved on the one-year anniversary of Roe’s reversal.
I was honored to be in attendance at this inspiring event, and to represent Focus on the Family as one of the rally speakers.
It was a hot, muggy summer day in Washington D.C., but the weather didn’t detract from the excitement of the moment in the slightest.
Speakers showed up well before the event got underway to greet each other and meet with press. And while each of the speakers represented a unique pro-life organization, there was a real sense of unity, appreciation and collaboration regarding mission.
The ultimate goal being an America that values and protects preborn human life.
The rally began with a musical performance by Jonathan Alexandre, a prolife advocate and performer, singing “We Shall Overcome.”
He told the audience that song became the theme of the sound of freedom during the civil rights movement and said it can now serve as a theme song for the movement of life — we shall overcome.
Dr. Alveda King, niece to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., opened the rally with a stirring speech encouraging attendees that “now is the time to strengthen the fight to preserve life in our nation and safeguard our children.”
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Religious Freedom Victory: Government Can’t Force Doctors to Perform Transgender Medical Interventions
By: Zachary Mettler
The Biden administration on Tuesday declined to appeal a federal court ruling preventing the government from enforcing a mandate that would have forced religious doctors and hospitals to perform “sex-change” procedures and surgeries.
According to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which challenged the administration’s mandate in court, the ruling stems from a decision by the federal government all the way back in 2016.
That year, the Obama administration decided to reinterpret a section of the Affordable Care Act to require religious doctors and hospitals to perform transgender medical interventions contrary to their faith and best medical judgement.
“A coalition of Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university, and Catholic nuns who run health clinics for the elderly and poor sued the federal government to stop the mandate, and a federal court agreed that the mandate was unlawful and permanently blocked it from taking effect,” Becket noted. “When the Biden Administration appealed that decision, the Eighth Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision.”
Now, the federal government has decided not to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“After multiple defeats in court, the federal government has thrown in the towel on its controversial, medically unsupported transgender mandate,” said Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at Becket.
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The Secret to Seeking Heroes in a Culture of Cowards
By: Paul Batura
The late Dr. Howard Hendricks, a longtime professor at Dallas Theological Seminary who died in 2013 at the age of 88, once told the story of a teacher he greatly admired during his student days.
This older gentleman with white and gray hair always seemed to be studying. Howard would walk by his house on campus at 5:30 a.m., look up towards his study and see the light on and the professor reading. He’d walk by his home late at night, and there would be the instructor once again, pouring over his books.
Dr. Hendricks asked the old man one day, “What is it that keeps you studying? You never stop studying!”
“Son,” he replied. “I’d rather have my students drink from a running stream than a stagnant pool.”
The legendary seminary professor said those words had a profound impact on him. They served as ongoing motivation to never stop reading and never stop learning.
Nicknamed “Prof,” Hendricks would go on to teach at the seminary for 60 years. It’s said that over 10,000 students sat under his tutelage, and many of his sixteen books remain in print. He was also a popular speaker with Promise Keepers.
We often lament the absence of role models in culture, and that void is very real. Howard Hendricks defied the norm — but it’s only because he kept up his end of the bargain.
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