August 2010
Standing Firm
Standing Firm, the first feature film from Praise Pictures, delivers a dramatic and gripping story that is remarkably strong for a start-up company. [more]
Christians connect
They have become media buzzwords: Facebook, Twitter, social networking. According to its own statistic, there are more active users on Facebook than the entire population of the U.S. [more]
Unwelcomed
The word discrimination evokes memories of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Through that stuggle, America realized that no category of people should be treated as second-class citizens. [more]

Freedom that kills
Unrestrained sex … where will it land us? Sex is everywhere we look. It’s on magazine covers at the grocery store checkout lanes and on the screen – small and big. The nation’s infused with it. On Madison Avenue sex sells everything from cars to chewing gum. [more]
NEWS FEATURES COLUMNS

Home Depot under fire for kids’ workshops at gay festival [more]

AFA part of group protesting new animated series on Comedy Central [more]

Almost half of Americans say Dems too liberal [more]

Vandals mar Memorial Day in several states [more]

Publisher puts disclaimer on U.S. Constitution [more]

District slams door on pro-LGBT curriculum [more]

Battling in Florida for religious expression [more]

Trial opens on Scouts’ Philly headquarters [more]

McDonald’s makes pro-homosexual commercial [more]

CNN calls the womb a ‘sacred space’ [more]

Personhood Nevada forced to miss deadline [more]

PTC: MTV proves need for cable choice [more]

More run for office than in past decades [more]

Baptists see increase in annual baptisms [more]

Egyptian Coptics face more discrimination [more]

Darwin doubters systematically driven out of academia [more]

Kids’ Nickelodeon links to adult games [more]

By what authority?
High profile Anglican leaders have recently exchanged public words over the issue. United Methodist Church elite in the U.S. have schemed, unsuccessfully so far, to minimize the influence of their fellow church members in Africa about the controversy. And proposals about it in the Presbyterian Church (USA), if passed, could undermine the denomination’s clearly worded doctrinal standards. [more]

Conservative group champions senior causes
“I was on a radio interview the other day,” says Stuart Barton, president of American Seniors Association. “The host said, ‘Stuart, why is someone who’s 40-something years old running a seniors organization?’ [more]

Ten million children learn about Jesus through CEF
Ten-year-old Uriah discovered last year that he can trust God to help him in tough times. Megan understood that God will always be there for her. Carlos prayed to receive Jesus Christ as his Savior. [more]

Divorce … who really pays?
A state senate bill passed in New York this year aims to make that state the 50th in the U.S. to legalize no-fault divorce. It is a step opposed by such strange bedfellows as the Catholic Church and the state chapter of the National Organization for Women. [more]

Humans and Holdren: Profiling the ideas of White House influence makers
Jesus once told His disciples, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14 NIV). Scripture is clear in numerous places on how God sees value in children. [more]

Movie reviews
Without A Father
Ramona and Beezus

Committed to the cause, committed to the Christ
By Randall Murphree, AFA Journal editor
Is your commitment focused on the great Christian causes you support? Your local church? The Fellowship of Christian Athletes? Gospel for Asia? AFA? Or is it focused on the Christ whom we claim to serve, the only One who can truly change our culture? [more]

Seeing the world
through PC glasses
By Tim Wildmon, AFA President
My definition of “political correctness” is the denial of reality and the rejection of common sense in the name of some greater cause, as identified by liberals. [more]

Financial issues
By Dan Celia, host of Financial Issues on American Family Radio.
Q: You recommend using charitable gift annuities as part of a retirement plan, possibly utilizing IRA money to accomplish this. At 50 years old, could I contribute to this monthly?. [more]