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Recently, I was offered an opportunity to become a blogger for The Huffington Post. I was a little reticent at first because I have heard others characterize the site, founded by liberal pundit Arianna Huffington, as "very liberal." I knew there would be some people who would attempt to cast me as a liberal in sheep's clothing if I published...

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How (Not) to Inspire a Generation

Posted November 24, 2009 Read This

Last Friday, a robust and incredibly influential group of Evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox leaders released a 4,700 word document titled "The Manhattan Declaration." The declaration argued for a hierarchy of issues in America with abortion, gay marriage, and religious liberty as the crown jewels. These are the issues we should be supremely...

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I have said before that pro-life Christians must move beyond the sandwich board, candidate-driven mentality and be willing to do the hard work that our faith demands. Peachtree Presbyterian in my hometown of Atlanta is a perfect example. Their pastor has announced that they will accept any unwanted babies that the community brings them....

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Weary of Obama's Lip Service

Posted March 16, 2009 Read This

For some time, I have been promoting a common ground policy on abortion reduction. I first embraced abortion reduction because my progressive friends were prodding me to join with them to save unborn lives. When these individuals asked me to rally with them around such things as increased funding for adoption and comprehensive sexual education...

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I have often spoken out on this blog about the need to forge common ground on abortion reduction. At the same time, I have been more than frustrated at the total absence of any tangible reduction policies being put forth by this administration. As I recently commented in a Washington Post article, many evangelicals have stuck our necks out to...

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Over the past few weeks, I have written a few posts about the new twist in the abortion debate. I am starting to feel like all the political peeps that I can't stand because they only talk about abortion and gay marriage and ignore everything else. Yet, I am still typing, so let's give it a run. 


As the pro-choice President takes the reigns of...

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Below is a transcript of the statement I gave at the "Come Let Us Reason Together" press conference at the Third Way headquarters in Washington, DC:


I support the "Come Let Us Reason Together" governing agenda put forth by Third Way because of my desire to see people of faith work across division of disagreement in the pursuit of common goals.

As...

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The Shifting Abortion Debate

Posted January 14, 2009 Read This

Today, I wrote a guest column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution entitled "Reducing abortions: priority promise should not be broken." One of the most divisive and polarizing issues in the United States is abortion, but in the last year or so the debate has taken on a new angle with the inclusion of abortion reduction as a common ground...

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