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Catholic couple at their Holy Matrimony or marriage. In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, during the celebration the priest imposes his liturgical stole upon the couple's hands, as a sign to confirm the marriage bond. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Consider some of these important Gay events that happened this past year: There is no denying it: 2014 was the year the scale tipped, and same-sex “marriage” literally swept across the United States as  judge after judge in state after state  trampled on the clear will of the people, unilaterally striking down voter-approved traditional marriage amendments.  Meanwhile, those who believe in traditional marriage are increasingly being told that they are “bigots” who have no right to their beliefs. Just think of the Benham brothers,  who were fired from their HGTV show  because of their Christian views; or the Duggars,  who were recently the subject of a ferocious media attack , demanding that their ...

Image:Wilsonnflfootball.jpg, modified to have a transparent background. All rights released to the original author. The original description was: "Picture of generic football, GFDL, that FutureNJGov took a while back (2003? 2004?) for a school project. FutureNJGov shrunk it down in size and uploaded it to Wikipedia for a free image of a football." (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The homophobes are everywhere in the NFL . Just ask Michael Sam, a top college football player who wasn't quite good enough to make the cut in this year's NFL season,  but was good, or famous, or famously gay, or  something  enough, to be  GQ's Man of the Year : The athlete won the award despite having not yet played an on-season game in the NFL. He was cut from the Rams squad in August, but was later picked for a Dallas Cowboys practice team, only to be dropped again in October.  When asked by  TMZ  why he thought he was not on the roster of an NFL team, Sam said; 'I t...

Some schools have gay–straight alliances or similar groups to counter homophobia and bullying and provide support for LGBT students in school. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has put a controversial bill dealing with gay clubs in schools on hold, because of opposition within his own caucus. The opposition is coming, reportedly, from small-“l” liberals who think the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect homosexual students from bullying, and not from Christians or social conservatives who believe the bill goes  too  far, in particular by removing parents’ right to withdraw their children from classes dealing with homosexuality. "We will pull back. We will pause," Prentice told reporters yesterday afternoon. While he was away all week a debate raged in the province over his bill. Alberta Christian parents will be spared for another day being stripped of their fundamental right to educate their children in their beliefs in their own...

Christ the Saviour (Pantokrator), a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. NB - slightly cut down - for full size see here (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) God ’s love and His holiness are broken out into different aspects in Scripture.  Within His love, for example, we can distinguish mercy, forbearance, kindness, and compassion.  Within His holiness, we can see righteousness , faithfulness, justice, judgment , and wrath. God’s holy-love is shorthand for His entire character . SOME GROUPS WANT TO SEPARATE GOD What this hyphenated language does is remind us that God’s character is whole. The God who “is love” ( 1 John 4:8 ) is always, everywhere, and at the same time, the God who is a “consuming fire” ( Heb. 12:29 ) and the One who is “light” ( 1 John 1:5 ).  When we meet God, we meet Him in the wholeness of His character. His judgment, for example, is always preceded by His patience.  It is always shadowed by His mer...

[Editor's note:  I have come to know Wendy and her story through an amazing set of circumstances that only God could have arranged. She is a delightful woman who loves the Lord with all of her heart and has asked BarbWire to share her moving story of redemption and freedom from homosexual sin through the power of Christ Jesus . Wendy has said that it is her hope that her testimony might resonate with even one person who can relate to the circumstances that Satan used to lead her into the homosexual lifestyle. If you are that person, then you (and God) will know it. What the enemy intended for evil, God is using for incredible good in the life of Wendy. The same can be true for you. - Matt Barber ] My name is Wendy and I was born in a small town in Virginia . I was in church, every time the doors were open, for as far back as I can remember. I also attended the Christian school within my church that was rooted deeply in an Independent Baptist doctrine. My mama was very sickl...

Español: Intercambio de anillos entre los novios (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Two prominent Protestant pastors defended marriage at the Vatican, saying the Church must fight against the sexual revolution and stand for Biblical truth about marriage and sexuality. Speaking at Pope Francis’ Humanum  conference  November 17, Evangelical pastor and author Rick Warren talked about God’s plan for marriage, and along with Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore , decried the ruin of marriage resulting from today’s sexual mores. “To redefine marriage would destroy the picture that God intends for marriage to portray, and we cannot cave on this issue,” Warren said. “It's a picture of Christ and his Church." "What are we going to do about this?” he said, according to a  report  from Christian Today . “The Church cannot cower in silence. The stakes are too high." Never give up and never give in, was Warren’s message, saying the Church cannot be salt and light in a...

English: Headmistress and primary school students in Ghana (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Following the conclusion of the Synod on the Family in Rome , the Catholic bishops of Ghana met at their plenary assembly this month to continue to consider the challenges faced by Ghanaian families, and to reaffirm the Church's teaching on marriage and family life. The theme of this year's plenary was “The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization .” "The African cherishes the family as the fundamental base of humanity and of society," the bishops observed. "As a family, respect, sense of belonging and care for one another are our values." The plenary, they said, focused on concerns that today the family is undergoing "significant challenges that rock the very foundation on which God has set the human society ." The bishops affirmed that the Church’s perennial and unchanging teaching on the family "is based on the n...