Wednesday, October 17, 2012

• In debate, Obama promotes Planned Parenthood funding

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (BP) -- Planned Parenthood was among President Obama's buzzwords during the second presidential debate Oct. 16 as the incumbent mentioned the nation's largest abortion provider five times, using it to distinguish himself from Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

  Planned Parenthood, in the latest statistics available, reported performing 329,445 abortions in 2010 and received $487.4 million in government funds in 2009-10.

  In discussions about tax cuts, workplace inequalities, differences between Romney and George W. Bush and earning votes for re-election, Obama found ways to underscore Romney's pledge to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

  "We haven't heard from the governor any specifics, beyond Big Bird and eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, in terms of how he pays for that," Obama said at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., regarding Romney's plan for reducing the nation's $16 trillion debt while lowering tax rates.

  Planned Parenthood, in the latest statistics available, reported performing 329,445 abortions in 2010 and received $487.4 million in government funds in 2009-10. In this election season, Obama launched a television ad campaign that made his pro-choice views a major theme. No previous Democratic nominee had ever made abortion a major general election theme in TV ads.

  The debate, with a town hall format and CNN's Candy Crowley as moderator, included a question about workplace inequalities, specifically regarding women.

  In his response, Obama said women increasingly are the breadwinners in the family and therefore need advocacy such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which was the first bill he signed into law.

  "This is not just a women's issue. This is a family issue," Obama said. "This is a middle class issue, and that's why we've got to fight for it." Read More

• LifeWay decides against Glorieta sale to Olivet

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- LifeWay Christian Resources has "decided not to go forward" with the sale of its Glorieta, N.M., conference center to Olivet University, a San Francisco-based school which found itself in media crosshairs after the possible sale became public in July. Read More

• Nigerian stays vigilant for troubled homeland

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  

  RALEIGH, N.C. (BP) -- Dreams have played prominently in Adeniya Ojutiku's life. Before coming to the United States, he had a dream that would dictate a vision for salvation and discipleship of the lost in his Nigerian homeland riddled with religious strife. Read More

• Nigerian massacre targeted Christian students

  by Staff/Open Doors News, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  "I cried out to Jesus, face to the ground. They demanded that I stop calling on Jesus, but I persisted."

  -- Elkanah Sardauna, persecuted student

        SANTA ANA, Calif. (BP) -- New details from Open Doors News reconfirm earlier reports that Christians were the focus of an Oct. 1 massacre of 29 students in Mubi, Nigeria. Read More

• Poll: Nearly 50% affirm creationism

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Proving once again that Americans aren't buying pro-evolution scientists' dogma, 46 percent of adults in Gallup's latest survey say they believe God created human beings within the past 10,000 years -- the highest percentage for that answer since 2006 and the second highest since the question was first asked in 1982.

  Gallup asks Americans their thoughts on evolution every year. This year 46 percent agree that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at o... Read More

• TRUSTEES: GGBTS seeing 'God's blessing'

  by Phyllis Evans, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  BREA, Calif. (BP) -- Trustees of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary received reports about seminary operations and toured the Southern California campus during their Oct. 8-9 meeting in Brea.

  Trustees also approved the general concept for a master's degree in Christian counseling and elected Don Dent as director of GGBTS' David and Faith Kim School of Global Missions.

  "While daily challenges of seminary operations are sometimes daunting, the trajectory of our school is healthy --... Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Why your view of politics may be wrong

  by James A. Smith Sr., posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  Columnist James A. Smith says Christians often have an unbiblical view of politics, such as underemphasizing the role that the church should play. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: 6 keys to overcoming financial bondage

  by Chuck Bentley, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 (11 years ago)

  Financial bondage is usually the result of incorrect beliefs about money -- and the Bible provides answers, says money expert Chuck Bentley. Read More