Marriage & Family
“Marriage, the family unit, was the original Department of Health, Education and Welfare.” – Michael Novak
Why “Reading the Bible Faithfully” matters
There are some things which are basic in our Christian lives - things like prayer, Bible reading, worship, witness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9e-mA3Msec NZ Christian Network organised two major discussions recently - one on marriage and one on...
Pew Research – America less religious and religious groups more accepting of homosexuality. What does it mean for us?
Pew Research Center's 2014 Landscape Study on religion in America contains some interesting findings. Among them, and relevant to NZ in the context of ongoing debates about same-sex marriage, is that "nearly all major religious groups have become significantly more...
Changes to marriage – “neither cave nor panic”
The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg We were sent a link to this opinion piece by Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Although it relates...
NZCN|Media Release – Family values, public benefit, and the Charities Commission
MEDIA RELEASE 25 February 2015 Family values - Who decides what is "public benefit"? NZ Christian Network (NZCN) is encouraging people to support Family First in its upcoming High Court case with the Charities Commission. "People may hold widely different views on...
By Kerry Kind | Dec 19, 2014 Traditional marriage affirmed by 14 world religions at Vatican conference Rev. Dr. Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in the San Diego, Calif., area, was one of 300 invited participants from six continents who attended a...
Studies confirm religion increases longevity, and marriage does too
A married man with heart disease can be expected to live, on average, 1,400 days (nearly four years) longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart Some may dismiss this as 'special pleading' given that the article does after all feature in a 'religious' newspaper...