“Marriage, the family unit, was the original Department of Health, Education and Welfare.” – Michael Novak
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...
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...
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...
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...
We’re confused about marriage. We want ceremonies with vows “till death parts us”, yet every year half as many divorce as marry. How do you picture “marriage”? Weddings, like Hollywood productions, present the dream of perfect couples, it’s all about love and fulfilment. But that Hollywood self-fulfilment picture of marriage isn’t true.