The role of the chaplaincy in our military cannot be understated. During military service, our brave fighting forces are faced with some of the most difficult situations any individual can face. During these immensely trying times many soldiers rightly turn to faith in God –and fortunately, there has always been a trusted chaplaincy to guide them. 

Many children grow up reading the children’s classic “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, or watching one of the many movies that were adapted from the book. Unfortunately, a “politically correct” and pro-LGBT version of the book is now being released.

In a very short amount of time, America has been completely transformed by the new wave of the sexual revolution. Twenty years ago, “gay marriage” was a hypothetical concept and hardly anyone had even heard about transgenderism. But today, gay marriage is normal and being “gender nonconforming” is celebrated to the point of nonsense.

Unfortunately, many people in our culture are arguing that all babies with Down syndrome should be aborted. Some social scientists are even arguing parents who choose not to abort their child with Down syndrome should pay a fine.Tragically, 85 percent of preborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome will be aborted.

Over the weekend, Pastor Phillip "Flip" Benham was arrested for protesting at an abortion clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina.Pastor Benham was part of the peaceful Love Life Charlotte protests outside of the abortion clinic the “Preferred Women’s Health Center.” During the peaceful protest which consisted of singing praise songs and praying to God, an individual from the abortion clinic got a loudspeaker and started verbally assaulting the peaceful demonstrators.

On February 22, Harvard College put the school's largest Christian student organization on "academic probation." Their crime?

Harvard College Faith and Action (HCFA) is accused of asking a Bible Study leader to resign her position after learning that she was in a same-sex relationship. In other words, Harvard has suspended a Christian organization because the group insisted its student leaders should conform to orthodox Christian standards for sexual conduct.

There are certain truths about a person that cannot be changed – the clearest example is biological sex. God, in his divine wisdom, created human beings male and female and bestows on each of us our sex. Sex is determined, like other biological traits, from the moment of conception and it cannot be altered.

Some in our society are now claiming that gender is not determined by God at the point of conception, but it is determined by the individual and can change at any time.

Abortion, the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of babies each year, must be stopped in our lifetime. This is not an issue that can wait or be ignored. Fortunately, there’s now an effort in South Carolina that would effectively ban nearly all abortion in the Palmetto State.

This bill has now passed the Florida House! http://www.lifenews.com/2018/03/01/florida-house-passes-bill-to-ban-dism...

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Last Friday, the Utah State Senate voted 26-1 to send Senate Bill 118 (SB 118) - Abortion Law Amendments (Informed Consent) - to its third reading. This is the last step needed before the Bill is sent to the State House, where it would go through a similar process.

So, although the Bill still has hurdles to overcome, it has a great start in the Legislature.

And, the Bill, which would amend Utah's existing Abortion Law and strengthen its Informed Consent provisions, is sorely needed.