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The Yazoo Clay of Our Day

Rob Chambers

Whenever someone plans on building a house, the design and type of materials are always considered, but the foundation is always where the building begins.

The Bible talks about the foundation of a house and its correlation to one’s spiritual house.  The quality of a spiritual house depends on the spiritual foundation.  If one has a bad foundation they will have a house with structural problems.
In Mississippi many house foundations have been built on a type of soil called Yazoo clay.  Yazoo clay has a distinctive, yet destructive, property of expanding and contracting by as… Read Full Article

The Bible Speaks on Alcohol

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People have been drinking fermented beverages since at least the days of Noah. The Bible states that after the flood, Noah planted a vineyard, made wine, and got drunk (Genesis 9:20-21). In New Testament times, Jesus turned water into wine at the marriage feast at Cana (John 2:1-11), and Paul admonished Timothy to “use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses” (1 Timothy 5:23). After the introduction of distilled spirits with their much higher alcohol content (up to eight times higher than wine) in the Middle Ages, the problems caused by alcohol increased significantly. Today, alcohol… Read Full Article

U.S. Legislative Agenda for 2010

By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Feb 5, 2010

A year after Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president, many of our legislative priorities and concerns remain the same. Generally, liberals were largely unable to advance many of their principal legislative goals. Southern Baptists were instrumental in stopping many of these.

We are encouraged by the response of Southern Baptists in this past year to our calls to action. As we look at 2010, we know Southern Baptists must continue their diligent advocacy for biblical values in our nation’s public policy. Below, we describe the principal policy areas on which we will focus our… Read Full Article

Former Planned Parenthood director details turn of heart

Bonnie Pritchett - Dec 14, 2009

Abby Johnson had never felt so alone. Sitting in her Planned Parenthood office and weeping, Johnson, who was raised Southern Baptist, knew God had called her to leave her job as director of the women’s health and abortion clinic and join forces with the Coalition for Life advocates just down the street in Bryan, Texas.

The call was unmistakable. But the courage to take the step of faith to leave her job with no other prospects in sight and invest herself in a movement that was diametrically opposed to the life she had lived for the past eight… Read Full Article

Dear President-elect Obama,

By Richard Land

Nov 5, 2008

First, congratulations on your successful campaign to become the 44th President of our beloved United States of America. This was a historic election in terms of the massive increase in voter participation as a percentage of the electorate.

I hope you know that there are tens of millions of Americans who did not vote for you who are still very, very pleased that an African-American has been elected President of the United States.

The fact that this could happen in a country with as tragic a racial past as America’s says… Read Full Article

Obama: Born-Alive Infant Protection Act

After Rick Warren’s Saddleback Presidential Forum, Barack Obama was interview by a reporter where Obama accused the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) of lying about a claim that he did not support legislation that would give babies who survive an abortion the right-to-life. So who’s telling the truth, Obama or the NRLC?

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Richard Land sorts it out on his radio program, Richard Land Live! In the program, Land reports that even though “Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has claimed since 2004 that he… Read Full Article

2008 Presidential Voter Guide

Where do the presidential candidates stand on many of the issues?  This voter guide will assist you in understanding the political position each candidate and their running mate has on several issues.  We must keep in mind that the Lord alone is Lord of the conscience; no one has the right to demand how a person votes.  It is, however, important to vote in every election, and it is equally important to be an… Read Full Article

Prayer and Presence: 40 Days for Life (9/24 - 11/2)

40 Days for Life is a pro-life campaign to draw the Body of Christ to a spirit of unity to bring about repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.

From September 24 - November 2, the Jackson Metro area will be one of more than 170 cities in 45 states joining together for the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history—the 40 Days for Life campaign.

Their prayer is that, with God’s help, this… Read Full Article

Obama & Planned Parenthood

See the following video for more information on Barack Obama’s and Planned Parenthood’s position on abortion:

2008 Presidential Candidates: On Abortion

Rob Chambers

Not much has been said about abortion on the campaign trail lately, but as election time draws nearer, each candidate will increasingly seek disparity on many issues.  Abortion is one of those issues.  Lately, McCain has been more verbal on his abortion views, whereas Obama has been less so.  When Obama has spoken to the issue of abortion, it has mainly been in the presence of pro-abortion advocates like NARAL and Planned Parenthood who both support Obama because of his pro-choice position.  (By the way, the SBC passed a resolution at the 2008 SBC convention… Read Full Article

Biloxi mayor says gambling provides new trucks and new jobs to all Tunica residents . . . Really?

Rob Chambers

Biloxi mayor gives gambling a positive spin in recent article, Presidential politics likely to impact gambling landscape:

A.J. Holloway, the four-term mayor of the city of Biloxi, said he doesn’t know the politics of Alabama, but Mississippi had to do something. He’s talking about casinos. “We were the poor state,” he said last week after one of the conferences of the Southern Gaming Summit held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center.  “This has been a big boom for Mississippi.” He cites Tunica in the Mississippi Delta… Read Full Article

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Heartbreak: A Reality Check on Gambling in Tunica

Grace Thornton

‘Heartbreak’ shift a daily reality for gambling facilities nationwide

The dazzling lights of nine casinos flood miles of farmland in the Mississippi Delta, blasting across the region as if they had more to compete with than a few catfish ponds and cotton fields.

Nothing hinders the casinos’ glow in the flat expanse of Tunica County, Miss. For the poverty-stricken area, the lustrous resort complex is the moon that rises every night in the west, glimmering in the Mississippi River on one side and penetrating the shadows of pawnshops on the other.

The area’s financial… Read Full Article

Tasting the Forbidden Fruit

Bob Terry - May 14, 2008

God promised it would happen. “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die,” God cautioned Adam in Genesis 2:17. But Adam and Eve did not believe the warning. They concluded they knew more than God did and ate the forbidden fruit.

You know what happened next. Their innocence died and they hid behind fig leaves. Their relationship to each other died, and Adam blamed Eve for his problems, while Eve blamed the serpent. Their relationship to God died, and they hid from… Read Full Article

Getting Away with the Big Giveaway:  Most Legislators Vote for Casino Tax Rebates

Rob Chambers

Many TV shows have been emphasizing the importance of charity, and it appears most Mississippi legislators have taken this lead as well – but not in the true sense of charity. To be charitable means to give to someone in need, ill or helpless, but most Mississippi legislators have chosen to redefine charity to apply to lucrative casino businesses. 

In 2007 casinos had revenue in excess of $2.8 billion and for January and February 2008 alone nearly $500 million, but despite these numbers most legislators have chosen to deem the casino industry in need of charity.

… Read Full Article