Michael Brown

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  Nov 17, 2014

  Are We Putting Impossible Burdens on Gays and Lesbians?

  Books have been written by professing gay Christians calling conservative believers "Pharisees", and just this past weekend, on social media, a gay man called me a Pharisee for holding to biblical holiness and morality.

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  Nov 14, 2014

  Did Gay Men Liberate the Benham Brothers?

  Are you a heterosexual man who enjoys dressing stylishly, who likes staying in shape and sometimes wearing tight T-shirts while working out, who has no problem showing brotherly affection to other men? If we are to believe what a leading gay journalist says, it's all because you have been liberated by gay men.

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  Nov 10, 2014

  Atheist Tells Christians to Keep Faith In the 'Closet'

  Writing in response to my article "Secularism Declares Open War On Religious Faith," an atheist has assured his readers that there is no such war and that, more importantly, in order to avoid conflict with the larger society, I should simply keep my religion in the closet.

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  Nov 4, 2014

  Houston Mayor Has Taught Us It's Time to Obey God Rather Than Man

  As sons and daughters of God, we are called to honor and respect authority and to be people of obedience rather than people of rebellion. But that means when the earthly authorities tell us to disobey God, we respectfully say, "We must obey God rather than man" (Acts 5:29).

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  Oct 30, 2014

  President Obama Versus Franklin Graham On Whether Islam Is a 'False Religion'

  During a 2009 interview on France's Canal+TV channel that is just now being reported widely, President Obama claimed that Americans needed to be better educated on Islam and that, if we compute the total number of Muslims in America, we would be one of the biggest Muslim countries in the world.

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  Oct 28, 2014

  Why Won't Gay Theologians Like Matthew Vines Openly Debate Those Who Support Traditional Marriage?

  Why are "gay Christian" activists and theologians so unwilling to debate the issues publicly? Why do they consistently refuse public dialogue, especially when those who want to dialogue with them are committed to doing so with civility and grace?

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  Oct 24, 2014

  Secularism Declares Open War on Religious Faith

  In case you didn't know it, if you are a conservative Christian, you are just like Boko Haram and ISIS. At least, that's what the secularists are saying. More absurd still, they actually believe this.

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  Oct 20, 2014

  On Gay Marriage and the Hillsong Movement: Did Jesus Call Us to be Relevant or Biblical?

  Last week, Michael Paulson of The New York Times asked Pastor Brian Houston, founder of the Hillsong movement, "Can your pastors preside at same-sex marriages?"

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  Oct 17, 2014

  Houston Mayor and City Attorney Strive to Put Pastors In the 'Closet'

  Mayor Annise Parker and City Attorney Feldman, you have gone too far, and your bullying will backfire. The pastors of Houston, joined by Christian leaders across the country, will not be intimidated and they will not back down.

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  Oct 15, 2014

  Houston Learns the Consequences of Having a Lesbian Activist as Mayor; Pastors Must Respond From the Pulpit

  In an outrageous act of overreach that the Alliance Defending Freedom rightly branded "an inquisition" and "witch-hunt," the city of Houston has demanded that pastors preaching on themes relating to homosexuality and gender identity turn their sermons over to the government for inspection.