Per Wesley J. Smith’s blog Secondhand Smoke comes this story about adult stem cells being successfully used to treat spinal cord injuries. No one seems to care that these uncontroversial treatments are showing a lot of promise already, and everyone flocks around Obama as he “restores science to its rightful place” by continuing to fund controversial embryonic stem cell research and also cutting funding for adult stem cell research. You won’t find this last one widely reported either. It’s about time the mainstream media lost their influence.

Another good article by Thomas Sowell on where this country is headed. Among other things, he says that our pension plans dwindling and our house values crashing isn’t quite so bad when compared with former hardships of Americans.

Oh I wish he would answer them.

It looks like Bush did a grand job inviting plenty of people onto the Council of Bioethics that fundamentally disagreed with his views. That’s very commendable and necessary for fruitful discussion on bioethical matters. Robert P. George, one of the members, wonders if Obama will follow that trend in his latest article on the Public Discourse titled “A Diverse Bioethics Council?”

I wasn’t aware that the current council is so diverse, and George raises some interesting questions about what it will look like under Obama. This is also nothing to be taken lightly for those who are concerned about the sanctity of human life -and not just embryonic-, especially considering how much closer we are inching to the UK and other European states and their health care systems.  Read Wesley J Smith’s blog Secondhand Smoke on more bioethics commentary.

Found this on the Website of the American College of Pediatricians about homosexual parenting and passing it on.

My friend Alan put these arguments against same sex marriage together and I believe they sum up the issue very nicely and pretty comprehensively. Let me state that I am not a homophobe (doesn’t that mean someone who is afraid of homosexuals? Why would anyone be afraid of homosexuals??) and am personally affected by it. I pray that homosexuals, just as lusters, thieves, murderers, together with any other unrepentant sinner, will repent of their sins and put their trust in Christ to be saved. See my Good Person Test for more info.

Came across this really interesting article, written by an atheist, about how Africa needs Christianity, faith and all, and not just material help, to be liberated. I commend the author for being honest about what he sees!

Another good article over at the Public Discourse on Reasons Why Marriage is Inherently Heterosexual.

Sad post by Doug Groothuis about much of today’s superficial Christianity. Sounds to me like Willow Creek and other mega churches out there. Christianity without power, measured in numbers. No surprise that our country is in the condition it’s in.

Russell Moore, Dean of Theology at Southern Seminary, has a really good blog post about conspiracies these days, specifically about recent political events. While I am not totally caught up in any of those, I have to admit that some of it has my attention, together with that degree of fears and worries about what’s going to happen in this country over the next several years. Here are the last few paragraphs:

Our God tells us through the prophet Isaiah: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the Lord of hosts, him you shall regard as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread” (Isa 8:12-13).

We shouldn’t fear the Bushes or the Clintons or the Rockefellers or the Hiltons, whatever they are or aren’t up to. We should fear the One who’ll one day uncover all our whispered conversations, all our forwarded emails, all our hateful thoughts. There’s nothing conspiratorial about that.

I especially appreciate the verse from Isaiah brought back to my mind. God is in charge and will look out for His people in the long run.