http://www.visionforumministries.org/ Vision Forum Ministries is dedicated to the restoration of Christian family culture. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:32:31 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Vision Forum Ministries is pleased to announce the feature finalists and semi-finalists for the 2009 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Jubilee Awards. Each of these films will compete for category awards, for the Audience Choice Award, and for the largest single film festival grand prize of its kind in America -- the $101,000 Best of Festival Jubilee Award. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/finalists_announced_christian.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/finalists_announced_christian.xml News and Reports Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:32:31 -0600 ^W^hat's in a name? Maybe more than you realize. You begin and end your life with it. It is the one moniker that you carry with you all the time, wherever you go. It never leaves you. This article -- excerpted from Doug Phillips' new book, *The Little Boy Down the Road* -- offers humorous anecdotes from the Phillips' family as they have sought to give their children "Epistemologically Self-Conscious" baby names. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/family/the_coming_of_mahershalalhashb.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/family/the_coming_of_mahershalalhashb.xml Family Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:36:15 -0600 In the ebb and flow of politics, what are the duties of a Christian? Doug Phillips offers some key maxims that Christians should adhere to regardless of who the candidates or parties are. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/maxims_of_christs_servant_stan_1.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/maxims_of_christs_servant_stan_1.xml Ballot Box Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:31:48 -0600 During America's early years as a nation, great preachers gave stirring election-day sermons wherein they compelled the people of God to uphold His standards at the ballot box. Here are snippets from several of those along with quotes from godly patriots on voting and politics. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/election_day_quotes.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/election_day_quotes.xml Ballot Box Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:28:34 -0600 No matter what happens in the 2008 election, God is still on the throne. [Click here]( http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/five_things_which_are_no_diffe.aspx) to read what our unchanging duties are -- as well as those things we can be assured of as God's people regardless of who becomes our nation's next president. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/five_things_which_are_no_diffe.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/five_things_which_are_no_diffe.xml Ballot Box Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:09:27 -0600 Sen. Barack Obama's ardent support of abortion is evil. Yet Sen. John McCain's less active support of abortion is evil as well. In this article, we further explore Sen. McCain's compromises on the sanctity of human life in view of LifeNews.com's response to our previous post. After bringing to light additional facts of the Arizona senator's checkered record that Steve Ertelt has sought to minimize or avoid, we conclude by explaining why the lesser-of-two-evils argument that is being invoked as a justification to support Sen. McCain falls short of God's requirements for choosing civil magistrates. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sen_john_mccains_record_on_lif.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sen_john_mccains_record_on_lif.xml Ballot Box Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:39:16 -0600 Are the 2008 presidential candidates willing to appoint pro-abortion judges to the Supreme Court? Are they willing to support federal funding for Planned Parenthood? What about *Roe v. Wade*? Are they willing to take active steps to overturn this heinous decision -- or do they fear that such a move would "endanger" the lives of women? As an organization that cherishes the sanctity of human life, VFM has put together a Sanctity of Life Voter Guide that answers these and other critical questions. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sanctity_of_life_voter_guide_1.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sanctity_of_life_voter_guide_1.xml Ballot Box Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:54:35 -0600 With the 2008 presidential election just one week away, it is time that Sen. John McCain's record on abortion be clearly explained. Based on the Arizona senator's past record and statements on the life issue, he will not actively seek to overturn *Roe v. Wade*; will appoint pro-abortion judges, if he deems them otherwise qualified; will continue to support embryonic stem cell research; and will seek to undermine the Republican Party Platform's pro-life plank which opposes abortion in the cases of rape, incest, and the life of the mother. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sen_john_mccains_position_on_a.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/sen_john_mccains_position_on_a.xml Ballot Box Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:45:22 -0600 http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/calvin_and_darwin_worldview_in.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/calvin_and_darwin_worldview_in.xml News and Reports Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:03:55 -0600 Join America’s premiere training academy for Christian filmmakers and culture changers. Learn from a distinguished faculty and top independent filmmakers. Receive specialized training in the writing, directing, producing, financing and marketing of independent Christian films. Participate in hands-on training... http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/the_2009_christian_filmmakers_1.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/news_and_reports/the_2009_christian_filmmakers_1.xml News and Reports Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:46:59 -0600 Does the example of Deborah establish the biblical propriety of female civil magistrates? More particularly, does it provide Christians with a biblical justification to support Mrs. Sarah Palin in her bid for the Vice Presidency? In the search for biblical answers on the question of women in civil leadership, all roads seem to lead to Deborah. Using sound principles of hermeneutics and exegetical analysis, Pastor William Einwechter refutes many of the common misconceptions derived from this example, demonstrating that Deborah's testimony does not establish the biblical validity of female civil rulers. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/so_what_about_deborah.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/so_what_about_deborah.xml Ballot Box Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:46:24 -0600 The *Los Angeles Times* recently interviewed Doug Phillips, Dr. Voddie Baucham, Dr. Richard Land, and others concerning the division within the Evangelical community on the propriety of a mother of young children potentially serving as Chief Executive of the United States and Commander In Chief in view of Mrs. Sarah Palin's nomination to the Vice Presidency. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/la_times_highlights_concerns_o.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/la_times_highlights_concerns_o.xml Ballot Box Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:21:09 -0600 In responding to questions posed by *USA Today,* the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood -- in defending Gov. Palin's bid for the vice presidency -- has utilized theological arguments in direct contradiction to positions they maintained in the past concerning a woman's role according to Scripture. This move on their part threatens to altogether destroy their view of complementarianism in the family and the church. In Part 1 of a series, Doug Phillips addresses several contradictions that CBMW has advanced. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/vfm_responds_to_cbmw_compromis.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/vfm_responds_to_cbmw_compromis.xml Ballot Box Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:27:32 -0600 Evangelicals are betraying their principles and their theology for the false confidence that a sanctified Republican Party will make an unholy nation sound again. This confidence is the cheap idolatry of escapist fantasy which is aptly represented in the popular "Miracle" poster of Gov. Sarah Palin. In one simple image, Mrs. Palin is portrayed as movie celebrity, sports hero, political sophisticate, cute feminist favorite, and the very channel of the power of God. Will Evangelicals come to realize the extent of this careless betrayal? Now, there would be a miracle. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/the_miraculous_sanctification.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/the_miraculous_sanctification.xml Ballot Box Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:09:15 -0600 In a *USA Today* Op-Ed article, Professor David Gushee identified a contradiction of evangelical leaders who maintain that Sarah Palin is qualified to be the vice president of the United States, but is unqualified to lead her own household or lead in the church. But Mrs. Palin does not present a predicament to those who believe that God's order for men and women applies to all spheres of life. In this helpful article, William Einwechter resolves the five questions that Gushee raised in his Op-Ed piece, using clear biblical principles. http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/the_palin_predicament_resolved.xml http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/the_palin_predicament_resolved.xml Ballot Box Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:54:54 -0600