Archive - William H. Perkins, Jr.
Homosexual rights group again targets Mississippi College
Homosexual rights group Soulforce picketed the campus of Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College (MC) in Clinton on October 19-20, the second time in a year the group came to town to protest what they consider to be the school’s discrimination against “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender” students. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Nov 7, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Specially made, after all?
Christians have been told since the days of Copernicus, who correctly theorized the earth was not the center of the universe or even the center of the solar system, that there’s really nothing special about our earthly existence. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Nov 7, 2008
Topic: Science, Creation/Evolution
Another state falls
On October 10, Connecticut became the third state in the country to legalize homosexual marriage by judicial fiat when the state’s Supreme Court ruled by a razor-thin 4-3 vote that same-sex couples have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexual couples. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Nov 6, 2008
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Get ready, stay ready
As if the financial crisis in the U.S. isn’t enough to make us lose sleep nightly, it appears likely the Middle East will soon erupt into the headlines once again. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Oct 1, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, , Issues,
Satan makes a comeback (as always)
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and its slave states, several historians and academicians rashly declared “the end of history.” The Cold War was over, along with the nuclear hair trigger under which the world had lived for more than four decades. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Sep 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
The best Olympics story
Thousands upon thousands of articles containing hundreds of millions of words in every major language of the world have been written and spoken during the just-completed 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Sep 8, 2008
A firm ‘no’
July 17 was a red-letter day for Mississippians, but many may have missed the significance of the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s firm refusal to skirt state law and thereby open a new chapter in the gamblers’ march to take over the state. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Aug 7, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
When is 800 feet not 800 feet?
As this issue of The Baptist Record lands in mailboxes across the state on Thursday, the Mississippi Gaming Commission will be in session in Biloxi to hear arguments that casino developers should be able to scrap the law passed by legislators in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that allowed them to move their gambling halls onshore. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Aug 6, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
The face of marriage in America
On a warm, windswept Saturday, a young bride and groom were married in a Mississippi Baptist church. It was a scene undoubtedly repeated many times on a Saturday in many other venues around the country, but we seem to never grow tired of this age-old celebration of unfailing love and lifetime commitment. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Jul 2, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
A little honesty, please
Gambling has wrought many changes in Mississippi since it was legalized in 1992, but did you know that it has created employment for everyone in Tunica County and put a pickup in every driveway? more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Jul 2, 2008
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling