Jerry Pierce

Dallas

Senior Editor at Decision Magazine (US)

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Vermont: Christian Foster Families Appeal Licensing Removal

2 weeks ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

Religious freedom advocates and lawyers representing 22 state attorneys general have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of two Vermont families who lost their foster care licenses because their Biblical views on sexuality conflicted with new state requirements. Brian and Kaitlyn Wuoti and Michael and Rebecca Gantt, who were formerly licensed by the state of Vermont as foster parents, were deemed “unqualified” by the state.
Obeying God Came Before Her Job

3 weeks ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

Vanessa Sivadge had made up her mind long before that Monday night in July 2023—the night a relaxing dinner with longtime friends was interrupted by a knock at the door from two men identifying themselves as FBI agents. If ever it came down to a choice between her career as a registered nurse at Texas Children’s Hospital and doing the right thing—between obeying man and obeying God—she knew what she would do.
Kay Arthur, Who Helped Millions Study Scripture, Dies at 91

1 month ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

Kay Arthur, whose popular Bible studies helped millions to understand and apply the truths of Scripture, died Tuesday. She was 91. Since 2020, Arthur had battled Parkinson’s disease. The ministry she founded, known as Precept, began after she and her husband, the late Jack Arthur, began hosting Bible studies for teenagers in their living room. Fifty-five years later, Precept serves 190 countries and its resources are translated into 110 languages.
Victory for Alabama’s Ban on Radical Gender Treatment for Kids

1 month ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s 2022 ban on gender-altering procedures for children have dropped their suit, the state attorney general’s office announced. The three-year-old challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and a group of law firms was initiated with help from the Biden administration. The move to dismiss the suit was filed May 1 in U.S. District Court in Alabama’s Middle District. “This victory is not just for Alabama.
Study: Abortion Pill Much More Dangerous Than Reported

2 months ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

The drug mifepristone, known widely as the abortion pill, is much more dangerous than previously reported, according to the largest-known study to date on its effects. The study, released by the Ethics & Public Policy Center, analyzed data from an insurance claims database that included 865,727 prescribed mifepristone abortions from 2017-2023.
Colo. Bill Would Directly Threaten Parental Rights

2 months ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

LGBTQ activists are pushing legislators in Colorado to quickly pass a bill that opponents say would threaten parental rights and the welfare of minors who question their sexuality. To stop the bill, Christian groups are gathering signatures seeking to raise awareness of its dangers.
Baylor Students See God Move Amid 72 Hours of Prayer

2 months ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is the latest American college to witness what appears to be a wave of Christian renewal and awakening among young people and particularly college students. During what has become an annual prayer and worship effort called FM72, thousands of students gathered over 72 hours from Sunday, March 31, to Wednesday, April 2.
When God Says‘ I’ve Got this,’ He’s Got It

2 months ago | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

As Bob Zook sat in his recliner early that morning of Feb. 22, 2024, crushing fatigue pressed hard on his frail body. He had struggled to the coffee maker and then to his favorite chair. Every morning, steaming java in hand, he would sit down, fully on his terms. That day, though, simple physics prevailed over human will. By God’s grace Bob had landed safely in the chair, but he had essentially fallen into it. Ever the problem solver, Bob’s mind switched to planning mode.
‘Not Ashamed of the Gospel’

Mar 1, 2025 | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

A quarter century after Billy Graham convened the Amsterdam 2000 gathering, which helped prepare more than 10,000 Christian leaders for the task of global evangelism, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is convening another milestone gathering of evangelicals for the purpose of spurring Gospel advancement.
Baptists Ask Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood

Feb 19, 2025 | decisionmagazine.com | Jerry Pierce

The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm has launched a campaign asking Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. “For too long, taxpayer dollars, $700 million last year alone, have been given to this organization that profits from ending life. It is outrageous that promises that have been made for years now have never been turned into real results,” the petition on the website of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) states.