Much of the world may be embracing same-sex marriage, but Romania – with its strong Christian influence – is going in the opposite direction.

The country’s Senate voted 107-13 on Tuesday in favor of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, one year after the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies – also passed it.

The amendment now will appear on the ballot this fall for voters to consider. Three million Romanian citizens in 2016 signed a petition asking the government to place such an amendment on the ballot. 

According to Newsweek, seven European countries — Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia – already define marriage in their respective constitutions as between a man and a woman. 

“We’ve been a Christian nation for 2,000 years,” said Romanian Sen. Serban Nicolae, according to the Associated Press. 

Fifteen European countries have legalized same-sex marriage, Newsweek reported. 

A Pew Research Center survey released in June found that Romanians consider religion to be more important in their lives than most of Europe does. 

“The share of adults who consider religion to be very important in their lives is generally low in Europe, where 23% of survey respondents in the average country say this,” the report said. “[But] Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia and Romania, where at least half…

Last week, John MacArthur, president of The Master’s College and Seminary, led the signing of a statement that condemned evangelical’s “newfound obsession with the notion of ‘social justice,'” and was met with signatures from over 3,000 other evangelicals who supported the statement.

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has responded to John MacArthur’s recent claims that evangelicals’ embrace of social justice is a threat to the Gospel.

The Christian Post reports that Moore recently sat down with the hosts of Holy Post Podcast to discuss MacArthur’s statement and social justice within the Church.

“The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel” asserts that the Bible’s teachings are being protested against by “the broad and somewhat nebulous rubric of concern for ‘social justice,” stating that “values borrowed from secular culture are currently undermining Scripture in the areas of race and ethnicity, manhood and womanhood, and human sexuality.”

When asked if he believed the separation of the Bible and social justice was helpful, Moore responded by saying, “No, because the Bible doesn’t put those two things in separate categories.” He continued, “Sometimes what people want to do is to essentially do with public justice what other people do with personal morality.”

“You will have…

The parents of the two-year-old boy who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in 2016 have a new baby they are calling a blessing from God.  

Two years ago, Lane Graves, the son of Matt and Melissa Graves, was dragged underwater while playing on the shore near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa as his parents watched in horror. The father tried but failed to rescue the boy, whose body was found the next day. 

Two years later, the Graves have a new addition to their family. 

“We are happy to announce the birth of our son, Christian Lane Graves,” Matt and Melissa Graves said Wednesday in a statement. “Although we know the pain of losing Lane will never go away, we feel God has blessed our family with this precious miracle of life.”

The Graves also have a daughter, Ella. 

Last year the parents announced the establishment of The Lane Thomas Foundation, which provides financial support to families of children undergoing organ transplants. The foundation also raises awareness about organ donation and supports research with the goal of eliminating “the need for organ transplantation to save children’s lives,” according to the foundation’s website. 

“Lane was a beaming, spirited and loving child who always referred to himself by his first and middle names, Lane Thomas,” said the website, which called the…