Hookup Culture Is Good for Women, and Other Feminist Myths
According to Atlantic essayist Hanna Rosin, we should celebrate that young women are now acting as sexually selfish as their male counterparts.
Even if they don’t always heed it in practice, Christians at least acknowledge the truth and goodness of the biblical view of human sexuality—that both men and women will honor God and find personal fulfillment in engaging in a sexual relationship with one other person within the covenant of marriage.
Doodling in the Sand
Brian McLaren Presides over Same-Sex Commitment Ceremony
If that is the case, I think there are many Christians who could immediately relate to his circumstance. It is very difficult when one has a close friend or family member who is gay and who differs with what the Bible teaches about sexual norms.
The 105th Archbishop of Canterbury is about to be revealed
Religion writer for the Daily Mail Online handicaps the contestants and gives a nod to 'God's choice'
The time has come to select a new Most Reverend Father in God, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan. The CVs have been sifted, references requested, candidates shortlisted, and Google consulted (just in case... skeletons... cupboard...)
Bryan College defends decision to kill student’s story
Wanted to protect privacy of teacher arrested on child sex charges
Like almost all student newspapers, the Triangle is owned by the school and its stories are subject to review by school administrators. Although many public universities allow their student publications to operate with some degree of independence, most private colleges retain strict control over what their student journalists publish.
Obstreperous Islam
The West is now locked in a political and cultural struggle with Islam, and no amount of sentimental claptrap about “mutual understanding” will change that.
The first is that Islam is a religio-cultural-political package. There is no ultimate distinction in Islam between the sacred and the secular, and thus none between mosque and state. All of life is understood as a matter of submission to Allah
The Millennial Hymnal
At the crossroads of old and new, how should this generation worship?
But sing-ability also factors into the making of a good hymn. Not everyone likes the same songs, and we don’t have to. It’s unrealistic to assume unanimous approval on music preference. If I like every song my music minister chooses, it probably means someone three rows behind me doesn’t.
FactChecker: Divorce Rate Among Christians
…positive factors translated into actual lowered risk of divorce among active believers.
"Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!" It's one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it's perhaps one of the most inaccurate.
Luther, Evangelicals, and Modern Art
Luther and the Lutheran tradition remain virtually unknown to conference-circuit evangelicalism
What I discovered is a Luther whose thought offers fertile ground for a desperately needed re-evaluation of evangelical approaches to art and culture, from his understanding of the distinctions between the letter and the spirit; law and gospel; theology of the cross and theology of glory; the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world; the human being as simultaneously sinner and saint; God hidden and revealed; and nature and grace.
The ‘iPrayer 7’ Seminar
Lives would be changed. The church built up. The kingdom of God and His Christ expanded.
I held a three-hour seminar on prayer this past Saturday at my church. It was intended primarily for the people of my local congregation to lay a foundation for becoming the house of prayer our God wants us to be and for which our Lord Jesus is zealous. I opened with what I envisioned the seminar would be like.
Why I Believe in the Redistribution of Income!
Historically, the Church has defined the parameters of the civil magistrate and guaranteed its right to redistribute income
The modern church has ignored these issues, but we can no longer afford to be silent. The civil magistrate is responsible for such things as securing our national borders with military force, enforcing legal contracts, protecting the people against fraud (such as inflation), providing a judicial system to both protect the rights of people and to punish convicted criminals (who break the laws of God).