“And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” In this passage, God is lecturing Israel for their “pointing fingers and malicious talk” (verse 9), and for not “loosening the chains... Continue Reading

“I’m not surprised by the guilty verdict,” said Creech, who lives in Raleigh, N.C. “It was a foregone conclusion. The penalty will be much more interesting. I’m hoping the clergy on the jury will act with compassion and reason. If they are punitive to Frank, it will be a sign that LGBT members are not... Continue Reading

The Rev. Harry N. Miller, 82, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 in Conyers, Ga. Harry was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., on March 31, 1931. He graduated from the University of Miami, Florida and Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. He began his ministry as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Crystal... Continue Reading

Yes, he made a strategic alliance with the “fundamentalists,” but as soon as they learned that old WTS wasn’t to be a pre-millennial, tee-totaling, fundamentalist school, they too abandoned him to recommence their quest to regain their lost influence. It took them fifty years, but with the rise of the Moral Majority, they almost got... Continue Reading

It is true, of course, that self-interest is the engine that drives capitalism. But self-interest is not the same as selfishness, at least not in the way that Rand would use the term. In her novel The Fountainhead, Rand’s protagonists are portrayed as the epitome of the capitalist intellectual hero. In fact, they rarely act less... Continue Reading

Preaching, teaching, training, shaping, serving. Instead of shrinking and fading away, the Billy Graham influence actually grows through the years. And wherever it goes, it tends to produce—even from skeptics—a sense that it is well done.   The Billy Graham organization has a reputation for doing things right. But partly because the Graham family activities... Continue Reading

There is already enough wrong with ObamaCare. But for those who do support it, they do not need to do so at the expense of selling short the potential of so many young people. Young people are so much more than partying, getting drunk and engaging in casual sex without any other cares in the... Continue Reading

Was the change made because Gates is more likely to allow homosexual leaders in the Boy Scouts? Deron Smith, a spokesman for the BSA, said the selection of Gates “is not related to the BSA’s membership standards policy.” But Smith would not answer questions from WORLD about Gates’ or the BSA’s plans for implementing new... Continue Reading

“I was an atheist long before I came to NCU. I was baptized Lutheran, and raised Methodist, but as time went on I slowly came to the conclusion that God wasn’t real. For me, church was an empty ritual that I participated in so I could see friends, scripture was largely mythological, and Jesus was... Continue Reading

What makes the respective stories of Matthews and Driscoll so interesting is that the Pacific Northwest is one of the most secular regions in the country. Several years ago, scholars began referring to it as the “None Zone” in reference to the fact that when surveyed, more people in the Northwest, compared with the rest... Continue Reading