Respectful personal relationships, stating the opponent’s position fairly and a responsible use of the internet are some of the ways for Christians to deal with disagreements within their ranks, three Christian scholars said in a video-recorded dialogue released Tuesday. Is it possible to talk about one’s theological convictions in a way that is faithful and... Continue Reading

For the Rev. Jim Bachmann, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Green Hills, the answer is clear. The Bible teaches that Adam and Eve existed, so that’s what he believes. Doubting their existence undermines the authority of the Bible, he said. They may be the most influential couple in human history. For centuries, the... Continue Reading

In the midst of ongoing brutality against Afghanistan’s small Christian minority, the UN agency in charge of processing international refugees has denied protection to at least eight Afghan Christians and their families who recently fled their country and are living in India. All face deadlines for deportation back to Afghanistan, where recent episodes of violence... Continue Reading

Emergent Church purveyor Brian McLaren picked up where Wallis left off. Standing in the middle of a geodesic dome made of branches and twine, he lamented the lack of global environmental regulation and argued that “we must talk about the joy in paying taxes.” A recent festival convened by Religious and Evangelical Left leaders served... Continue Reading

Further chemotherapy options have been ruled out as they can only be started at a minimum of 100 days post-transplant. Georgia would not be able to survive the toxicity of these extremely aggressive medications. Doctors have concluded that, humanly speaking, there are no treatment options—proven or experimental—for her current condition. In December 2010, Georgia Goodwin,... Continue Reading

“It is unfortunate that these chronic litigants fail to see the invaluable community services provided by members of the clergy,” PJI president Brad Dacus said in 2009. “Ministers of many faiths are dependent on the housing allowance to supplement their meager salaries.” A federal lawsuit filed by an atheist organization that could have stripped ministers... Continue Reading

The prayer garden is not the only project that Schild and Baston have worked on together. Erskine College in South Carolina has a park they designed and built with a circular walkway lined with commandment statues. When a 10 commandments monument was forcibly removed by court order from the Alabama State Judicial Building in 2003... Continue Reading

Iain H. Murray, the co-founder of the Banner of Truth Trust, and author of many works on church history and the Reformed faith, recently gave this interview which will appear in a coming issue of Tabletalk . Tabletalk: What are the top three Puritan works that every Christian should read and why? Iain Murray: The... Continue Reading

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams was identified as a “subversive” by Britain’s internal security service during the 1980s, The Telegraph recently revealed. The report follows Williams’ recent public denunciation of the British government’s trimming of its gargantuan welfare state, over which he exuded “bafflement and indignation.” The Church of England’s senior prelate, who also heads... Continue Reading

It has been a tenet in European and American thinking that men are only free when they respect each other’s freedom. If the courts can no longer guarantee this, then surely a community is in the process of dissolution. I was tried for a thought crime despite being an elected politician and the leader of... Continue Reading