“British prime minister David Cameron said recently that “our religion is now the most persecuted religion around the world” and “We should stand up against persecution of Christians and other religious groups wherever and whenever we can, and should be unashamed in doing so.” German chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly stressed that Christians are the... Continue Reading

“Merritt’s piece highlights why everyone should be rooting for Hobby Lobby before the Supreme Court.  If the alternative is having their consciences broken by the heels of the government, then the US environment is really no better than China.  Merritt’s critique (ironically) highlights whats at stake here:  do we want a US government that is... Continue Reading

The case, Elmbrook School District. v. Doe, involved a high school in a suburb of Milwaukee that rented the nondenominational Elmbrook Church for its graduation exercises multiple times through 2009. In 2012, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called the event “offensive” and “coercive.” The church’s banners, pamphlets, Bibles and other religious materials... Continue Reading

“We have sinned, and we see this divestment as an act of repentance for Union,” Jones wrote in an op-ed for Time magazine. “Climate change poses a catastrophic threat. As stewards of God’s creation, we simply must act to stop this sin.”   (RNS) New York City’s venerable Union Theological Seminary plans to pull all... Continue Reading

What changed? For one, leading Catholics and evangelicals decided they could do more together than working against each other. Twenty years ago, former Nixon aide Charles Colson and the late Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, founder of the ecumenical magazine First Things, started the group Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and the cross-pollination it promoted is having... Continue Reading

“Is it possible for a Muslim Background Believer (MBB) to continue to live in his Muslim society?  This is how the issue is often framed by IM advocates, causing a confusion of categories.  In this scheme, Christian is not contrasted with Muslim nor “Christian society” with “Muslim society.”  Rather, the emphasis is placed on the... Continue Reading

“I have many Charismatic friends who I deeply respect and so far they are keeping a safe distance away from the edge. Many of them, for instance, are concerned about the Nigerian religious junk that is engulfing the continent. However, I am still asking the question: Can’t they see that intrinsic in their doctrinal position... Continue Reading

“And we need to be clear, too, that while the gospel of the grace of God in Jesus Christ is certainly for us, it is equally certainly not about us: a failure to recognize that distinction is a mistake we often make. The gospel is not about our finding fulfillment, but about our honoring God:... Continue Reading

“I think that the official attitude toward religion has little if anything to do with Marxism, but a lot with Confucianism: Most of religion is a lot of superstition and it can be subversive of social order. If one cannot eradicate it, one must contain it—basically, a policy of disease control. Presiding over this containment... Continue Reading

The legacy of three generations of a pursuit of the “god within” was a rejection of the Twoist Creator of the intelligent and moral universe (that allowed Rodger to even speak [incorrectly] of things being “unfair) and, thus, a rejection of the only truly good news for the world. Since we are all potential psychopathic... Continue Reading