One of the most significant trends in American churches the past 25 years has been the migration of people from smaller churches to larger churches. We will be providing more information in the future about this movement. The implications are significant and should not be ignored. In my own denomination of some 46,000 churches and... Continue Reading

It is religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and the right to assemble in order to practice community religious tenets that preceded and framed free speech everywhere else and anchored the First Amendment. Without religious liberty, the foundations under the First Amendment would collapse. Around the turn of the 2nd century, St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch,... Continue Reading

FBI director Robert Mueller met on Feb. 8 with a number of these very groups to acknowledge that the largest law enforcement agency in the country—under unpublished directives from Attorney General Eric Holder—has removed more than 1,000 presentations on Islam from FBI training deemed “offensive” and “racist” by the groups, including use of the terms... Continue Reading

Four years ago, [Rick Santorum) quoted from a newspaper interview with then-Sen. Barack Obama where he was asked: “What is sin?” Obama answered: “Being out of alignment with my values.” This prompted Mr. Santorum to tell his audience bluntly: “So now we have the first truly presidential candidate. Clearly defining his own reality.” I would... Continue Reading

To be fair, old-guards worries are not entirely unfounded: imprudently pursuing reforms would put some evangelical colleges at risk, setting them on the hackneyed path of becoming yet-another liberal arts college estranged from its founding religious mission. If these schools are to maintain a distinctive mission, then judicious hiring practices and faith statements are not... Continue Reading

Her parents sent Hua to America because she could continue to excel academically and also have time for hobbies like painting and calligraphy. What Hua didn’t expect was her budding friendship with her teachers and her newfound interest in reading Scripture. “The Bible is really new for me,” she said. “I am not from a... Continue Reading

“Lin’sanity” which is only about 2-3 weeks old, should perhaps teach us this. You may never have a platform as big as Tebow’s or Jeremy Lin’s, but each follower of Jesus Christ should live with a readiness to speak of their faith at all times. Bright lights, playoff games, and game-winning shots are not many... Continue Reading

“I asked President Obama how he came to faith in Christ. And he said ‘I don’t go to church.”…the president told him he’d started to go to church while working on the south side of Chicago because leaders in the community told him it was a necessity. Franklin Graham, the son of prominent evangelist Billy... Continue Reading

The filth was gone! The stench ceased! She had become as clean as the garment. In an instant all had become new. The King, himself, had made her presentable! She was to be presented to the King! Walking through the immense door, she handed her invitation to the guard. He ushered her into the Great... Continue Reading

As Bowling Green State University researcher Susan L. Brown (and many others) have found, children born to married couples, on average, “experience better education, social, cognitive and behavioral outcomes” than others. For the first time in American history, more than half of all births to American women under 30 are occurring outside of marriage. That’s... Continue Reading