One of his arguments is that contemporary evangelical advocates of spanking (e.g., James Dobson, Focus on the Family, Wayne Grudem, Albert Mohler, Andreas Köstenberger, Paul Wegner) have gone “beyond the Bible” and “softened” what the Bible really teaches about corporal punishment. William Webb’s first book, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals(IVP, 2001), advocated a “redemptive-movement hermeneutic.” He... Continue Reading

Religious deal providers are banking on the idea that deep discounts for targeted niche markets will be more relevant to consumers, and generate higher redemption rates by consumers and interest by merchants. Social deals are going spiritual. Inspired by their religious callings—and the $713 million in revenue that social deal pioneer Groupon took in last... Continue Reading

Which is why it is possible that the problem afflicting the evangelicals at the Gospel Coalition is one of sentimentality. That is, they value feelings more than doctrine. One of the arresting aspects of marriage is that if a husband tells his wife she should watch her weight the wife gets angry. And then if... Continue Reading

Because of the curse, we are to work by the sweat of our brow until we cannot do it anymore, at which time we ourselves return to the ground. So, the curse actually makes us act as if hard work is a way to stave off death. Soon after our second child was born, one... Continue Reading

Apple officials acted only after a gay rights groups organized a petition protesting the app that attracted 146,000 signatures. But the NRB report said that Apple’s policies were “dangerously overboard and vague … and are, in some instances, viewpoint-censorious on the subject of religion.” New Internet media giants such as Facebook, Apple and Google are... Continue Reading

Leaders in China are unhappy about this week’s International Religious Freedom Report by the U.S., which has continued to criticize China for not allowing its people to worship and practice their own religion. Chinese Catholics worship at the government-sanctioned North Cathedral of the National Patriotic Church in Beijing July 1, 2007. Pope Benedict called on... Continue Reading

“Hold on, let’s back up,” School Board Chairman J.B. Buckland said today when asked about the Ten Commandments lawsuit. “We don’t have no (sic) Ten Commandments. We have historical documents up.” Three months after it tempted litigation by voting to display the Ten Commandments in public schools, the Giles County School Board finds itself in... Continue Reading

A bill repealing New Hampshire’s gay “marriage” law passed a House subcommittee by a vote of 3-1 Wednesday, potentially putting the state on track to becoming the first one to repeal such a law via the legislature. The bill, H.B. 437, would repeal the controversial 2009 law that passed when Democrats controlled the legislature. Republicans... Continue Reading

In a victory for free speech, Judge Stoudt of the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond has dismissed the Commonwealth of Virginia’s case against Nathan Cox, an Iraq War veteran and civil activist, who was issued a citation for disorderly conduct after he used a bullhorn to call out to a police officer who... Continue Reading

Nearly a year after a surge of bullying-related teen suicides grabbed the nation’s attention, a wave of lawsuits have been filed by parents, seeking protection of their children and other students from verbal and physical abuse at the hands of their peers. Parents in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey, Minnesota, and even Ontario, Canada are taking... Continue Reading