The vast revolutions in morality that have reshaped the modern landscape have been spectacularly successful, with very few exceptions. In the last hal...
With Christmas just days away, the Vatican evidently thought it was high time to reverse 2,000 years of Christian tradition and allow priests to bless...
Most of us know we’re living in consequential times, but sometimes it seems we’re living in truly dangerous times. Just over the course of the last fe...
So, what about the new speaker of the House? Is he a kind and gracious man or “a right-wing fever dream come to life,” as one columnist declared? Actu...
When studies in recent years purported to show that prayer "works," quite a few Christian leaders championed the research as evidence that prayer can be scientifically and medically verified and validated. I did not join in that celebration for three ...
News reports indicate that University of Texas zoology professor Eric Pianka suggested that the vast majority of human beings should die in order to establish an ecological balance on the planet. According to the Gazette-Enterprise of Seguin, Texas, ...
Given the public bluster of the evolutionary establishment, one would think that these scientists and teachers of science would be up to any challenge to their cherished evolutionary orthodoxy. If they are so certain that their theory is correct and ...
Today's commentary deals with Matthew Fox and his new book, A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity. Matthew Fox is really not much of a direct threat to historic Christianity. His heretical teachings are so ex ...
Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina and Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary engage in a vigorous on-line exchange over the question of the New Testament text at Beliefnet.com. Professor Ehrman, who has made rejecting the New Test ...
In 2004, Richmond, Virginia was host to the national denominational meetings of the Presbyterian Church USA, the Pentecostal Church International, and the American Baptist Churches USA. In 2012, the United Methodist Church was to hold its General Con ...
Reuters is reporting a genuinely frightening story out of North Korea. According to the respected news agency, a recent North Korean defector claims that the killing of newborns seen to be defective is now common in what is often called the "Hemit Ki ...
Dr Anil Sabhani, a physician and abortionist in India's northern state of Haryana has been convicted, along with his X-ray technician, of offering to perform a sex-selection abortion after an ultrasound test indicated that the baby would be a girl. ...
The New York Times profiles Houston pastor and mega-author Joel Osteen in today's edition. The article, written by Ralph Blumenthal, features Pastor Osteen in his most positive mode: After a warm-up of rousing original rock and gospel hymns with lyr ...
Adam Sternbergh raises a very good question in the pages of New York Magazine. Why do so many adults want to look like kids? This is an obituary for the generation gap. It is a story about 40-year-old men and women who look, talk, act, and dress li ...