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...
The following is a pastoral prayer by John Piper that concluded his sermon on Romans 8:3-9, How the Spirit Does What the Law Could Not Do. Dr. Piper's prayer is a wonderful distillation of the Gospel: O Lord Jesus, I am by nature a rebel and find mor ...
Are we witnessing the moral abandonment of the human embryo -- by evangelical Christians? The Orlando Sentinel published a release from Religion News Service yesterday, indicating that conservative Christians are shifting toward the use of human embr ...
The Church of England Newspaper reports that bishops of the Episcoal Church, USA will meet next month in an unprecedented conference. The issue of homosexuality -- most recently broght to the point of crisis by the election of an openly-gay bishop -- ...
The Advocate, the nation's most influential homosexual magazine, has published a most interesting article at its Web site. Finding Inspiration for Gay Rights by Julie Dorf presents the basic arguments promoted by the International Gay and Lesbian Hum ...
Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, continues to sell in record numbers. The suspense thriller is actually an undisguised attack upon Christianity. In my initial review, Deciphering the Da Vinci Code (written just as the book was published), I expl ...
Dear readers, your letters and e-mails mean a great deal to us. That's why we are especially distressed that our e-mail files (filled with thousands of messages) have disappeared into the ether of empty nothingness. They have simply vanished. The rea ...
Honestly, I'm not making this up. I somehow overlooked the May 14 edition of The Boston Globe, and therefore missed the report that Harvard University's humanist chaplain is set to retire this summer. Seriously folks, Harvard has an endowed humanist ...
My commentary for today, The Culture of Death -- Looking Back at Terri Schiavo, considers an important article by Professor Paul McHugh of Johns Hopkins University. His argument is compelling and ominous. His article, Annihilating Terri Schiavo, publ ...
David C. Steinmetz serves as Amon Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity at the Divinity School of Duke University. He is a respected church historian who has contributed much to our knowledge of the Reformation. In a recent opinion co ...
The Associated Press reported on Sunday that the Navajo Nation's tribal government mustered sufficient votes to override a veto of the "Dine Marriage Act of 2005." The Navajo council voted 62-14 (with 12 abstaining) to override Navajo President Joe S ...