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Salvation in a Pill? Academic Doping and America’s Parents

What if you could improve your child's academic performance with nothing more than a pill? That is no longer a hypothetical question. Parents naturally want their children to excel. Some parents are taking that natural desire to new lengths -- askin ...

September 26, 2006

Bob the Tomato Gets Censored

NBC has bought the rights to the VeggieTales series, but the distinctive content of the popular cartoon phenomenon is being removed by orders of the network's program standards officials. Bob the Tomato's signature sign-off line, "God made you speci ...

September 25, 2006

Sam Harris Writes Letter to a Christian Nation

Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, 2004's surprising best-seller, has emerged as the frontline opponent of all theistic faith. Now, he is out with a second book, Letter to a Christian Nation, and the gloves are off again. "In Letter to a Christ ...

September 22, 2006

Human Dignity Under Assault — Embryo Screening Goes Mainstream

A major survey of U.S. fertility clinics released Wednesday indicates that almost half of the clinics allow couples to choose the sex of a child. As reported in The Washington Post, "Sex selection without any medical reason to warrant it was perform ...

September 21, 2006

The Pope, the Prophet, and the Crisis of Truth

Pope Benedict XVI visited his native Germany last week and delivered an address to the science faculty of the University of Regensburg. His address dealt mainly with the relationship between faith and reason, but that theme was eclipsed by the Pope's ...

September 19, 2006

The Problem of Preaching to Felt Needs

The idea that preaching should be addressed to the self-perceived "needs" of the congregation is now well ingrained in the larger evangelical culture. The argument behind this is almost always missiological -- just preach to the needs people already ...

September 14, 2006

Does God Want Us to Be Rich? TIME Looks at Prosperity Theology

The cover photograph for this week's issue of TIME magazine just about says it all -- a picture of a Rolls Royce grille with a chrome cross as hood ornament. In the event anyone missed the point, the cover asks: "Does God Want You to Be Rich?." Theo ...

September 13, 2006

“If I Know Your Image of God, I Can Tell All Kinds of Things About You.”

"If I know your image of God, I can tell all kinds of things about you." That profoundly accurate statement was made by Professor Paul Froese of Baylor University, and he was speaking of "American Piety in the 21st Century," a major new study release ...

September 12, 2006

Your Local Church of England Hindu Priest?

It seems that an Anglican priest has converted to Hinduism -- but is being allowed to continue as a priest in the Church of England. This sounds like a new BBC comedy series, but it is all too true. The Anglican priest, Rev. David Hart, currently li ...

September 11, 2006

Boys in Class = Boys in Trouble

Gerry Garibaldi was in the movie business for 25 years, then he decided to become a teacher. That was a brave enough move in itself, but he has now written a courageous essay arguing that the schools seriously shortchange boys in the classroom. It is ...

September 11, 2006