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The Criminalizing of Christianity in Great Britain

The case of Stephen Green, a Christian arrested for passing out pamphlets featuring Bible verses at a homosexual rally, prompts influential columnist Melanie Phillips of the Daily Mail to wonder if Christianity is fast becoming a crime in Great Brita ...

September 8, 2006

The Collapse of Religious Liberty in Great Britain?

The Daily Mail stands out among British newspapers for its coverage of the case of Stephen Green, an evangelical Christian who was arrested just days ago for a shocking "crime" -- he passed out Scripture leaflets at a homosexual rally. Given the natu ...

September 8, 2006

Meanwhile, In No Apparent Danger of Arrest

Joel Osteen, pastor of the nondenominational Lakewood Church in Houston -- now the nation's largest congregation -- arrived in Boston last weekend for an appearance at the TD Banknorth Garden (also known as the Hub). Attendees paid $10 per ticket to ...

September 8, 2006

When Tolerance Doesn’t Mean Toleration

Forty years ago, the radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse penned an essay entitled "Repressive Tolerance." In that essay Marcuse offered what has now become a familiar argument about tolerance -- all opinions and belief systems should be tolerated, ex ...

September 7, 2006

Marriage — It Can’t Be Normative If it Isn’t the Norm

A major study published today in Britain offers clear evidence -- again -- that marriage is the best context for bringing up children. The study is noteworthy because of the widespread respect that it has already attracted and for the fact that it, i ...

September 7, 2006

Hey — When Did Pinocchio Become a Muslim?

The Telegraph [London] reports that Islamic schools in Turkey are transforming characters from the Western literary canon into Muslims. Some of the books carry the crest of Turkey's ministry of education. In the new version, Pinocchio makes this req ...

September 6, 2006

Teenagers and Cars — A View Into the World of Youth

Young people -- especially boys and young men -- develop an interest in cars that often approaches the obsessive. Sociologist Amy L. Best of George Mason University takes a very important look at this phenomenon in Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelera ...

September 6, 2006

The Alternatives — God or Nothing

David Bentley Hart argues that contemporary persons are increasingly committed to belief in nothing. He does not mean that modern persons do not believe in anything, but that they are actually committed to a form of nihilism. Speaking as a representa ...

September 6, 2006

Don’t Trust a Theory You Cannot Sing

The theory of evolution, inevitably expanded into a worldview, must explain everything, if it explains anything. Rightly understood, evolutionary theory attempts to explain virtually all dimensions of reality. As evolutionists like Daniel Dennett exp ...

September 5, 2006

Leisure and Labor — Two Gifts from God

Christians understand labor as a duty, but miss the fact that it is a gift. In the first place, God has made us able to work -- to manipulate things, to cultivate the ground, to manage herds, and to invent microprocessors. Secondly, He has allowed us ...

September 4, 2006