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Methodists, Mascots,and Morality — What’s Going On Here?

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 ...

March 31, 2006

Why Are There No Disabled Persons in North Korea?

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 ...

March 31, 2006

The Abortion of Baby Girls in India — At Long Last an Abortionist is Convicted

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. ...

March 30, 2006

Prosperity Theology With a Smile

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 ...

March 30, 2006

Does Anyone Want to Be an Adult Anymore?

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 ...

March 29, 2006

Sex in the Syllabus — Adventures in Academic Misconduct

TIME magazine reports that increasing numbers of colleges and universities are offering academic courses in pornography -- complete with pornographic films, materials, and paraphanalia. Look at the introductory paragraphs by TIME's Lisa Takeuchi Cul ...

March 28, 2006

Tuesday, Speaking at Columbia University, New York

I will participate Tuesday in a symposium on religion and public life at Columbia University in the City of New York. The event will be held in the Rotunda of Columbia's Low Library, and the university's president, Lee C. Bollinger will preside. The ...

March 28, 2006

Theology Lectures on the Sufficiency of Scripture

Last week, I was honored to present the Day-Higginbotham Lectures at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and to present plenary addresses to the Evangelical Theological Society/Southwest Region on the sufficiency of Scripture. I will be postin ...

March 28, 2006

Two Big Issues for Christian Concern — The Wired Generation and the Problem of Cutting

Last week, on the radio program we looked at the problems of over-wired kids and young people who hurt themselves as a habit -- the problem usually known as "cutting." Both programs brought an avalanche of callers and e-mails, and for good reason. Th ...

March 27, 2006

The Plight of Young Black Men — Another Look

Harvard sociology professor Orlando Patterson, author of Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries, offers another interesting analysis of why young black men are falling so far behind other American demographic groups in te ...

March 26, 2006