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On Christians and Cancer — Two Witnesses

The diagnosis of cancer is one that will come to millions of Christians. How are we to respond? That was the question on yesterday's edition of The Albert Mohler Program, when my guest was Dr. Don Whitney, Professor of Spirituality at The Southern Ba ...

February 22, 2006

Harvard University’s Founding Vision and Mission — A Timely Reminder

The tumult at Harvard University that culminated in the resignation of the university's president Lawrence H. Summers yesterday, provides a good opportunity to be reminded of that university's founding vision and mission -- and for a reflection on ho ...

February 22, 2006

Lawrence Summers Resigns as Harvard University President

The resignation of Lawrence H. Summers as president of Harvard University raises anew the most important question facing higher education today -- Is there any hope for academic and institutional reform? After all, President Summers' plans for refor ...

February 22, 2006

Assaulted by Salt? Newsweek Makes a Correction

Newsweek magazine recently published this correction: In the Feb. 6 article "Cut, Thrust and Christ," we misquoted Jerry Falwell as using the words "assault ministry." In fact, Falwell was referring to "a salt ministry," a reference to Matthew 5:13 ...

February 21, 2006

“Peter Pans Who Shave” — The Generation That Won’t Grow Up

Alex and Brett Harris of The Rebelution have written a fine article for Boundless.org on the extension of adolescence into what should be adulthood. They explain: Adultescents (we'll refer to them as "kidults") often live with their parents, even a ...

February 21, 2006

A Glorious Hymn to Darwin? Scientific American and Secular Hero Worship

Scientific American has published a review of several new books on Charles Darwin and Darwinism in its latest issue. The review is by Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. Weiner's review will get your at ...

February 21, 2006

Jesus, Superman, and the Perils of Superficiality

Ruth Gledhill, religion correspondent for The Times [London] reports that religious educators in Great Britain plan to use Superman as a way of getting school children to think about Jesus. This is how Gledhill introduces her report: The comic book ...

February 20, 2006

Anne Lamott and Her Evangelical Audience

Writer Anne Lamott is known for being plain spoken (an understatement) and controversial, and yet she has a readership among many evangelicals. They may well be shocked to read her recent op-ed piece in The Los Angeles Times on abortion. She minces n ...

February 20, 2006

Homosexuality and Theological Method — A Pattern of Argument to Watch

Commonweal is a left-leaning Roman Catholic magazine that is often at odds with the Vatican. For an evangelical theologian, reading Commonweal offers insight into the thinking of the Catholic left -- a pattern amazingly similar to liberal Protestant ...

February 17, 2006

PCUSA Projects Big Membership Losses — Any Lessons?

The Presbyterian Church (USA), based in Louisville, Kentucky, now projects a loss of 85,000 members in 2006, after an estimated 65,000 loss in 2005. That adds up to a projected loss of over 2 million members since 1967. The Presbyterian Layman repor ...

February 16, 2006