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Can Animals Be Gay?

The New York Times Magazine offered a photograph of bunnies on the cover of its Easter Sunday edition, but the paper was asking a rather unusual question: "Can animals be gay?" "Various forms of same-sex sexual activity have been recorded in more th ...

April 9, 2010

Render Unto Caesar? On Paying Taxes After Obamacare

A significant number of Christians are now wondering about the moral implications of the Obama health care overhaul. While any number of moral questions will demand attention, the question of abortion stands at the center of concern. And with the que ...

April 5, 2010

Of First Importance — The Cross and Resurrection at the Center

The Christian faith is not a mere collection of doctrines -- a bag of truths. Christianity is a comprehensive truth claim that encompasses every aspect of revealed doctrine, but is centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And, as the apostolic preachi ...

April 2, 2010

“Both Wrong and Dangerous” — Scientists Have Worldviews, Too.

Charles C. Haynes, Senior Scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington, warns that America needs to strengthen its science education programs, since "American students rank an abysmal 21st in scientific literacy when compared to students aroun ...

April 1, 2010

NewsNote: “Evil Exists” — Terror in Moscow

"Evil exists, and horror is always right beside you." That was the response of Sergey Kuznetsov, author of the novel Butterfly Skin, to the suicide bombings that killed at least 38 people in the Moscow subway yesterday. Once again, we are reminded of ...

March 30, 2010

A Roommate is a Roommate? — Coming Soon to a Campus Near You

Kayla Eland and Lindon Pronto are roommates at Pitzer College in California. They, along with students at a growing number of colleges and universities, are pioneering a new trend -- co-ed roommates. The Los Angeles Times reports that Eland and Pron ...

March 26, 2010

God, Sex, and “Christianity Lite”

A news report from Washington, D.C. tells the story of vestigial Christianity unhinged from biblical authority. Religion News Service [RNS] reports that many pastors in the nation's capital are struggling with just how they can go about the wedding o ...

March 24, 2010

Can Christian Organizations Remain Christian in a “Tolerant” Age?

Can a Christian organization remain Christian in a culture of postmodern "tolerance?" That question is the focus of a case soon to come before the U. S. Supreme Court. Like most colleges and universities around the nation, the University of Californ ...

March 22, 2010

Preachers Who Don’t Believe — The Scandal of Apostate Pastors

Are there clergy who don't believe in God? That is the question posed by a new report that is certain to receive considerable attention -- and rightly so. Few church members are likely to be disinterested in whether their pastor believes in God. The ...

March 18, 2010

“This is Life We’re Talking About” — Abortion and the Health Care Bill

Ground Zero for the sanctity of human life is now the U.S. House of Representatives, where the Democratic leadership is pulling all the levers to come up with the 216 votes necessary to pass the Obama health care bill. While most of the nation seems ...

March 16, 2010