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Dying without God — The Absence of Belief at Life’s End

Journalist Franz-Olivier Giesbert spent untold hours with the late French President Francois Mitterand, and many of these hours were devoted to discussions about death.  After serving two seven-year terms as the French President, Mitterand revealed t ...

March 11, 2009

Faith as Fashion Statement — The New Religious Reality?

Looking at data from a massive survey taken in 1990, Barry Kosmin argued that many Americans saw religious beliefs as "a personal hobby."  Now, with fresh data in hand, he asserts that contemporary Americans increasingly see religious faith as "more ...

March 10, 2009

“Sex and the Seminary” Interview on “Interfaith Voices”

I was interviewed by Interfaith Voices about the "Sex and the Seminary" report released a few months ago.  Interfaith Voices is heard on public radio stations nationwide, and the podcast or audio format of this edition of the program is available her ...

March 10, 2009

The Floodgate is Now Open — President Obama and the Vulnerable Embryo

President Barack Obama today signed an executive order that reverses the Bush administration's restrictions on federal funding for research that involves the destruction of human embryos.  In a White House ceremony, President Obama said that American ...

March 9, 2009

“Boundless” Interview by Podcast

Boundless is a magnificent e-magazine and resource from Focus on the Family.  I recently talked to friends at Boundless when I was in Colorado Springs, and I recorded an interview with them that is available here.  As always, it was great to talk wit ...

March 6, 2009

“Do Not Cast Me Off in the Time of Old Age,” Part Two

Bioethicists Eric Cohen and Leon R. Kass offer warning that we are now witnessing the development of a "mass geriatric society" which will present this country with massive economic, social, medical, political, and ethical challenges. Recognizing th ...

March 5, 2009

“Do Not Cast Me Off in the Time of Old Age,” Part One

"Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails." This is the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalm 71:9. Like so many before and after him, the Psalmist fears being forsaken when he is old. In our own times, this conce ...

March 4, 2009

Special “Focus on the Family” Broadcast

The announcement that Dr. James C. Dobson has stepped down from his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Focus on the Family has received considerable media attention -- as should be expected.  After all, transitions of this magnitude are ne ...

March 3, 2009

A Birthday Party You Might Miss

I recently discovered that I share a birth year with Barbara Millicent Roberts.  We will both turn fifty this year, but her birthday comes first.  From what I have seen of her in recent media appearances, she isn't showing many signs of age. Then ag ...

March 2, 2009

This Prayer Approved by the White House?

Is the Obama White House vetting prayers?  Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News and World Report reports that this represents a "new tradition" established by the administration of President Barack Obama.  As Gilgoff revealed, "In a departure from previous presi ...

February 27, 2009

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