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Thank God for the New Atheists?

Michael Dowd argues that Christians should thank God for the New Atheists. A self-styled "evangelist" for evolution, Dowd recently preached a sermon in Oklahoma City in which he called for nothing less than a rejection of biblical Christianity and th ...

August 10, 2010

A Gavel Falls on Marriage: The Proposition 8 Decision

The importance of the decision handed down yesterday by U. S. District Judge Vaughn  R. Walker in California's Proposition 8 trial will be difficult to exaggerate. Proponents of same-sex marriage immediately declared a major victory -- and for good r ...

August 5, 2010

A “New Agnosticism” — Coming Soon?

No one seems quite sure what to do with agnostics. In a sense, they are the odd cousins at the theological family reunion. The atheists and the theists know where they stand, but the agnostics? Who knows? Writing recently at Slate.com, Ron Rosenbaum ...

August 2, 2010

Marry Outside the Faith? The Logic of Christian Marriage

Statistics indicate that a growing number of Americans are marrying someone from outside their own religious commitments. Is this a trend we should encourage? Not if you are committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The statistical trend is clear eno ...

July 28, 2010

Evangelicals and Science in Conversation — A One-Way Street?

From time to time, a column in a newspaper is more revealing than its author probably intended it to be. That seems to be the case with "Myths Widen the Science-Religion Divide" by Elaine Howard Ecklund, published in the July 19, 2010 edition of USA ...

July 23, 2010

The Snare of Beauty — Flashpoints of Our Obsession with Attractiveness

Beauty, says philosopher Roger Scruton, "is never viewed with indifference." Those words come to mind in light of a major article in this week's Newsweek magazine that purports to document the fact that employers show a marked preference for attracti ...

July 22, 2010

Coming to a Doctor’s Office Near You? The New Abortion Strategy

The tragedy of abortion remains one of this nation's greatest reasons for shame, and the fact that over a million abortions are performed each year is nothing less than horrifying. In light of this tragedy, it is at least encouraging to know that abo ...

July 19, 2010

Hard to Believe? Biblical Authority and Evangelical Feminism

Anne Eggebroten visited Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and what she found there shocked her. As a matter of fact, she was so shocked that she wrote about that experience in the July 2010 edition of Sojourners magazine. Readers of h ...

July 14, 2010

NewsNote: A Big Win for Gay Marriage in Massachusetts

While all eyes were on California, where a very high-profile case about same-sex marriage is moving to a judge's ruling, a federal judge in Massachusetts handed down rulings in a pair of cases that struck at the heart of the Defense of Marriage Act [ ...

July 12, 2010

Why Are Parents So Unhappy? And Who Would Settle for Happiness, Anyway?

For those interested in the fate of our culture, New York Magazine is an indispensable barometer. This single magazine, perhaps more than any other periodical, offers feature articles that catch the cultural conversation. Granted, that cultural conve ...

July 8, 2010

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