Josh Harris launched the “courtship movement” with his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Instead of the drama and sexual temptations of dating, Harris recommended that Christian young adults find someone to marry in a different way, including by getting the families involved. Harris’s advice has
Over the last few days, someone sends pipe bombs to virtually every prominent Democrat and Trump critic. A gunman in Pittsburgh walks into a synagogue during a Sabbath service, yelled “All Jews must die!” and kills 11 worshippers. A man in suburban Louisville on Wednesday
When I was in Houston last week, my brother and I also visited the Rothko Chapel. We found it very emblematic of contemporary spirituality. Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was an abstract artist who was commissioned by Houston art collectors John and Dominique de Menil to create a “meditative
Last week I was in Houston. While my wife was on an accreditation visit for the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Eduction, I visited my brother . We continued my BBQ pilgrimage (new favorite: Corkscrew, with brisket so tender you could eat it with a spoon). We also went
In 2015, the mayor of Atlanta fired the city’s much-decorated fire chief Kelvin Cochran. Why? Because the African-American firefighter had written a Bible Study in which he said that homosexuality is sinful. Chief Cochran sued the city for wrongful termination. The case has dragged on for
When I was teaching, I longed to find a good anthology of classic Christian poetry. One now exists: The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasure of Classic Devotional Poems. The collection was put together by the dean of Christianity and literature scholars, Dr. Leland Ryken, who also
Imagine my surprise to see the name of Chuck Hoskin, an old family friend and fellow alumnus of Vinita High School in northeast Oklahoma, plastered all over the national media. Actually, I learned that it was his son, Chuck Hoskin Jr., who is the Secretary
Planned Parenthood is making plans to promote abortion despite the likelihood of a pro-life Supreme Court. From Lauretta Brown, Planned Parenthood Launches New Campaign to Expand Abortion Access in Light of ‘Hostile’ Supreme Court: Planned Parenthood explained that the campaign will be a three-pronged approach.
Great Britain has its own Christian bakers who refused to bake a cake in support of the LGBT cause. And has happened in the American case, the Supreme Court of the land ruled in favor of the baker’s religious liberty. But the British case is
We have blogged about how still-communist China is seeking to co-opt and control the Christian churches that, despite persecution, are growing like wildfire. The plan is to cultivate and require a distinctly “Chinese” form of Christianity. We now have details about what that will look
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