We’ve been pretty hard on the Church Growth Movement lately, so let’s allow an advocate to have his say. Thom Schultz, the founder of Group Publishing (and I think originally a Lutheran, though whether he is now I’m not sure) has written a provocative post
Tullian Tchividjian is Billy Graham’s grandson and the successor to D. James Kennedy as the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. As we’ve been blogging about, Rev. Tchividjian has been studying Lutheranism and is bringing such concepts as the distinction between Law & Gospel, active
Americans United for Life has compiled a list of the best, the worst, and the most-improved states when it comes to protecting the unborn. Go here and see the map after the jump. (more…)
Today is the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion. So thousands of protesters will march on Washington for the annual March for Life. It will be a cold, cold day in our nation’s capital, but not as cold
Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York often mentioned as an alternative to Hillary Clinton as a Democratic presidential candidate, doesn’t want pro-lifers, Second Amendment advocates, or believers in traditional sexual morality in his state. Here is what he said on the radio: “Are they
The Winter Olympics begin February 7 in Sochi, Russia, and people are getting nervous over terrorism threats, anti-gay laws, the toilet situation, and whatever Vladimir Putin might do. Columnist Charles Lane argues that the Olympics have gotten too politicized, too expensive, too drug-saturated, too corrupt,
Mathew Block, communications director of the Lutheran Church Canada, posts about that article on the millennial generation yearning for liturgy and sacraments and joining “high church” congregations. He asks, Why don’t more of these young Christians looking for liturgy end up in Lutheran churches? As
Yale constitutional law professor Jed Rubenfeld makes a distinction that, I think, advances the debate over government and corporate surveillance: Privacy refers to the content of our communications, which is protected constitutionally. But the fact of our communications, which the NSA is exploiting, is not.
Filip Mazurczak reports that Eastern Europe is recovering its Christian identity, not only in personal conversions but also in cultural and legal influence. In Hungary, Croatia, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, a pro-family, pro-life revolution and a rediscovery of Christian roots is occurring. While few
The New Life Church in Colorado Springs was one of the nation’s leading megachurches. But then its pastor, Ted Haggard, was brought down in a sex and drug scandal. Now the congregation is changing the way it is doing things. Instead of trying to be
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