When you pray or have devotions or listen to a sermon, do you get distracted? Do thoughts come into your mind that carry you away from concentrating on God? See what John Kleinig says, by way of Hermann Sasse (the great conservative Lutheran theologian who
Liberals were aghast at President Bush, that pro-life evangelical Christian, for his alleged hostility to science. But Victor Davis Hanson argues that it is the current administration of President Obama and his postmodernist supporters who are showing the greatest hostility, not only to science, but
President Obama has made his decision on the war in Afghanistan: US President Barack Obama has ordered 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but warned America would begin to withdraw its military by 2011. The new deployment over six months will bring America's troop strength
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a different kind of Christian conservative. Instead of coming across as just another right wing spear carrier for the Republican party, he brought to the table something that Christians in politics seemed to have been strangely lacking; namely, a
Atheists are expanding their advertising campaign, but Christians are developing a positive response: The American Humanist Association is expanding its “Godless Holiday” advertising campaign to five major American cities this Christmas — taking its message of a holiday season without religion nationwide for the first
Here is The Manhattan Declaration, “A Call of Christian Conscience” put together by over 150 Christian leaders: Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions
John Kleinig inGrace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today understands that the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers is carried out in VOCATION: “There are two hidden sides to our secret vocation. First, we stand in for others before God the Father together with Christ.
One of our most common words is the greeting, “hello.” Do you know where that word came from? Did you know that it was once considered on the vulgar side, until it became redeemed by the telephone, which was once on its way to adopting
Advent is to Christmas as Lent is to Easter. That is, Advent and Lent are both penitential seasons–times to look at our lives under the Law, sober times of repentance and discipline that serve as preparation for the glorious celebrations of the Gospel that are
Eleven members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a resolution designed to keep Republicans conservative. Under the proposed plan, any candidate getting Republican party funding must agree to at least 8 of the 10 principles: (1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and
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