The gap at times seems as wide as the Grand Canyon. It’s the gap between knowing and doing. We know we ought to forgive those who offend us, but often don’t. We know we ought to love people more, things less, but our checkbooks suggest a struggle to do so. We know we ought to share our faith,…
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A Christians-only health care plan provides a “contract for insurance” and doesn’t qualify for exemption from state regulations as a religious publication, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that potentially opens the plan to stricter regulations by the state. A split high court found that that the Medi-Share program “fits comfortably within…
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In the Foreword to Tony Campolo’s new book Red Letter Christians, Jim Wallis tells a story about a secular Jewish country-music songwriter and disk jockey who told him that a new social movement was being birthed as a result of Wallis’ God’s Politics and other “social-conscience” books (listen to my radio show on this topic). Here’s how…
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For centuries, theological seminaries minted trained and licensed ministers of their respective religious traditions. They took seriously their creedal and confessional commitments to their respective faiths and denominations. While comparative theology may have been taught, it was with a view to understand and critically evaluate them as rival truth claims, not equally valid truthful claims.…
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God commands family worship. The Christian father leading his family in biblical instruction and prayer in the home is a non-negotiable. And like all of God’s commandments, there is great joy and delight in obeying them. Family worship is both a joy and a duty for the Christian family. We have evidence of family worship…
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Why is it that so many Christians (many whose writings I usually appreciate) seem to think it’s cool to ignore 1 Corinthians 13:1 while “proclaiming the truth” (as if love equals weakness). Truth is paramount; however, humility and love must undergird all of our words. And the good of the hearer to the glory of…
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Today, it doesn’t take too much for a Muslim or a former Muslim to get killed by other Muslims, even in the West. For divorcing her highly abusive husband, a Muslim woman can get decapitated even in the middle of Buffalo, NY. Or a girl can get shot for posting on Facebook. If such small quiet…
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It’s never easy to think clearly and dispassionately on issues that we are passionate about. September 11, 2001 is indeed a day that will live in infamy. Nearly a decade later the wounds remain raw, and understandably so. A wise man, however, is one who submits to the Word of God even when his emotions…
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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America accused New York officials on Tuesday of turning their backs on the reconstruction of the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, while the controversial mosque near Ground Zero moves forward.
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A perimeter wall had been toppled. The main gate was smashed. Men were pouring through it. Behind them came a roaring bulldozer, then an excavator. As Wang stared in disbelief, he was clubbed over the head and trampled to the ground, his face streaming with blood. Then someone hurled a brick at him, fracturing his…
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