Where Christianity intersects with politics, culture, and entertainment.
It seems as if our whole country is falling apart — and yet, are we missing something? When crazed individuals kill others as in Sandy Hook, or bombers strike, as in Boston, one wonders if we will be forced to live under the specter of violence every day in our lives. The Boston killing on…
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A federal judge has ruled that the display of an iconic cross-shaped steel beam in the National September 11 Memorial and Museum doesn't violate the constitutional and civil rights of atheists. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts concluded Thursday that the 17-foot-high cross, which became a spiritual symbol for workers at ground zero, does not amount…
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In every city, you will find them: storefront churches, often next to liquor stores and laundromats, nearly imperceptible except to those neighbors looking for shelter and spiritual sustenance. And in Detroit, the need for shelter and spiritual sustenance is great. Yet so is the sense that change, however slow and halting, is possible, on the…
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You can judge the health of a civilization by the culture it creates and consumes. At the height of Roman corruption, the Empire created and consumed a culture of death and decadence. The bloodlust of the games and the bodily lusts of sexual deviancy led Rome down the rutted road of long decline and prolonged…
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While radical Russian Muslims are fighting to take over Dagestan for Islam there are secret Christians engaging in a different type of war, a spiritual one. They are risking their own lives to capture Muslim souls one at a time. In southern Russia, on the Eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, sits Dagestan, the most…
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Videogames are a lot more than buttons and graphics. As the medium has matured, the storytelling and themes have developed as well. Games are no longer just about jumping over enemies or pits. Now, they create characters, evoke emotions, critique society, and even enter into religious debates. If you are a gamer, the parent of…
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It is stunning how policies in a country so blessed by God can turn into programs that severely undermine the good work done in God's name. This latest federal case is so insidious that it takes your breath away. The first people to reach out to benefit the communities in a crisis are the local…
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A recent study concludes children whose parents divorce when they are young are less likely to be religious later in life. According to the study, two-thirds of young adults who grew up in a home with married parents are more religious than young adults who grew up in families with divorced parents. In an op-ed in The Washington…
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In the heart of a bustling chemotherapy treatment area, a cellist sits off to the side, playing his instrument for patients seated in open bays nearby. Instead of trying to play over the cacophony of televisions, phones and chatter, Wayne Krigger strives to blend in and become part of the atmosphere, like a phone or a…
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