Frankly, if everything you knew about Christmas came from tree ornaments, house decorations and Christmas movies, you might not have a clue the holiday ever had anything to do with the birth of Christ. The fact that people think of Christmas trees as religious symbols proves Christians have not made their message clear.    ... Continue Reading

“The Supreme Court has recognized that physician speech is entitled to First Amendment protection because of the significance of the doctor-patient relationship,” the judge noted. That high court has concluded “At some point, a measure is no longer a regulation of a profession but a regulation of speech or of the press; beyond that point,... Continue Reading

Insight into the pornography increasingly exchanged by young teenagers came from interviews carried out for the NSPCC and Channel 4’s Generation Sex series. ‘This is mainstream; this is normal; this is almost mundane for some of the people we spoke to… ‘In pretty much every school in the country, people aged 13 and 14 are... Continue Reading

In her petition, Rhonda Hunter submitted photos of bruises on her arms she said Isaac caused during an argument at their Winter Park home on Feb. 13, 2011. She said Isaac kicked in a locked bedroom door, held her down on a bed by the arms and yelled obscenities at her….A month later…Rhonda Hunter said... Continue Reading

At the age of fifty-seven, at the height of his power and prestige, Prudentius grew weary of civic life and considered his life thus far to have been a waste. He was having a midlife crisis (or, given the age span at the time, more like an almost-at-the-end-of-my-life crisis). So the successful lawyer, judge, and... Continue Reading

Live31 generated so much buzz it soon caught the attention of Kylie Bisutti, winner of the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Model Search. She had spent several years modeling lingerie for the company, but quit in 2011 because of her Christian faith. On Dec. 21, she tweeted Eklund: “I stopped being a Victoria’s Secret Model to become... Continue Reading

On three great bonds of love do all cultures depend: the love between man and woman in marriage; the love between a mother and her child; and the camaraderie among men, a bond that used to be strong enough to move mountains. The first two have suffered greatly; the third has almost ceased to exist.... Continue Reading

  These categories of “death” with Christ and “new life” indicate a decisive, divinely wrought, break with life before Christ. They signal an inauguration, a beginning, of new things. They do not, however, signal the completion of all things…The principle (beginning) of the end has been introduced and is at work in us, by grace... Continue Reading

With all this coverage, I just have one question. Why is it that I have yet to hear or read anyone refer to her unborn child as the “royal fetus”? Oh, I’m sure someone has used the term “fetus,” but it seems to me that the preferred term is “royal baby” or “child,” even though... Continue Reading

Like several other private colleges, Tufts has an “all comers” policy that requires official student organizations to be open to all students for both membership and leadership, regardless of beliefs. But in reviewing a discrimination complaint filed against Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF), the largest evangelical group on the Medford, Mass., campus, the Tufts Committee on... Continue Reading