The act requires that most employers provide insurance that includes coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. Churches are exempt, but religious nonprofit organizations — like Geneva College — only get an “accommodation.” That accommodation allows them to tell their insurance administrator that they object to the coverage. The insurance administrator must then provide the... Continue Reading

Telling them “I love you”. I love my children dearly and I can show that love in each of the ways I’ve listed above. But when they head off to school, when they go out with friends, when they call me at the office, when we FaceTime from afar, I will never regret telling them... Continue Reading

Can anyone really imagine C.S. Lewis using a ghostwriter? Or Augustine? Or Calvin? In other words, I would rather grind out even one book that contained my own spiritual DNA—my blood, sweat, and tears–than publish volumes by passing off some other writer’s work under my own name. One’s conscience would have to die before he... Continue Reading

Robertson wasn’t expressing “his personal views,” but principles that are intrinsic to his religion.  You see, Robertson didn’t simply attack and disparage the sexual preferences of a minority, as Alec Baldwin recently did in a hateful rant. No, Robertson’s opinion—couched as it was in scriptural references that suggest he not only owns a Bible, but... Continue Reading

Nagel believes that we should accept the failure of our contemporary scientific account of the world in order to make way for a revolution. Humanity has made great progress by excluding the mind from the material world, but the time has come to accept the facts: we need to have a new account with mind... Continue Reading

One of the strange things to me about Crippen’s critique is that it runs exactly counter to one of my major motives for preaching these messages so often and finally turning them into a book.  That motive was and is that I believe looking at oneself as a priest helps a man view his role... Continue Reading

In “The Message of Daniel,” the author essentially follows the book of Daniel, from chapter one straight through to chapter twelve. He doesn’t work it out like a normal commentary, verse by verse, with tons of Hebrew/Aramaic syntactical-grammatical verbosity cluttering up the page. Instead, the material genuinely lends itself to serious devotional reading, as well... Continue Reading

Secularization alone is not to blame for this change in American religiosity. Even half of those Americans who claim no religious affiliation profess belief in God or claim some sort of spiritual orientation. Other faiths, like Islam, perhaps the country’s fastest-growing religion, have had no problem attracting and maintaining worshippers. No, evangelicalism’s dilemma stems more... Continue Reading

Osteen clarified that he believes God blesses people so that they in turn can bless others. “That’s the whole key. It’s never about just what can I get so that I can be so rich and wealthy. It’s not that. It’s how can I be blessed to do good for other people,” he said.  ... Continue Reading

Part of the culture clash between Birdsall and the board may have come because ABS, largely by design, is not evangelical per se, but broadly ecumenical. Since Birdsall’s firing, board chair Dearolf has had to step aside because of health concerns, and the acting board chair, Nick Athens, is Roman Catholic. “We have Catholics, mainline... Continue Reading