The failure to stand behind the DOMA (Defense 0f Marriage Act) legislation by the Commander in Chief is a clear sign that there will be a compromise of the chaplain‘s (and likely all uniformed personnel) freedom of religious expression. No doubt in my mind. While serving as a military chaplain in the past, one notable... Continue Reading

Thankfully, the Bible’s teaching on sex—from Eden to Sodom to Corinth—is neither simplistic nor shallow. It addresses homosexuality, prostitution, lust, rape. The Scriptures go beyond abstinence slogans. And they provide a framework for young people to understand pleasure, selflessness, and redemption. The church must boldly teach a full, Biblical understanding of human sexuality. Young Christians,... Continue Reading

Navy Religious Program Specialists (RPs) fill a unique niche within the Sea Services community, offering administrative and ecclesiastic support to Navy chaplains. Their responsibilities also include protecting their chaplains from bodily harm. When Lori Ihli joined the Navy as a Mess Management Specialist (MS) in 1991, she planned to “do my four years and get... Continue Reading

“With movies, your options are cheap, fast, and good. Usually you can only have two out of three associated with a film. We’ve got the cheap and fast, and we’re getting close to really good.” Forbes said. The office looks like it came straight out of the 1940s. A large desk holds scattered papers and... Continue Reading

Topics that generated the most discussion were ethics, translation, identity, and hermeneutics. A survey taken in preparation for the gathering revealed that there were roughly a dozen participants who were strongly pro-insider and just as many on the other side. Ninety percent said it was normal for believers to keep their Muslim identity for a... Continue Reading

A church that is all about mission will quickly grow irrelevant. The de-emphasis on sanctification is producing an immature over-emphasis of cultural freedom that is plaguing the church today to the point where we are quickly becoming silly and irrelevant. We are giving too much attention to our faux-hawks and less to repentance of heart... Continue Reading

A traditionally Presbyterian college is retaining its accreditation but losing its denominational label following a merger with a private business university. In late September, St. Andrews Presbyterian College of Laurinburg, N.C. became St. Andrew’s University after merging with Webber International University of Babson Park, Fla. – a move that will allow the beleaguered private college... Continue Reading

Following criticism from many quarters and official rebuke from the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), Wycliffe Bible Translators and its primary implementing partner, SIL International, issued new guidelines in August saying familial language for God should normally be maintained in the text of Bible translations. SIL convened an August meeting in Istanbul for translators and... Continue Reading

Orange County, the second most populace county in the state of California, (now renown as the ‘OC’), home to several world -renown mega-ministries, location of major Christian universities, birthplace of the Whitehorse Inn and Modern Reformation Magazine, does not have a regular or annual conference to proclaim the the impact or significance of Reformation Christianity.... Continue Reading

2,000 participants came together at the Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, Ga., Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in Atlanta, for the PCA’s 5th Christian Education and Publications Women’s ministry conference, Amazing Grace 360 emphasizing the whole Gospel for the whole life and whole world. Older women and younger women came from across the PCA with representatives from several... Continue Reading