ARPTalk, the blog written by ARP Pastor Chuck Wilson, reported over the weekend that Professor Bill Crenshaw has been suspended for the fall semester and that his college email account has been taken down. An email exchange this morning with Cliff Smith, Communications Director at the College revealed very little. Smith wrote: Don, I’ll have... Continue Reading

The White Horse Inn Reformation Conference 2011 will be held October 28-29 at the historic First Church of Christ in Bradford, Mass. Michael Horton and Gordon Issac are the featured speakers What’s so amazing about grace? The way we usually tell God’s story puts all the emphasis on me and what I do for Him,... Continue Reading

The Evangelical Baptist Mission (EBM), a not-for-profit ministry (NOT connected with the Southern Baptist Convention) that supported Baptist missionaries around the globe, announced the organization’s dissolution at the end of August amid lawsuits and financial issues. In a letter to missionaries, churches, and other EBM affiliates, Board Chair Don Whipple writes, “It is with a... Continue Reading

Psalm 100, whose mission is “to spread the joy of the Lord through song,” operates under a constitution based on Biblical standards, and the group concluded that Thomason’s views on the group’s constitution did not match up with its standards. Psalm 100, a Christian a cappella group at the University of North Carolina, struck a... Continue Reading

…youth leaders are increasingly aware that neither relational evangelism nor apologetics alone are effective vehicles for truth. “Kids need relationships and they need clear gospel presentations—it’s not either/or.” Relational evangelism may have the key to successful youth ministries in the 1990s, but today apologetics is gaining new traction. Kids struggle to explain their beliefs today... Continue Reading

Volunteers are needed immediately to serve in Schenectady NY. MNA Disaster Response is working with local church leadership at First Presbyterian Church (PCA) Schenectady. Over 50 homes in their community have been flooded and they have requested assistance in reaching out to their neighbors! The work will be mucking out and gutting homes. There is... Continue Reading

It may seem like end times for some book-sellers, but religious book publishers are all smiles Veteran religion writer Cathleen Falsani didn’t know much about Justin Bieber when her 11-year-old son, recently adopted from Malawi, came home from school asking questions about the young superstar. Interpreting pop culture was part of her parenting routine. But... Continue Reading

“The situation will change, that is for sure, but will Christians gain from the change? Will there be more religious freedom under a new administration? No one knows. The government will be Islamic, but the question remains how strict it will be and how strong fundamentalist influences will be shaping the new Libya.” Christian Newswire/... Continue Reading

The Welcoming Catholicity of Closed Communion A man walked out of my church in protest. I didn’t notice it as it was happening, but he told me about it, in a note, a few weeks later. He was angered that he had been excluded. At first, I feared that maybe he hadn’t been spoken to.... Continue Reading

Catholic school students have better academic outcomes, are more likely to attend prestigious colleges, more likely to achieve an advanced degree and have higher income levels as a result… Protestant school graduates, on the other hand, lagged in academic development compared to Catholic school graduates, but were more likely to live out the social teaching... Continue Reading