Peter Saunders spoke on ‘Confidence in Christian Ethics’, outlining the hostility of the new atheism to Christianity and the moral ills that have resulted from the replacement of the biblical moral code with the values of personal peace and affluence, as Francis Schaeffer foresaw.       Solas – Centre for Public Christianity is an... Continue Reading

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 26 gave Liberty University another chance to challenge the individual and employer health insurance mandates that serve as the foundation for Obamacare.       Earlier this year, the justices declined to hear all pending challenges to the healthcare reform law after they upheld its constitutionality in June. But... Continue Reading

On the blog NonProphet Status, and now in the book, Stedman calls for atheists and the religious to come together around interfaith work. It is a position that has earned him both strident — even violent — condemnation and high praise. Stedman talked with RNS about how and why the religious and atheists should work... Continue Reading

Far too often the American church seems to assume a position of authority over the rest of the world, when often these international leaders are seeing God work in ways that those of us in American can just marvel about. This meeting was great as it allowed our American leaders to simply sit back, take a position of humility, and learn from these outstanding leaders.

In one country after another the first schools were opened by missionaries, who introduced writing in many of them. Missionaries built the first clinics and hospitals in many places, repeating what they did in Dark Ages Europe. Christianity has become a global religion because of the efforts of missionaries, who preached, translated the Bible, and... Continue Reading

But those days seem to be over.  Amazon offers Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes and Noble offers Pubit so that independent authors can publish their own books.  Typically, writers can just upload a word document, design a cover, fill out their applications, and their books will be online for sale within 48 hours.   A... Continue Reading

"To our disappointment, rather than change the contested policies, the Navy has worked to enact legislation that disallows public disclosure of illegal acts by board members and allows the discriminatory behavior to continue," Weibling said.

Lausanne Movement leaders and American Bible Society leaders have worked together since 1989 through The Forum of Bible Agencies International (FBAI). FBAI, which grew out of The Second Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (Manila 1989), brings together international Bible Agencies and other mission organizations with a shared vision of, "working together to maximize the worldwide access and impact of God's Word."

A future model for seminaries would include a balanced faculty, comprising theologians, biblical scholars, and resident church planters who are actively partnering with key churches and ministry networks. Students would take courses in theology and biblical languages from scholars as well as courses in church planting, in which they would be required to help plant a church.

Having said that, however, from the vantage point of three decades later, I must quickly add that, as is true of inerrancy, Calvinism, at least as understood as delineated by the so-called "five points,' is not enough, either. What we continue to need is a full-orbed return to the centrality of Jesus Christ in the church. We must be careful not to assume the gospel but rather be intentional and careful in proclaiming and defending it.