The idea of capping the charitable deduction “is as serious a threat to religious organizations as anything the federal government has done in recent decades,” said Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). “This would be catastrophic in its impact, particularly on those large gifts that many religious organizations, colleges, universities... Continue Reading

Same-sex marriage was probably the highest-profile social issue in this election, but for the Christian right, no issue is more important than abortion. On this, too, though, Daly spoke of a willingness to work with abortion-rights groups to find common ground on adoption — a notion that would probably strike many Christian conservatives as appeasement.... Continue Reading

"I give and give all week. I just want to come to church to be ministered to and fed." Perhaps you've heard a friend who works in a parachurch ministry say something like this. Perhaps you've said it yourself. Those who work for a parachurch ministry, like me, are often inclined to believe that their (Christian) vocation exempts them from meaningful involvement in a church. We must resist this temptation.

Studies indicate that 1,500 - 2,000 pastors are displaced from their church each month, or 18,000 to 24,000 a year. Unlike being laid off or fired from most other positions, the exited pastor doesn't have the church to fall back on for support. The church is the source of the disappointment, anger and pain that can plague the ex-pastor and his family.

A Cru spokesman told WORLD that this incident amounted to a disagreement over policy not over theology. That is nonsense. Cru’s policy represents an egalitarian view of ministry roles, and that stance is irreducibly theological. Daniel was demoted because of theological conviction, not because of an arcane dispute about Cru’s bureaucracy.

"We have to be reminded that our calling is to serve the kingdom of God and the church through Christian higher education, first and foremost. When the focus is only in the cultural sphere, we run the risk of missing our calling." --D.

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.