Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have succeeded in getting a lawsuit dismissed against a chaplaincy endorsing organization that was being sued over allegations that a chaplain affiliated with the group solicited imprecatory prayers which the plaintiffs considered to be “terroristic threats.” The lawsuit, which defined imprecatory prayer as “prayers for the Lord to protect the... Continue Reading

Nine out of 10 Shorter University faculty members who responded anonymously to a survey said they disagree with a “personal lifestyle statement” adopted last fall that prohibits, among other things, homosexuality and drinking alcohol in public. Results of the survey published by the Rome (GA) News-Tribune found fewer than half of those polled plan to... Continue Reading

In fact things got worse as I spiralled down into a deep pit of depression. I lost over two stone in weight, was an emotional wreck who wept at the least thing, and I became reclusive, not wanting to see or talk to anyone other than my family. I had no energy and spent the... Continue Reading

What happened in all that? First, we moved from parachurch to church-based ministry (though the parachurch continues). In doing so, we segregated youth from the rest of the congregation. Students in many churches no longer engaged with “adult” church and had no place to go once they graduated from high school. They did not benefit... Continue Reading

The speaker for the inaugural Spurgeon Lectureship will be Dr. John Piper, popular author and pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in the Minneapolis area. The lecture, which is open to the public, will be Wednesday evening, April 10, 2013, on the RTS Orlando campus. Reformed Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the opening of the... Continue Reading

A suspect was detained Monday in a shooting attack at an Oakland Christian university……Officer Johnna Watson did not give any other details about the arrest. “I can confirm that we do have one person who has been detained that we believe is possibly responsible for this shooting,” Watson said. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)— A gunman opened... Continue Reading

B.B. Warfield, the Princeton theologian who coined the term “inerrancy,” held to theistic evolution, so clearly one can adhere to both. And J. I. Packer, one of the framers of the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, holds to EC, so evidently he views EC as compatible with inerrancy as expressed by the Chicago Statement. This post... Continue Reading

“Western missions agencies Wycliffe, Frontiers and SIL are producing Bibles that remove ‘Father,’ ‘Son’ and ‘Son of God’ because these terms are offensive to Muslims,” reads the networks’ online petition. Wycliffe Bible Translators, one of the world’s biggest Bible translation companies, has agreed to an independent review by the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) of its... Continue Reading

Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Christian Legal Society also have opposed the policy…Vanderbilt Baptist Collegiate Fellowship [will register under the new rules]. One of the largest student religious groups at Vanderbilt will be leaving campus at the end of the year in a dispute over the university’s nondiscrimination policy. That policy bars student groups... Continue Reading

The Common English Bible is written in contemporary idiom at the same reading level as the newspaper USA TODAY — using language that’s comfortable and accessible for today’s English readers. More than half-a-million copies of the Bible are in print… The new Common English Bible (CommonEnglishBible.com) is #7 in unit sales and #10 in dollar... Continue Reading