America may soon make a massive turn to the Left. In my comments on the culture I have studiously avoided partisan politics, but sometimes politics and essential issues of cultural, moral and religious identity become inextricably intertwined. This is one of those times. Behind the daily headlines, a worldview conflict is taking place. Two iconic... Continue Reading

  Politics in America is a contact sport. Passions flare and the rhetoric can get heated and nasty. Political parties stoke these fires, playing on people’s fears as a key fund-raising tactic.   Conservative authors have produced books with insulting titles like “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They Would Be Republicans” and “Liberalism is a... Continue Reading

The Rev. Robert H. Schuller removed his son Saturday as preacher on the syndicated "Hour of Power" television show less than three years after handing over to him the ministry he began more than 50 years ago. To read more, go here.

The Southern California 2009 Young Adult Winter Retreat for both single and married young adults, will be January 30 – February 1, 2009 in the San Gabriel Mountains. The retreat is sponsored by Southern California Reformed Fellowship, a ministry of churches in the OPC, PCA, RCUS, RPCNA and URC.  The speaker is Dr Dennis Johnson,... Continue Reading

  Let me begin with what I hope is a credibility enhancer: For daring to write a book on the faith of Hillary Clinton, I was questioned by fellow conservatives, especially for calling Mrs. Clinton a “lifelong, committed Christian.” In the final chapter of that book, I included a brief section on the faith of... Continue Reading

  Many conservatives wonder why retired Army Gen. Colin Powell endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The quick answer—and the most inadequate one—is that Powell is obliged to endorse the first African-American with a real chance to win the presidency. That answer lacks substance. At any point after retiring from military service, the Republican nomination... Continue Reading

  The Hope Fulfilled: Essays in Honor of O. Palmer Robertson, Robert L. Penny, ed., P&R Publishing, 2008.   I had only reviewed the one article by Terry Johnson on lectio continua Scripture reading. I am still not going to comment on every article. That should not be read as a slight on any of... Continue Reading

The November 2008 issue of Tabletalk magazine focuses on how the modern Reformed church is reaching the lost with the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with Bill Green, Peter Hammond, J. Nelson Jennings, Douglas Kelly, John Piper, and Joni Eareckson Tada. Tabletalk features articles about topics central to... Continue Reading

What issue(s) dominated the presidential campaign two months ago—foreign policy, taxes, health care? That seems like ancient history now. The one question that everyone wants Barack Obama and John McCain to answer now is: What will you do to fix the economy? This question is certainly understandable, but breathtakingly preposterous and pathetic.   Naturally, America’s... Continue Reading

  On Oct. 8, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that California voters are reading about in the ballot argument in favor of Proposition 4   Christian Newswire – In the case now before Ohio’s high court, a 14-year-old girl, known in court records as "Jane Roe," was sexually abused by... Continue Reading