What is DBG? It is when I pick you up and throw you to the proverbial trash heap, because I am so sure I know exactly what you are like. Examples, please. “Republicans love big business.” “Democrats just want more government.” “Tea part activists don’t care about hurting people.” “Environmentalists worship trees.” More examples, please.... Continue Reading

“Either God is schizophrenic or we’re not worshipping the same god,” he said. “One of the unforgiveable sins (in Islam) is to say Jesus is the son of God. It’s the opposite in Christianity … There’s no way we’re worshipping the same god.” Citing “1,400 years of track record,” author and commentator Bill Federer warned... Continue Reading

Lackluster commitment from party leaders, a failure to connect their policies with moral values, and the dire economy all explain Democrats’ lack of success with religious voters, according to politicos and faith leaders. As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday’s (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party’s... Continue Reading

Exit polls reveal that Conservative Christian voters are a large and growing political force that “cannot be ignored,” says the Faith and Freedom Coalition. A Public Opinion Strategies survey, released Wednesday, shows that 32 percent of Americans who showed up at the polls this week identified themselves as part the Christian conservative movement. FFC says... Continue Reading

I’m with Jacques Ellul on this one –cities can dehumanize…Probably community used to happen in cities, but I sense that met its demise with the death of self-sufficient neighborhoods, which were like small towns within cities. There is a tendency to idolize both one’s upbringing and the small town, and it is not my intention... Continue Reading

Electronic culture separates as it disembodies. The paradox is that it links us to folk far away while it separates those from whom we are closest. Let’s begin with a reasonably safe prediction: you are not likely to finish this article. That is not merely because of the prose of the author (though I concede... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: This is the third part in a continuing series of interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, Director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College. V&V: Dr. Kengor, picking up from the last segment, what were some of the communist campaigns that successfully duped liberal Christians? Dr. Paul Kengor: The most... Continue Reading

The Senate is expected to attempt to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” during a post-election, lame-duck session. The House of Representatives approved such legislation with a 234-194 vote in May. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 1 extended its postponement of a federal judge’s suspension of the ban on open homosexuals serving... Continue Reading

“It would be a shame if your General Assembly were to adopt a policy more restrictive than the one currently in force in the PCUSA.” “I can’t imagine that the PCA wants to be viewed as MORE draconian than the PCUSA.” The Aquila Report has received permission to reprint what had been a personal email... Continue Reading

A new analysis of more than 550,000 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index interviews conducted over the last year and a half finds that Americans who are the most religious also have the highest levels of wellbeing The statistically significant relationship between religiousness and wellbeing holds up after controlling for numerous demographic variables. Higher levels of healthy behaviors,... Continue Reading