From the blog of Andrew Barnes, Editor There are many questions circulating out there by some elders of the PCA concerning the future of our denomination. I believe it a good thing to look back at some of the writings of the fathers of our denomination as they were nearing the end of the PCUS... Continue Reading

In truth, many of those who mouth the language of “social justice” have long meant “economic justice.” Historically, social justice has meant different things to different people, and equally so today, where the term remains as frustratingly elusive as ever. Like the very progressives that champion the term, the definition seems to evolve based on... Continue Reading

What does “conservative evangelical” mean? Frankly, at Answers in Genesis, we don’t know any more! And the fact that we don’t know should be a dire warning to church leaders and parents concerning the future of our young people—including the colleges (and seminaries) many of them will attend. A couple of months ago, Professor Bruce... Continue Reading

“…what the world now needs is the first genuinely second-tier…form of political philosophy…we are awaiting the new global founding Fathers and Mothers who will frame an integral system of governance.” The religious beliefs of the original founders about the nature of reality determined the political and legal structures they created. Now, a different kind of... Continue Reading

The ongoing sexual abuse case against Stanley Z. Levitt, a rabbi and former teacher at the Maimonides School in Brookline shows that different types of religious hierarchies often respond to troubling accusations in the same hushed manor. Even when a religious institution has its own procedures for punishing wayward clergy, the sexual abuse of children... Continue Reading

Man is nothing more than “a bundle of desires attached to a bundle of rights.” This view of man, adopted by modern “secular” states, he said, leads inevitably to state persecution of traditional religious faith. The roots of the anti-life and anti-family movement in law around the world go deep into the history of philosophical... Continue Reading

Union Theological Seminary, home of Dr. James Cone, has had a hey day in the wake of Glenn Beck’s attack on social justice and black liberation theology. I’m not the biggest fan of Glenn Beck, but I certainly don’t think he’s all wrong. So when I read this interview over at Religion Dispatches between a... Continue Reading

…a penalty of revoking any privilege involves a violation of the “free and voluntary” principle. This is contrary to our Constitution. The PCA General Assembly has approved a proposed amendment to the Book of Church Order that will institute a tax on all churches and ministers to pay for the work of the Administrative Committee’s... Continue Reading

A preplexed reader called our office a few minutes ago looking for part one of an article – since his phone did not register on our caller ID, I thought I’d try to respond with this note. The reason you could not find another article in the magazine listed as Part One of Marshall St.... Continue Reading

The most underrepresented groups on elite campuses often aren’t racial minorities; they’re working-class whites (and white Christians in particular) from conservative states and regions …Last year, two Princeton sociologists, Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford, published a book-length study of admissions and affirmative action at eight highly selective colleges and universities. Unsurprisingly, they found that... Continue Reading