If so radical an action has taken place in the last century or two in American higher education, no historians I’ve read have noted it. Editor’s Note: Joel Belz is the Founder and the original and long-time Publisher of World Magazine. He also has spent much of his adult life on the board of Covenant... Continue Reading

Virtually all the network’s main celebrities tell listeners that God will give them healing, wealth, and other material blessings in return for their money I don’t watch much television, and when I do I generally avoid the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). For many years TBN has been dominated by faith-healers, full-time fund-raisers, and self-proclaimed prophets... Continue Reading

Response to Ms. Baye’s piece on teaching the Bible in taxpayer-funded schools. Ms. Baye has some good points in her March 4 piece disagreeing with teaching the Bible in taxpayer-funded schools, but I would approach the subject a different way. I think it’s unfortunate that a Christian taking her side of such an issue feels... Continue Reading

I see rare rays of hope. This morning I joined some friends as they opened the doors to a brand new church I see rare rays of hope. This morning I joined some friends as they opened the doors to a brand new church. www.ncpchurch.com/ This was a project six years in the making and... Continue Reading

This Letter to the Editor was a response to a newspaper article, “Some Presbyterians see salvation by other faiths” There can be little doubt that this article inflamed emotions and deepened the pool of misunderstanding within and outside of the church. While this is certainly regrettable, it must also be acknowledged that the article raised... Continue Reading

“…for people trying to change their behavior or addictions, spirituality can provide something psychology can’t: a sense of meaning and forgiveness.” What do Tiger Woods, Michael Vick, Mark Sanford and Thomas W. Noe have in common? No, it’s not the opening line of the worst joke ever about a penchant for making headlines and trouble.... Continue Reading

“The church, if it is to be anything, it is to be absolutely distinct from the culture, absolutely distinct from the world, absolutely distinct from unbelievers,” said prominent author and evangelical pastor John MacArthur. Speaking from the pulpit to thousands of fellow pastors at the Shepherds’ Conference, MacArthur underscored the biblical command not to be... Continue Reading

Living life where Europe and the Middle East meet has been an interesting experience to say the least. Although life has become fairly ordinary now, things still occur here that were not part of our middle-class, university-town life back in Charlottesville. Lent Folks on this island take Lent seriously – all 49 days of it.... Continue Reading

Church members have expectations of their church leaders and church leaders have expectations of local church members. Church membership covenants might be a way to balance the expectations that members and church leaders have of of each other. Years ago, when my family and I wanted to join a church in Southern California we participated... Continue Reading

Every transgression of that which is right has consequences, but the costs sexual compromises are endless. Individuals, children, communities and nations pay a high price when personal sexual gratification trumps God’s law. Let Jacob answer that question. When Shechem saw Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.... Continue Reading