A Nov. 5 TIME article pits Archbishop Raymond Burke against Boston Cardinal O’Malley over the issue of Church sanctions against pro-abortion Catholics. The article is said by US Catholic political analyst Deal Hudson to be “a tactical strike” on behalf of liberal Catholics “to divide bishops and to divide pro-life Catholics.” Hudson indicates it is... Continue Reading

Commentary by Lauren Winner, The Wall Street Journal There is an old, snooty church joke that goes something like this: Miss Smith approaches her pastor, incensed that he has replaced the King James Bible with the New International Version. “Pastor, bring back the King James,” she says. “If it was good enough for Jesus, it’s... Continue Reading

BaylorUniversity’s School of Social Work has just released information about two studies that have been done regarding the issue of clergy sexual abuse. The findings are cause for grief for they found such abuse to be “a widespread problem in congregations of all sizes and denominations”. That means we can no longer say “those things... Continue Reading

For the past several years, a group of five Protestant churches – the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – have legitimized the increasingly virulent anti-Israel movement in the United States. Although these churches have suffered substantial membership declines... Continue Reading

By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. From a professor who just testified in Congress, to a White House adviser appearing before a Jewish group... Continue Reading

In the late nineteenth century two powerful forces sweeping across America changed the Protestant church forever. First, the industrial revolution unleashed the forces of urbanization and industrialization. More and more people, including women and children, began to work in factories with long working hours and intolerable conditions. Poverty rose dramatically. Second, modernism seized hold of... Continue Reading

Commentary by Anthony B. Bradley, Assistant Professor, Covenant Seminary Initially published in Faith and Policy, Detroit News, November 3, 2009 Do at-risk black males need to be emancipated from America’s public school complex? A new study released about high school dropout and incarceration rates among blacks raises the question. Nearly 23 percent of all American... Continue Reading

Two summers ago, while passing through an airport, I caught a TV news story: double homicide in Ohio. The victims were a young woman and the nine-month-old fetus she was carrying. The murderer was her lover, the unborn baby’s father. I was stunned, bewildered, grieved. Who could do such a thing? Apparently, this particular crime... Continue Reading

By EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN This much is known: In the mid-eighth century, the ruling elite of the Khazars, a Turkic tribe in Eurasia, converted to Judaism. Their impetus was political, not spiritual. By embracing Judaism, the Khazars were able to maintain their independence from rival monotheistic states, the Muslim caliphate and the Christian Byzantine empire.... Continue Reading

COMMENTARY–Africa has received more foreign aid than any continent in history. Yet, by almost any reasonable measure, Africa remains badly broken. Its people live lives that are brutish and short when compared to the rest of the world. And as one who is a practicing Christian, who has been involved in Christian ministry in Africa,... Continue Reading