Sen. Lara told the Los Angeles Times that he will move forward with an amended bill that requires faith-based schools to publicly disclose their religious exemption and report to the state when they expel students for violating their standards of conduct. “The goal for me has always been to shed light on the appalling and... Continue Reading

Simone is on her way to bringing the U.S.A. glory on an international stage, becoming a household name for millions, and signing tens of millions of dollars worth of lucrative endorsement deals. And to think, none of it would have been possible without adoption. Biles and her siblings were born into a fatherless, drug-abusing home... Continue Reading

Augustine was a pastor who preached the gospel with urgency. Certainly, he was brilliant; he penned works of literature that are now Western classics. But he was first and foremost a shepherd calling sinners to believe in Christ. Examining two of his sermons might bring to life Augustine as pastor-evangelist.   He was a zealous... Continue Reading

Trump himself has never claimed to be transformed or “born again.” But that may not matter, if he outsources the responsibility for religious outreach to his running mate. As Indiana governor, Mike Pence bolstered his conservative credentials by signing a religious liberty law to protect business people — critics said it would allow them to... Continue Reading

My brother is a Christian. For him, being a cop is the way he feels best able to serve God and his neighbor. Since we live far apart I don’t see my brother much, yet he’s been on my mind a lot with the recent fatal shootings by and of police officers. So when my... Continue Reading

So instead of saying, “I’m against sin; I’ll fight it as long as I live,” he would put it this way: “I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I have a foot. I’ll fight it as long as I have a fist. I’ll butt it as long as I have a head. I’ll... Continue Reading

“Aquinas is known for many things (his theology is typically referred to as Thomism), chief among which is his doctrine of natural theology, according to which rudimentary knowledge about God and the human soul is attainable by reason apart from any special, gracious, supernatural or revelatory activity of God.”   We Protestants often fail to... Continue Reading

Dr. Bud Powell came to New Geneva Theological Seminary as a professor of Church History and Systematic Theology in 1993 and taught his students faithfully here for more than two decades. His commitment to the Bible and the Reformed Confessions gave him the ability to address historical and theological questions with great confidence and conviction.... Continue Reading

Prior to joining Colorado Christian University, Dr. Sweeting served as president of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida from 2010-2016. While at RTS, Dr. Sweeting also served as the James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Church History and regularly taught core and elective courses on church history and practical theology.   The following announcement was... Continue Reading

You write in this new book that it is not the absence of sin that commends believers but the presence of Christ in the midst of struggle: That’s what sets believers apart. You also say the doctrine of original sin is the most democratizing idea in all of human history. How so? We are all... Continue Reading