“Jerry Falwell Jr., whose father, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, founded Liberty University and the Moral Majority movement, and the Rev. Franklin Graham, whose father, Billy Graham, is estimated to have preached the Gospel to millions of people, now find themselves forces of their own. Both are trying to balance their own identities, and their father’s... Continue Reading

Four former Mars Hill members filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against Driscoll, charging that the once swaggering pastor fraudulently used thousands if not millions of dollars raised by the church, which once boasted 15 branches in five states with 13,000 visitors on Sundays. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for Western Washington, also names... Continue Reading

The complaint states that some of the women were minors at the time of the incidents. All live out of state. One new male plaintiff, identified as Daniel Dorsett, alleged that while he was Gothard’s driver from 1994 to 1996 he saw him “sexually harass or molest” more than 150 “young ladies,” according to the... Continue Reading

Modern slavery can take many forms and is often hidden in plain sight. It is a crime in which an individual is forced to perform manual or sexual labor against their will. Modern slaves are treated as disposable. When slaves are sick, injured, or underperforming, they are often dumped or killed. Slavery is illegal in... Continue Reading

“Lucas Cranach, the painter, offered a final memorial to his friend. That painting graces the altar in the Castle Church. In it Luther is preaching as a crowd listens on. Cranach painted Luther’s wife, Katie, into the picture. He also painted Luther’s daughter, Magdalena, who died when she was thirteen, into the picture. In between... Continue Reading

Despite Sue Ellen Browder’s success as a writer, she was often unhappy. She began to see that much of what she was writing was propaganda for the sexual revolution, and she said her own conscience was becoming wobbly, leading to a point in her life where she had an abortion. Following a conversion to Catholicism... Continue Reading

When Tatchell talks of Enlightenment values and human rights, he is on very slippery ground, and that made slippery by the very philosophies of sexuality and identity to which he has committed his life. This is ironic, perhaps even a little tragic, for a man who has given himself so passionately to the cause of... Continue Reading

An open home displays Christian love but it also enables it. Hospitality creates opportunities for relationship, for discipleship, and for evangelism. It creates a natural context for modeling marriage, parenting, and a host of Christian virtues. While we are to teach others what the Bible says, we are also to demonstrate what it says, and... Continue Reading

After spending hours studying and memorizing formulas for calculations, young Bettinger showed up to find that the exam was nothing but a blank sheet of paper. “The professor said, ‘I’ve taught you everything I can teach you about business in the last 10 weeks,” he recalled. “But the most important message, the most important question,... Continue Reading

I learned through my heart surgery that the “ordinary” gestures of care we extend to others really become extraordinary in lives of those who are sick or are in recovery. Recovery is an odd condition: not sick anymore, but certainly not well. For me, the big challenges have been incredible weakness, dizziness, lack of mental... Continue Reading