Asked to respond to Lahti’s comments, Ayana credited her training, dismissing the allegation that the record time may have come as a result of performance-enhancing drugs. “There is a very sharp answer,” Ayana said through a translator. “No. 1, I’ve been training specifically (for this event). No. 2, I pray to the lord. The lord... Continue Reading

“Shortly after meeting Prison Fellowship’s Dick Paulsen at the retreat, Ackerman began making time to go to prisons to use his business and leadership experiences to teach inmates how to write resumes, how to conduct themselves in job interviews and how to budget their time and money. Ackerman also got the opportunity to be mentored... Continue Reading

This is the kind of thing I keep talking about: that orthodox Christians are going to be de facto excluded from entire professions through licensing and related requirements. We have to fight it whenever and wherever we can. Eugene Volokh is not a Christian, but he’s a staunch free speech and expression advocate, so he... Continue Reading

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