The official charging document has not yet been released by Harris County. But according to the New York Times, David Daleiden, the director of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), has been indicted on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs. Another CMP employee, Sandra... Continue Reading

Back in Cambridge, when they tried to show the photographs to the university’s eminent professors, they were ignored as dilettantes…until the professors got a proper look. It looked like Agnes Smith really had discovered something of worth. Yes, the Syriac Sinaiticus dated back to the mid-4th century, and the translation it preserved went back to the... Continue Reading

Although heralded by the abortion lobby as both “safe and legal,” it is now apparent that abortion is merely “legal.” The complications of this, the most commonly performed medical procedure in America today, are legion. They include sterility—occurring in as many as 25 percent of all women receiving mid-trimester abortions; hemorrhaging—nearly 10 percent of all... Continue Reading

It began as just another day for the busy missionary. “They go from early in the morning till late at night every day doing something,” said John Anderson, a board member of the U.S. organization Sheltering Wings, which supports the Ridderings. The compound in Yako, a small city about 70 miles northwest of Ouagadougo, hosts... Continue Reading

I’m a sucker for annual predictions. It’s an opportunity to suggest preposterous theories grounded in absolutely zero fact or logic. It’s a time to look ahead with unquestionable positivity and make some bold bets on what the future has in store. If nothing comes true … no harm done.   I’m a sucker for annual... Continue Reading

Rather than risk another lawsuit, the Odgaards stopped hosting weddings altogether. But the income loss, plus a 50-percent drop in customers’ enjoying the location’s bistro and art services, made the business unsustainable. They closed up shop in July 2015. LGBT advocates celebrated the closure as a victory. To the surprise of critics, the building reopened... Continue Reading

“God’s love for his unfaithful people is demonstrated concretely in Hosea’s marriage to an unfaithful woman (1:2). Hosea eventually divorces her for her unfaithfulness, signifying God’s judgment on Israel (2:1–3). Though scholars debate whether Hosea took back his unfaithful wife in chapter 3, I believe he did, in order to portend Israel’s restoration.”   Most... Continue Reading

Even if you don’t believe in the sanctity of life, and the authority God has over deciding when life begins and ends, consider the practical application of euthanasia:  If not God, or “fate,” or Father Time; who else gets to decide when you die?  Who decides when your vitality is over?  Who decides when you... Continue Reading

A member of the church told VOL that the inaction and complicity of Bishop White leading to the resignation of Fr. Erdman was a betrayal of trust of the Episcopal Church. The Church seemed to foster an atmosphere of theological diversity, but only if members went in the direction Bishop White wanted to go. The... Continue Reading

My time in the PCA church definitely shaped the way I saw and thought about ministry. It was a sacrifice for us to be there (not the least of which was the loss of worship music which I was so used to in the black church). But my father became ordained in the PCA church,... Continue Reading