A Festschrift entitled The Pure Flame of Devotion was presented to Haykin by Steve Weaver, who edited the volume along with Ian Clary. Over two years in the making, The Pure Flame of Devotion features a foreword by Dr. Russell Moore and 23 essays on the history of Christian spirituality by such leading scholars as... Continue Reading

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to rule on the element of Obamacare that pro-life Americans find most objectionable: The contraceptive mandate. Under the healthcare law, businesses must provide health insurance plans for employees that include coverage of contraceptives, including abortifacients like Plan B and Ella. The case involves fundamental questions of religious liberty... Continue Reading

Publishers submitted proposed textbooks this summer. Committees of Texas volunteer reviewers raised objections about the Pearson text, some arguing for creationism, others objecting to the portrayal of climate change as a settled scientific fact. Other concerns included differences of opinion on how long it took the earth to cool, interpretation of the fossil record, and... Continue Reading

I would also just like to point out, by way of encouragement, to evangelical parents a major implication of her research.  Biblical Christianity works.  To a significant degree, spiritual discipline and diligence by parents and churches in inculcating Christian teaching and practice among their youth is used by God to produce greater purity (and happiness). ... Continue Reading

C.S. Lewis was a twentieth-century novelist, Christian apologist, and lay theologian.  (November 22) marks the 50th anniversary of his death. You can find more resources on C.S. Lewis here. November 22, 1963, the date of President Kennedy’s assassination, was also the day C.S. Lewis died. Seven years earlier he had thus described death: “The term is over: the holidays have begun.... Continue Reading

Uwe and Hanelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 with their family after they faced the threat of thousands of dollars in fines and possible jail time because they chose to homeschool their children, which is illegal in Germany. They were initially granted asylum in 2010 by an immigration judge in Tennessee, but... Continue Reading

“This appears to be an isolated incident and there is not any ongoing concern for the safety of students or the community,” Lynchburg police said. “We are not currently seeking any suspects in relation to this incident.”   A 19-year-old Liberty University student was shot and killed early Tuesday at an off-campus women’s dormitory in... Continue Reading

“An organization does not have momentum, a movement does, and Moderator Bill Dudley is leading our denomination in a movement of God,” was both the introduction of the speaker and the theme of the event as mission-minded Presbyterians gathered at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church’s World Outreach Encounter in Memphis, Tenn. Dudley had the great challenge... Continue Reading

To put yourself under the means of grace, to listen to the preaching of the Word and come to the table of the Lord, to pray the prayer of humble access. It won’t be easy, and there will be lots of pain and humiliation, but it’s worth it. You are not alone. You will have... Continue Reading

The law’s challengers had submitted an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the law as litigation continues. Justice Antonin Scalia handles emergency applications from Texas, but likely due to the controversial nature of the law, he had his eight colleagues weigh in.    A divided U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’ new abortion... Continue Reading