Humphrey also noted that it would only be a matter of time before gay adults began participating in the BSA as well. “The LGBT community has already said it — it’s going to be the next logical step,” he said.   Neal Humphrey, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in north Utah, recently resigned as... Continue Reading

“…. I have great respect for the office of the presidency but about five or six weeks ago, our president made a comment in a speech and he said, ‘God bless Planned Parenthood.’ ” Birk, a devout Christian, has taken public stances before, especially recently when it has come to gay rights issues. Birk notably... Continue Reading

Christianity Explored is an informal seven-week course for people who would like to investigate Christianity, or just brush up on the basics. Looking at Mark’s gospel, it explores who Jesus is, why he came, and what it means to follow him.  This can be summarized in three words: Identity, Mission, and Call.   Dr. Alan... Continue Reading

A new study has found that American veterans who had a negative experience serving during World War II attend church more frequently today than those who were less troubled by their service. The study also found that when service members were fearful in combat, they reported prayer was a better motivator for getting them through it... Continue Reading

When he was promoted to officer rank at eighteen, S. L. A. MARSHALL was the youngest shavetail in the United States Army during World War I. He rejoined the Army in 1942, became a combat historian with the rank of colonel; and the notes he made at the time of the Normandy landing are the... Continue Reading

What has Twitter taught you? It’s easier to be vulnerable on Twitter than it is on Facebook. I love it when people are vulnerable. I think it’s good for me and everyone if I’m vulnerable. One of the biggest responses that I’ve had on Twitter is when I’ve posted a talk I did on my... Continue Reading

For years, gay rights activists in Illinois fought for legalization of civil unions while slowly working toward a marriage bill. The marriage bill got nowhere, but civil unions were legalized in 2011, giving gay couples across Illinois the opportunity to have the same state-level rights as married couples. After passage of the civil unions bill,... Continue Reading

In 405 AD, a British monk named Pelagius attended a public reading of one of the best-selling of books of that decade – and of all time. And he didn’t like what he heard. … It was Augustine’s awareness of his continuing inward struggles after conversion and baptism that lay behind the famous statement that... Continue Reading

He saw the need to begin singing substantive songs – songs rich in scriptural allusion and doctrinal truth – that would help bridge this gap.  The worship lexicon of these students was anemic.  They did not have a good means of connecting the Bible with their own personal experience.  The old hymns of the faith... Continue Reading

Talk of momentum, however accurate it might be regarding public opinion polls, is quickly going to hit a roadblock — 30 of them in fact — that won’t simply crumble after an impassioned floor speech or, as with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, after learning that he has a gay son. The roadblocks are the 30... Continue Reading