Dr. Curtis Liedtke, a family practice physician and ruling elder at Foothills Community Church (PCA) in Sturgis, S.D., decided at age 60 to join the South Dakota Army National Guard and is now deployed to Iraq. Family and friends of South Dakota Army National Guard’s Maj. Curtis Liedtke gathered on June 30, 2011 at Camp... Continue Reading

While both are men of genuine faith, Perry (life-long evangelical) is going to be more overtly Christian in his faith statements than the former president, who became a Methodist but was raised by New England Episcopalians Many people assume Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a carbon copy of George W. Bush. Well, he isn’t. Those... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: Steve is a PCA Preacher’s Kid (his dad, Jim, a longtime close friend of The Aquila Report Publisher Don Clements, died quickly from cancer in 2007. Steve has been in the RPCES, PCA, ARP and is now a member of an OPC Church in Gastonia, NC. He tells us about his recent trip... Continue Reading

The ‘Vicar of Baghdad’ says the key to Muslim-Christian relations is very personal. Andrew White was in the thick of matters in Iraq long before September 11. In 1998, at age 33, he was appointed a canon at Coventry Cathedral, England, as director of international ministry and head of the International Centre for Reconciliation. The... Continue Reading

The Archbishop of Canterbury is planning to resign next year, nearly a decade before he is due to step down, it can be revealed. Dr Rowan Williams is understood to have told friends he is ready to quit the highest office in the Church of England to pursue a life in academia. The news will... Continue Reading

As the College football season cranks up again, the web has been filled with a number of great examples of leadership from famous college coaches, and even a few players. The Aquila Report wants to keep our readers informed; and who knows, a preacher might even find an illustration for use in a sermon this... Continue Reading

Convincing the famously stubborn Mayor Michael Bloomberg to change his mind could require a minor miracle, but critics hope enough pressure will convince Bloomberg to allow clergy to speak Sunday at ceremonies to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Citing previous practice, Bloomberg has said the focus of the Ground Zero ceremonies will... Continue Reading

To the extent that his book even hints at “more severe measures,” they aren’t being recommended if civil disobedience fails. Rather, he’s suggesting that Christians have the right to consider using “defensive force” in situations where civil disobedience isn’t permitted — as in Nazi Germany in the 1940s, or in British-occupied Boston in the 1770s.... Continue Reading

Keller didn’t exactly go to ground after authoring a controversial column, published in the New York Times, suggesting that Republican presidential candidates ought to be aggressively probed about their religious beliefs. But neither did the Gray Lady’s outgoing executive editor go out of his way to address the “heated response” his column elicited from “conservative... Continue Reading

I started putting out applications, and my prayer was: ‘Lord, I don’t want options. I want you to either open the door wide or slam it shut.’ Steve Lanier, at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Jackson, said ‘Steve, I’ve got the job for you. You need to work for Palmer Home for Children in Columbus.’ Steven... Continue Reading