“I would expect any member of our church who serves on the judiciary to interpret and apply the law as it stands.” Conservative Christian activist Jack Thompson — who once had to prove his sanity to the Florida Supreme Court (and has his own listing in Wikipedia) — isn’t crazy about Robert Kuntz’s candidacy for... Continue Reading

Warren’s wife called 911, and an emergency vehicle transferred the pastor to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where he was treated by an eye specialist, Ross said. Evangelical preacher Rick Warren was briefly hospitalized earlier this week following an eye injury, according to a message the popular pastor sent to his followers on Twitter on... Continue Reading

The most striking change was the fact that teenagers today seem much less inclined to have spiritual conversations about their faith in Christ with non-believers. A new research study from the Barna Group explores the changing religious environment of teenagers, comparing their participation in personal and group forms of faith over the past dozen years.... Continue Reading

Home Depot has a history of supporting homosexual events, the most recent parades in Portland, Maine, and in Boston. On Wednesday, July 21, the American Family Association called for a nationwide boycott of The Home Depot because of its support for the radical homosexual agenda, and in particular for exposing young children to homosexual behavior.... Continue Reading

America has long had thinkers who bring the insights of theology and their spiritual traditions into the debate about public affairs. The person who does that best today is, I think, columnist David Brooks. One of the games people play in the world of religion and theological education is, “Where have all the Reinhold Niebuhrs... Continue Reading

The University of Illinois Department of Religion has decided it will no longer use his services. Why? A student complained that Howell was engaging in “hate speech.” For nine years Kenneth Howell has been an adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois in its Department of Religion. One of the courses he has taught for... Continue Reading

“I think the congregation could have lived with me being gay,” McNeill said. “Announcing I was married pushed it over the edge.” When the Rev. Laurie A. McNeill married a woman in October, she feared what it might cost her — her calling. Days before the nuptials, McNeill asked her colleagues and congregation at Central... Continue Reading

Contraception is a sin? Hodge, a former Presbyterian pastor who is now a layman in the conservative Orthodox Presbyterian Church, realizes his mission is quixotic. The very suggestion made Bryan Hodge and his classmates at Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute laugh. As his friends scoffed and began rebutting the oddball idea, Hodge found himself on the... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: Moore is one of the nationally recognized bloggers that regularly provides commentary for the readers of The Aquila Report. Russell D. Moore, senior vice president for academic administration and dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote the cover story for the July issue of Christianity Today magazine.... Continue Reading

Evangelical churches do a better job than mainline churches in keeping their young people in the faith, probably because they invest more money in youth ministry, says a Duke University professor who studies characteristics of American congregations. Mark Chaves, a professor of sociology, religion and divinity and director of the National Congregations Study, said in... Continue Reading