“During the past year, as in recent years, the central and/or provincial governments continued to forcibly remove crosses and bulldoze churches; implement a discriminatory and at times violent crackdown on Uighur Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists and their rights; and harass, imprison, or otherwise detain Falun Gong practitioners, human rights defenders, and others,” USCIRF said of... Continue Reading

“The world represents sinful humanity and is not worthy of God’s saving love. Apart from the love of God, the world stands under God’s condemnation. But in Christ, believers experience God’s surprising, redeeming, and never-ending love. John 3:16 is not about the greatness of the world but about the greatness of God.”   One of the... Continue Reading

“Echoing a new Pew Research Center study that found religious people are more apt to volunteer and make charitable donations than others, the Rescue Mission and other Central Florida charities say the faith community provides critical support in providing food, shelter and clothing for the needy.”   Religious people donate and volunteer more than their... Continue Reading

In this worldview, the group that can prove the greatest source of contemporary oppression becomes the group with greatest authority. This ideology doesn’t bode well for the future. Heller worries “the cracks in the American left are likely to grow—with more campaign arguments about who is the ‘true’ progressive, more shouting past one another, and... Continue Reading

I pray that Ms. Lu is correct and that health-denying idolatry will eventually implode because civilization must reproduce and can only do it according to God’s design. The solution must nonetheless include an awareness of the great depth of our rebellion against God the Creator. A cultural implosion will not be like the end of... Continue Reading

Earlier this year, religious liberty advocates urged the State Department to recognize the atrocities against Christians and other minority faith groups in Iraq and Syria. The Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians compiled a 278-page report detailing acts of violence and targeting of minority groups in the region.   (WNS)–Two months after the... Continue Reading

“The First Amendment is crucial. It provides a covering of religious protection over the chaplain. For decades, U.S. courts have affirmed the religious and free-speech rights of chaplains and all military personnel. The free-exercise rights of military personnel can be provided for only through an authorized chaplaincy.”   Tabletalk: How did you become a Christian, and... Continue Reading

Postmodernity erodes institutions and society structures, resisting and repudiating all claims to authority and truth. As a result, individuals turn inward for answers to ultimate questions of meaning, morality, and eternal destiny. Francis Schaeffer correctly pointed out, “Modern man has his feet firmly planted in mid air.” In this stormy cultural climate, we should winsomely... Continue Reading

Though some transgender persons see the Christian message as inherently “unsafe,” part of the Christian call moving forward will be to prove them wrong, both through our behavior and through the reasons we give for why God made the visible world the way he did. Sin has wrecked all of our bodies, but denying the... Continue Reading

Going to the bathroom is one of the most personal and private acts a person does; it is a situation in which individuals can feel particularly vulnerable; and now the government wants to take away that feeling of personal privacy and safety. The political left is showing considerable inconsistency and hypocrisy on this issue. When... Continue Reading