The Christian right should have a natural inroad with Hispanics. The vast majority of Hispanics are evangelical or Catholic, and many of those are religious conservatives opposed to same-sex marriage and abortion. And yet, the pressing issue of immigration trumped religion, and Mr. Obama won the Hispanic vote by 44 percentage points.

But for three years in a row, Westmont’s student government association denied Gruber’s request to bring a pro-life display to campus. The display, known as the Genocide Awareness Project and sponsored by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR), contains billboard-sized photos of aborted babies. Some are whole, others in pieces. Gruber admits the display is... Continue Reading

I do not believe the United States is experiencing the kind of judgment that Israel-Judah as the covenant nation in the Old Testament experienced. But God does judge the nations, and he may now be visiting judgment of this kind on our country. Or, he may not. We could be at the absolute end of... Continue Reading

As this cultural shift has occurred, many Christians have reacted in frustration. We have fought to place the Ten Commandments in courtrooms and Christmas crèches outside town halls. We have sued over public prayers and crosses in state parks. One court recently weighed in on whether cheerleaders at a Texas school should be allowed to... Continue Reading

The range of opinions of the recent election run from despair to hope, from self-assessment to corporate changes, from realignment to prayer, from resignation to engagement. Perhaps after more time has passed these and other assessments will change but for now here is what is being said.     Rick Phillips: Five Christian Responses to... Continue Reading

Far greater is the danger, having made that sort of commitment, he will find expression for his deepest beliefs and affiliations shut down. The latest example: Tufts University in Massachusetts, where in October students voted to “de-recognize” Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF), the largest evangelical group on the 10,000-student campus and an affiliate of one of... Continue Reading

Moore was elected chief justice in 2000, but a state judicial panel removed him three years later after he refused to obey a federal judge’s order to remove a 5,200-pound granite Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of the Alabama Judicial Building. Moore still maintains the federal judge’s order was unlawful and that he should... Continue Reading

Christians have found themselves in dire circumstances in the past. Christianity was illegal for several centuries in ancient Rome. Yet in that period, Christians did not shrink back from a bold witness; they ramped up their courage, engaged the public square, and continued to courageously proclaim the gospel. For people to suggest that this modern... Continue Reading

One of you men will soon be elected to lead our nation for the next four years. I realize that I am but one of tens of millions of voters and citizens. My words have little influence or impact. But, thanks to the freedoms we have in this nation, I can speak my voice just like anyone else.

The court declared any university policies that restrict student free speech are open to constitutional examination. OSU administrators' actions violated the First Amendment and strongly suggested "viewpoint discrimination" because their policy was unwritten, unannounced, and had no history of enforcement... "It materialized like a bolt out of the blue to smite The Liberty's, but not The Daily Barometer's, newsbins onto the trash heap," the opinion states.