To be fair, old-guards worries are not entirely unfounded: imprudently pursuing reforms would put some evangelical colleges at risk, setting them on the hackneyed path of becoming yet-another liberal arts college estranged from its founding religious mission. If these schools are to maintain a distinctive mission, then judicious hiring practices and faith statements are not... Continue Reading

Her parents sent Hua to America because she could continue to excel academically and also have time for hobbies like painting and calligraphy. What Hua didn’t expect was her budding friendship with her teachers and her newfound interest in reading Scripture. “The Bible is really new for me,” she said. “I am not from a... Continue Reading

“Lin’sanity” which is only about 2-3 weeks old, should perhaps teach us this. You may never have a platform as big as Tebow’s or Jeremy Lin’s, but each follower of Jesus Christ should live with a readiness to speak of their faith at all times. Bright lights, playoff games, and game-winning shots are not many... Continue Reading

“I asked President Obama how he came to faith in Christ. And he said ‘I don’t go to church.”…the president told him he’d started to go to church while working on the south side of Chicago because leaders in the community told him it was a necessity. Franklin Graham, the son of prominent evangelist Billy... Continue Reading

The filth was gone! The stench ceased! She had become as clean as the garment. In an instant all had become new. The King, himself, had made her presentable! She was to be presented to the King! Walking through the immense door, she handed her invitation to the guard. He ushered her into the Great... Continue Reading

As Bowling Green State University researcher Susan L. Brown (and many others) have found, children born to married couples, on average, “experience better education, social, cognitive and behavioral outcomes” than others. For the first time in American history, more than half of all births to American women under 30 are occurring outside of marriage. That’s... Continue Reading

If the “Seven Deadly Sins” are all that deadly, why is it so enlivening to stuff our faces in Grant Park, admire ourselves in South Beach, bet the house at Caesars Palace, surf ESPN channels in Indianapolis, hate the Giants at Eagles games, flip someone the bird on Michigan Avenue and casually copulate in Oregon?... Continue Reading

Ham has won the NRB best ministry website award for the second time in six years. The convention jury said in a statement that the ministry’s website is “Not only … attractive and easy-to-use, but its true hallmark is that AiG posts several new items to its site every day and they all relate to... Continue Reading

“If the government can force Catholic monks to dispense birth control, what can’t the government do? If the government can decide that East Texas Baptist University is not religious enough to have the right to religious liberty, what can’t the government do? If this administration can just decide that religious believers are less important than... Continue Reading

The fact is that the earliest manuscripts of all or parts of Mark that we do have show remarkable consistency and stability. And none of the minor variations between different manuscripts affect any major doctrine of Christianity at all Much of the biblical scholarly world has been buzzing since Feb. 1, when a New Testament... Continue Reading