The Alberta Court of Appeals upheld the opinion of the Court of Queen’s Bench, stating that Boissoin has a right to express his beliefs on matters such as homosexuality as long as they are focused on a behavior and not a specific person.     In ending a decade-long battle, a high court in Canada... Continue Reading

“If I’d known about these therapies as a teen I could have avoided a lot of depression, self-hatred and suicidal thoughts,”…. He was tormented as a Christian teenager by his homosexual attractions, but now, after men’s retreats and an online course of reparative therapy, he says he feels glimmers of attraction for women and is... Continue Reading

Our work is not merely a collection of tasks that bring in wages. Work is a means by which we can use our talents and abilities to develop godly character, communicate the gospel, and worship the Lord.     I’m a fan of The Pacifier, the 2005 action comedy starring Vin Diesel as Shane Wolfe,... Continue Reading

The eyes of all are still upon America, but it is a markedly different place. As the secularization of that city upon a hill continues, it is not hard to imagine a presidential race one day that involves candidates who practice no religion at all.     A hypothetical Martian with a deep interest in... Continue Reading

Rather than putting so much emphasis on homosexuality and heterosexuality, Christians should focus on “holy sexuality,”… Holy sexuality includes faithfulness to one’s spouse in marriage and in singleness, abstinence. This idea is not to act as a justification for homosexuals, but rather as a focus for Christians to humble themselves and pursue faithfulness to God.... Continue Reading

Many college students Hill sees say they feel very alone after reading Facebook posts, thinking everyone else is having a much better life than they are-an effect that many counselors refer to as “Facebook depression.”     Like most other college students, Michael Anderson uses Facebook to keep up with family and friends. But reading... Continue Reading

It turns out only about 24 percent of Americans actually report attending religious services in the past week…What this suggests is that in actual religious practice, Americans might not be that different from people in Western Europe when it comes to what they do, but they might be very different for people in Western Europe... Continue Reading

“What if the academic work force were made up primarily of two types of faculty members? One, a small proportion of tenure-track professors—those who earn doctoral degrees, do research, train graduate students, teach advanced seminars, and help administrators run the university. And two, a larger portion of full-time instructors…who teach undergraduates, help advise them, keep up with developments in the field by reading and attending conferences, but do no research.”

As a policy choice, California’s “three-strikes” measure has been a disaster. No one understood this better and sounded the alarm more clearly than Chuck Colson and Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform ministry he founded. In the months leading up to the ballot initiative, he warned anyone who would listen that measures like this one would do far more harm than good.

But most pastors don't need the IRS to stop them from offering voting advice from the pulpit. According to a recent LifeWay Research poll, almost 90 percent of Protestant pastors believe they should keep endorsements out of the pulpit—up from about 85 percent who felt that way last year