Matthew Lee Anderson distinguishes “tolerant” (i.e., liberal) from “intolerant” (i.e., Religious Right) consumer boycotts. The latter objects to specific products, the former to ideas. So it’s not the chicken sandwich that offends, but the ideas of the guy who makes it. Political religion takes different forms. For political Islam, a women wearing a head scarf... Continue Reading

I would contend that Christian believers are to be among the clearest thinkers in the political arena. As proponents of absolute truth in a world of relativity, followers of Christ ought to have the sturdiest grip on the logic of rational persuasion among all who grapple on the mat of political discourse. We are about... Continue Reading

Joel Belz, founder of the evangelical bi-weekly World magazine, said that while he doesn't believe Obama is Muslim, many of those who do genuinely question the president's faith because "he equivocates on so many issues"

Twenty-five years ago, a rally in Washington, D.C., for Soviet Jews drew a quarter of a million participants from all sections of the Jewish community. Given that a significant proportion of this country's 250 million Christians are politically engaged, it isn't far-fetched to believe that a similar initiative on behalf of persecuted Christians could attract a crowd of more than one million.

So YECA is essentially lobbying young evangelicals to support President Obama, though even he, having mostly remained silent about the climate over the last 4 years, is unlikely to resurrect it as a major theme in the future. The YECA website celebrates that Obama has “finally” mentioned global warming, in a recent Rolling Stone interview.

The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe editorial boards -- normally not sources of traditional beliefs -- have defended Chick-fil-A's right to open restaurants. "Which part of the First Amendment does Menino not understand?" a Globe editorial read July 25. "A business owner’s political or religious beliefs should not be a test for the worthiness of his or her application for a business license."

Standard practice at the time dictated that a city that refused to surrender at the sight of a siege army would suffer any and all consequences of a successful siege; this is why many cities agreed to terms before commencement of the siege. Both Christian and Muslim armies followed this policy. If a city surrendered before the siege, the inhabitants were allowed to remain in the city and keep their possessions.

The goal is simple: Let’s affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1. Former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is “incensed” at the way... Continue Reading

Why do movies have these effects on adolescents? These researchers examined the role of a personality trait known as sensation-seeking. One of the great dangers of adolescence, is the predisposition for “sensation seeking” behavior. Between the ages of 10 and 15, the tendency to seek more novel and intense stimulation of all kinds peaks. A... Continue Reading

My challenge to everyone else believes the evolutionary story of human origins, is not to provide the list of mutations that did the trick, but rather a list of mutations that can do it. Otherwise they’re in the position of insisting that something is a scientific fact without having the faintest idea how it even... Continue Reading