Union University professor C. Ben Mitchell will testify before a congressional committee Feb. 16 regarding the Department of Health and Human Services’ recent decree that religious organizations provide contraceptives and abortifacient drugs to their employees. The hearing will be broadcast live at 8:30 a.m. Central time at oversight.house.gov (Editor’s Note: Union University is a Southern... Continue Reading

The Christian community in Syria has been hit by a series of kidnappings and brutal murders; 100 Christians have now been killed since the anti-government unrest began. A reliable source in the country, who cannot be identified for their own safety, told Barnabas Aid that children were being especially targeted by the kidnappers, who, if... Continue Reading

“In generations past, there was far less talk about ‘compatibility’ and finding the ideal soul-mate,” widely respected preacher Timothy Keller recently wrote in Relevant Magazine. “Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searches and... Continue Reading

“America’s greatness lay in a good, a moral, and a virtuous people.” Liberty was a good thing, but the Founders sought “well-ordered liberty” through “moral cultivation” of citizens. In other words, Santorum has shown conservative evangelicals that they can have their liberty and legislate private morality too. Last month, when prominent evangelical pastors and political... Continue Reading

Many of the outrages are perpetrated by groups the West is conditioned to thinking of as minorities, especially Muslims in general. But the response of the Western secular leaders to these monstrous events has been achingly slow. Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study... Continue Reading

The burden to cover contraception shifts to the insurance companies, but an earlier exemption for religious groups will not change. The Obama administration announced today a small shift in an earlier position on who covers contraception, but observers are still voicing concerns over how his administration exempts religious groups. Religious organizations will not have to... Continue Reading

“Whether under the Constitution same-sex couples may every be denied the right to marry, a right that has long been enjoyed by opposite-sex couples, is an important and highly controversial question,” Reinhardt wrote before adding, “we need not and do not answer the broader question in this case.” A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down... Continue Reading

Jeffrey Kerr, the lawyer representing the five whales, said: “For the first time in our nation’s history, a federal court heard arguments as to whether living, breathing, feeling beings have rights and can be enslaved simply because they happen to not have been born human. Five killer whales have been named as plaintiffs in a... Continue Reading

Westover Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, is imagining what fighting modern-day slavery could look like. The nondenominational suburban church is cut from an evangelical cloth and has 5,000 members and a sprawling campus. In 2011, the church started a ministry called “Abolition!” to fight human trafficking. It focuses on prayer, awareness and resources. The truck-stop... Continue Reading

At one point Metaxas handed his biographies on Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer to Obama, mentioning that President George W. Bush had read the Bonhoeffer book. “No pressure,” Metaxas added. Afterward Obama almost left the room without the books but came back and tucked them under his arm. Speakers at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the... Continue Reading