In a victory for free speech, Judge Stoudt of the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond has dismissed the Commonwealth of Virginia’s case against Nathan Cox, an Iraq War veteran and civil activist, who was issued a citation for disorderly conduct after he used a bullhorn to call out to a police officer who... Continue Reading

Nearly a year after a surge of bullying-related teen suicides grabbed the nation’s attention, a wave of lawsuits have been filed by parents, seeking protection of their children and other students from verbal and physical abuse at the hands of their peers. Parents in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey, Minnesota, and even Ontario, Canada are taking... Continue Reading

An Alberta judge has let a woman who strangled her newborn son walk free by arguing that Canada’s absence of a law on abortion signals that Canadians “sympathize” with the mother. “We live in a country where there is no protection for children in the womb right up until birth and now this judge has... Continue Reading

In this country, 7.5 million couples share breakfast, dinner, laundry, a Netflix membership, and a bed. But they aren’t married. According to the U.S. Census bureau, the number of cohabiting couples increased approximately 13% from 2009 to 2010. Statistics can’t always accurately unearth motivations for behavior, but researchers have been trying. In her 2010 report... Continue Reading

Remembering 9/11 – Shanksville, the site of Flight 93’s crash, gets a national makeover in time for the 10th anniversary of remembering its heroes. SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa.—The pilgrimages here started soon after the attacks. Local resident Donna Glessner remembers seeing visitors navigating Somerset County’s rural roads with maps spread out on their dashboards. Many ended... Continue Reading

“How do we share the gospel with Muslims?” It’s a question I’m frequently asked. Beneath the question usually lie one or two deeper concerns. Either the thought of “Muslim evangelism” scares the questioner, or the questioner wants a special method for sharing the gospel, revealing a lack of confidence in the gospel itself. In 2005,... Continue Reading

A terrific book, the kind that lights my fire, encompassing seventeenth century issues furthering the cause of the Reformation. Controversies there were aplenty, some crossing confessional boundaries, others not so much. Drawn Into Controversie: Reformed Theological Diversity and Debates Within Seventeenth-Century British Puritanism. Edited A. G. Haykin and Mark Jones (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011) A... Continue Reading

The question that deserves examination is: Does the fact that women were directed to carry out roles in various ways during the course of redemptive history provide a sound basis for the proposition that women in this present time are not just to carry out those similar roles but, in fact, different roles altogether? In... Continue Reading

The new movie, “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling book by the same name, continues to lead ticket sales at the box office. Both dramatize the extent and tragedy of segregation and discrimination in the South during the early 1960s. Racism affected almost every area of Southern (and many areas of Northern) society before... Continue Reading

“This body has been praying a Christian prayer since the founding of this county in 1767, even before this nation was founded, and we never have had one single complaint, said Commissioner Barber. “In fact, the ACLU refuses to tell us the name of the individual who is complaining. As far as I know, no... Continue Reading