“In evaluating a constitutional challenge to a bubble law like this, courts will not turn a blind eye to the challenges facing pro-lifers in communicating their message, including when those challenges come from the bad behavior of clinic escorts” The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled the city of Oakland, Calif., violated the... Continue Reading

I wonder whether the pornography of today—now ubiquitous and increasingly grotesque—is one of the influences warping the mentality of those who aspire to or who actually go on to engage in ever more grotesque public violence. The frequency with which terrorists are found with pornography raises important questions about the possible effects of pornography on... Continue Reading

“We are looking for a leader on life,” Musgrove says at each stop. “A lot of [politicians] say they’re pro-life but they never really do anything for the cause.” On Aug. 10, just three days to go until the Iowa straw poll, a choked-up Jenifer Bowen stands before a microphone in the sunshine of a... Continue Reading

“It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail,” Abraham Maslow is credited as having said. While the American psychologist’s observation has many applications, it aptly sums up the reality of a person who has a very narrow and unyielding view of life.... Continue Reading

“It appears that Planned Parenthood flew a man from Washington to Mississippi, put him in a clerical collar, and asked him to appeal to the voters with deep Southern Baptist roots. It’s just wrong.” Planned Parenthood must think voters in Mississippi are fools, but one man ended up with some Mississippi Mud on his face... Continue Reading

The report, carried out by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, looked at statistics and government data spanning from 2006 to 2009, and uses such criteria as government crackdowns on religion and social hostility, including religious-motivated bias, beatings, and murder, to determine which countries were the least tolerant to religion. Religion... Continue Reading

Of the many things I’ve learned about pastoral ministry over these years one stands out among the most helpful: There is a real danger in consistently defining yourself and your ministry by what you are against. Take it from a recovering fundie. Here are some “warnings.” Pun intended. I spent a brief portion of my... Continue Reading

Most evangelical Christians are aware of the importance of secret and corporate worship, but fewer have even heard of family worship. What is family worship? It is pretty simple. Tonight, sit down with your family on the couch or at the dinner table. And then . . . pray together, read the Bible together, and... Continue Reading

The [London] riots should surprise no one who’s been paying attention. The ferocious criminality exhibited by an uncomfortably large section of the English population during the current riots has not surprised me in the least. I have been writing about it, in its slightly less acute manifestations, for the past 20 years. To have spotted... Continue Reading

In this article I will address seven basic misunderstandings that have caused undue friction among Christian apologists. I am convinced that there are genuine differences among Christians in the area of apologetics, but I also believe that many of these apparent differences are not real. Every family counselor would agree that family members must understand... Continue Reading