Decision will “allow courts to draw distinctions between a casual conversation with a cleric at a public, crowded sporting event and a private meeting with a pastor in connection with a counseling session” New Jersey’s high court recently adopted a new, broader definition of the cleric-penitent privilege and used it to exclude from evidence a... Continue Reading

“They do not truly understand that there are differences between the Christians who attacked them and the Christians here,” Edwards, an OPC Minister, said. In the debate over the proposed mosque in the Town of Wilson, several misperceptions regarding Islam and Christianity have emerged, local experts say. For one, not all Muslims are the same... Continue Reading

Others signing the ad include NAE President Leith Anderson; megachurch pastors Bill Hybels and Joel Hunter; and civil rights veteran John Perkins In the shadow of Arizona’s strict immigration law, a broad range of evangelical leaders are speaking in support of comprehensive immigration reform, with more specifics than some were able to embrace before. At... Continue Reading

“Here one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion. It evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles, battles whose tragedies are compounded if the fallen are forgotten.” A cross erected on a remote Mojave Desert outcropping to honor American war dead has... Continue Reading

‘With the help of well designed experiments, you can see glimmers of moral thought, moral judgment and moral feeling even in the first year of life.’ Researchers in baby psychology at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut say that they have gathered evidence that suggests babies demonstrate a “rudimentary” moral sense very soon after they... Continue Reading

“I’m concerned about it,” Crist said of the pro-life measure Wednesday. “Even though I’m pro-life I don’t want to impose my will on others.” Facing immense pressure to veto a measure that both opts the state out of the federal health law’s abortion mandate and requires ultrasounds before abortion, Florida governor Charlie Crist has said... Continue Reading

“Suppose,” Kierkegaard wrote, “someone invented…a convenient little talking tube which could be heard over the whole land. I wonder if the police would not forbid it, fearing that the whole country would become mentally deranged.” Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your TV, there it was again—another mind-numbing story about politics.... Continue Reading

Evangelical leader Al Mohler said even if all charges are dropped against McAlpine, the message is clear that “the act of Christian preaching is now a potential criminal offense.” The arrest of a street preacher has renewed concern over religious freedom for Christians in the United Kingdom. Dale McAlpine, 42, was arrested in his home... Continue Reading

In February Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress that the Navy intended to repeal the ban unless Congress took some action against it. On April 29, the deadline for congressional intervention passed, and the new policy has now taken effect. The Department of the Navy has announced a policy change that will allow women to... Continue Reading

The Protect Life Act would afford the same pro-life protections that were approved with bipartisan support in the House last year. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) has introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to apply the Hyde amendment to the recently passed health care law. Rep. Pitts’ bill would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Continue Reading