(Editor’s Note: Julia Duin, a Washington Times columnist, was discipled at L’Abri; Play’s producer/star attends Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC) Perhaps everyone by now has at least heard of Max McLean’s production of “Screwtape,” the famous play about the letters of a senior devil (Screwtape) to Wormwood, a junior tempter. I am one of 75,000 people... Continue Reading

The federal government is opposing a Michigan man’s request to take the deposition of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a lawsuit that challenges the bailout of American International Group Inc. A lawsuit was filed in 2008 on religious grounds, claiming the government should not have bailed out AIG because the insurance giant sold financial products... Continue Reading

A team of Geneva College Biology and Chemistry faculty led by Dr. David Essig, professor of biology, has been selected by the Education Department at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) to collaborate in The Undergraduate Research Program in Microbial Genome Annotation. Geneva’s team was one of 20 chosen in a national competition,... Continue Reading

The United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Citizens United v. FCC, voting 5-4 to stand by the Constitution and protect our First Amendment right to free speech. Justice Kennedy, writing for the Court, said, “We find no basis for the proposition that, in the context of political speech, the Government may impose... Continue Reading

Dr. James Schaap, a professor of English at Dordt College, is Covenant College’s 2010 Nick Barker Writer-in-Residence. An award-winning novelist and essayist, Schaap has authored many books, including Sixty at Sixty: A Boomer Reflects on the Psalms, Romey’s Place, and Touches the Sky. Stories and articles he has written have been published in journals such... Continue Reading

Middle Eastern churches on Jan 19 unanimously approved a statement that would allow the ordaining of women as pastors in the region. The vote occurred at the Sixth General Assembly of the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC), an association of Anglican, Lutheran and Reformed churches in the region. Drafted on the spot... Continue Reading

The United States Supreme Court has announced its refusal to hear the case of a Pennsylvania mother who was forbidden from reading a passage from Psalms as part of an “All About Me” kindergarten classroom program intended to spotlight her son and his favorite book, the Bible. In challenging a ruling by the Third Circuit... Continue Reading

Wheaton College’s Science Division presents a lecture by James Kim, President and founder of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in North Korea and the Yanbian University of Science and Technology in China. The lecture, followed by a Q & A time, takes place from 7–8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 28. In September 2009, the... Continue Reading

NARAL, Pro-Choice Washington and Planned Parenthood are pushing for new legislation that would place a “gag order” on faith-based charities providing free support to pregnant women…More than 45 pregnancy resource centers and medical clinics say this legislation would regulate their organizations out of existence, eliminating approximately $15 million worth of free services (annually) to women... Continue Reading

A group of Irish atheists are using the words of Bjork and Mark Twain to protest a blasphemy law that went into effect on New Year’s Day. Atheist Ireland is an association of atheists based in the Republic of Ireland. The group was initially founded by members of Atheist.ie, an online community which had been... Continue Reading