The Islamic Conference, with more than 50 member-states, is the world’s second-largest intergovernmental body after the U.N. President Obama on Saturday named White House lawyer Rashad Hussain a special envoy to the Muslim world. The president announced the appointment during a video address to the seventh U.S.-Islamic World Forum meeting in Doha, Qatar. Hussain is... Continue Reading

Much of effective fathering can be boiled down to two principles: making time to be with children and seeking resources — such as older fathers to use as mentors — to be a better dad. Michael Boulton admits that being a father to his five children — ages 5 to 15 — often means he’s... Continue Reading

“The Clintons remained seated, yet both—particularly the ever-politic Hillary—understood how behind-the-scenes power politics work within the Christian Right, and responded to the rebuke by finding “common ground” with the nun.“ At the National Prayer Breakfast, Hillary Clinton fondly remembered how Mother Teresa—or perhaps God—compelled her to encourage adoption. The behind-the-scenes story of how The Family... Continue Reading

“You see how far you’ve fallen? You see how difficult things have gotten in your inner world? And I want you to know that no matter how bad things are I’m still there and I’m never going to give up on you.” The books in the Bible can seem disconnected, even contradicting at times. Christian... Continue Reading

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being Facebook stalked, and that is not being Facebook stalked.” For many people who frequent Facebook and other social networking sites, desires for social interaction can override privacy concerns. On Thursday, California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks hosted a presentation on privacy management in social... Continue Reading

Surveys show many Americans struggle to name the first book of the Bible, the four gospels or the Ten Commandments. (In a “Tonight Show” classic, an interviewee told Jay Leno that one of the commandments was “freedom of speech.”) Proponents of a Kentucky Senate bill promoting instruction about the Bible in public schools rightly point... Continue Reading

“Goal #4 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) calls on each country to reduce child mortality while at the same time pro-abortion activists lobby for an increase in access to abortion. It is bewildering to me how anyone can fail to understand that abortion is, by definition, infant mortality. Abortion destroys children!” Congressman Chris Smith,... Continue Reading

The Belz Fellowships are named for Joel Belz, pioneering journalist, editor and publisher who continues to have a worldwide vision for influencing human culture through competent and truthful communication. World Journalism Institute has announced that it has received funding for the 2010 Belz International Media Fellowships. The fellowships will enable ten Christian journalists from Africa... Continue Reading

‘D. James Kennedy held rallies with names such as “Reclaiming America for Christ.” So far, it seems the Tea Partiers are mostly interested in reclaiming America for the Chamber of Commerce’ For what was presented as a rally of angry conservative Americans, last weekend’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville was remarkably lacking in evangelical... Continue Reading

But when asked if a still-lengthy prison sentence is too harsh for homosexual acts, Sozi says homosexuality is “a corruption of the highest degree. . . . It is an offense we should not think of as light.” For Americans looking for a simplistic picture of Uganda’s controversial anti-homosexuality bill, Ugandan pastor Peterson Sozi complicates... Continue Reading