“The woman’s movement wasn’t about happiness.” That judgment, attributed to feminist Susan Faludi, seems to be the blunt assessment shared by many other women. As numerous recent studies now indicate, a remarkably large percentage of women describe themselves as increasingly unhappy. This issue came to light last month in a fascinating essay by Maureen Dowd... Continue Reading

Top Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng vanishes as government stifles dissent. In 2008, China’s Ministry of Justice named Gao Zhisheng, a brilliant, mostly self-educated man, one of the country’s top ten lawyers, received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for his human-rights advocacy work. Then, less than a year later, Gao disappeared when security police... Continue Reading

How different generations of Americans read and interpret the Bible varies greatly according to a new survey by the Christian research firm, the Barna Group. Similarities across age ranges show that a vast majority consider the Bible a sacred text. Also, similar proportions regardless of age subscribe to the polar opposite views that the Bible... Continue Reading

Parker T. Williamson Louisiana’s 19th District Court has declared the Presbytery of South Louisiana (PSL) in contempt of court for refusing to obey the court’s order that it surrender specified documents to attorneys for the Carrollton Presbyterian Church of New Orleans. Dated Sept. 22, the order required PSL to turn over any and all of... Continue Reading

Mid-America Reformed Seminary is hosting a dinner on Thursday evening, November 12, 2009 at 6:30 pm at Brann’s Catering Wedding and Conference Center in Wyoming, MI. It is an opportunity for us to connect with all our friends of the seminary. A number of Mid-America faculty and students will be in attendance, giving you an... Continue Reading

“Tim Keller’s ‘The Prodigal God’ is an insightful book that will challenge churchgoers, skeptics and everyone in-between to reconsider what exactly it is that Jesus taught,” said the Rev. Lenny Liebmann of Red Bank Community Church of Monmouth, NJ. “The collaboration of so many local churches across denominational lines only adds to the significance and... Continue Reading

With the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery in it’s third week and gathering steam. Many church aligned private colleges are having to deal with the issue of their students playing the lottery. So far only 1 college has come out and forbad it’s students from playing. Others, like Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould are letting their handbook... Continue Reading

Helping men and women of the cloth get through their ministerial rough patches has been PastorCare’s mission since Filbert Moore founded the nondenominational ministry in 1995 on the campus of Peace College in Raleigh, N.C. Smith now runs the ministry from his Grand Rapids office. From the start, the intent has been to provide confidential,... Continue Reading

Adviser compares institution to country club membership by Aaron Klein, World Net Daily The U.S. government should abolish its sanctioning of marriage, argued Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s regulatory czar. Sunstein proposed that the concept of marriage should become privatized, with the state only granting civil union contracts to couples wishing to enter into an agreement.... Continue Reading

Muslim leader says Dalia Mogahed ‘shares the outlook of Islamists in Egypt, Pakistan’ By Art Moore She describes her role in the Obama administration as a communicator to the president and other public officials of “what it is Muslims want.” But Muslims such as Steven Schwartz, a prominent American convert to Islam and ardent critic... Continue Reading