Liberty University has established a "Center for Judaic Studies". Oh joy. They say that the purpose behind the establishment was so that their Christian students could understand how important the modern state of Israel is to Biblical prophesy. I see. Look, I'm willing to argue that as a Jew I want ...

Tonight I read an opinion regarding the decline of Evangelical Christianity. The author, one who professes to be an evangelical, even describes his cyber world as a "post-evangelical wilderness." Is the world to become more antagonistic towards Evangelical Christianity? If you believe Scripture, it ...

Ministry is an odd duck, as life is. It seems as though no matter how much you feel like you are on track and doing things "correctly" it only takes one person to knock you off course. For whatever reason I have chosen a pretty strange mix of "professions." On my actual vocation side, I am an invest...

I talk to Bill (WilliamLobdell.com) by phone Sunday afternoon. Bill: "I thought the two (religion and journalism) were intertwined. I thought God’s calling for me was to be a religion writer." Luke: "People do feel called to journalism. There is a sense that is a holy calling an...

New research by The Barna Group shows the divide between different generations and how they approach the new media. This is helpful for church leaders and outreach folks to get a hold of in order to plan more effective ministry to different generational groups.  Most churches are adequately rea...

Several months ago, Joe Carter wrote a blog article titled ‘Ten Deadly Trappings of Evangelism,’ where he describes his concern for “the way in which evangelicals tend to embrace whatever trends and kitsch happen to be hot sellers at ‘Christian’ bookstores.” As I ...

The Holy Scriptures undeniably describe faith as the only thing necessary for salvation.  They also teach that good works cannot justify a person before God or contribute in the least toward the attainment of salvation.  The Old Testament says that Abram ‘believed the Lord, and He counted it...

Right Wingers apparently are more interested in teaching hypocrisy then the realities of the world. This was on display with Sarah Palin who is proud of her values, and yet failed as a parent with a child who has a child before she could vote for her mom. Another child who was forced to go to war in...

This article by Terry Teachout speaks to the power of music. Evidently the U. S. Government used various musical selections to torture the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Teachout concludes, I nevertheless find it significant — and not a little comforting — that the titles on Reprieve’s ...

Nice Guys Holy Joe. Ned Flanders. That annoying guy from the movie Bull Durham who leads a Bible Study in the clubhouse before games (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, rent the movie) and ends up marrying the local tramp—interestingly enough, kind of like Hosea! This is usually what th...