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March 2014

March 30, 2014

Christianity: Use only as directed

In Graham Greene's novel The Third Man, people suffer and die because of diluted penicillin...

March 29, 2014

What’s missing in our conversation about marriage decline

In all the conversations around the decline of marriage I wonder if we are paying...

March 26, 2014

I guess they redid the math: World Vision reverses gay marriage decision

Well, now. World Vision has reversed its decision on same-sex marriage and employee conduct, according...

March 25, 2014

What’s so bad about incinerating 15,000 babies?

The news from Britain that aborted fetuses were incinerated to heat hospitals is both shocking...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

What we can learn from Nikolai the Serb

God raises up prophetic voices from time to time, and it's our loss when we...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Duck, duck, goose: The real story behind the Duck Dynasty uproar

The whole Duck Dynasty imbroglio comes down to this: Phil Robertson blasphemed one of the...

November 2013

November 17, 2013

When good things happen to bad people

Nobody sits easy when good things happen to bad people. In George Eliot's novel, The...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

Eliot Spitzer and the use of religion in American politics

Anyone writing a satire on American politics would be hard pressed to improve on the...

July 14, 2013

Zimmerman, Trayvon, and the tragedy of taking human life

As far as the Orthodox are concerned, the most fundamental reality of society is that...

July 10, 2013

When is a person a person? 3 libertarians debate abortion

If you have a spare hour (actually 50 minutes) and give two or more hoots...

July 10, 2013

Pope Francis’ holy war on modern culture

According to Esquire magazine, Pope Francis is "kind of awesome." To demonstrate the point, writer...

July 04, 2013

Faith of the revolutionary generation (and ours)

It may sound like a stretch, but you can learn a lot about contemporary faith...

July 03, 2013

Paul Revere explains fight for Independence

With the arrival of the Fourth of July, it’s worth pointing out the commitment to...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

We are losing our consciousness of the Bible

David Brooks flubbed the Bible, and his June 13 column for the New York Times...

June 13, 2013

One priest making a difference

"What the soul is in the body, this is what Christians are in the world,"...

June 03, 2013

Why tolerance is a lousy virtue

Tolerance is a squirrelly virtue. At best it's a schoolyard thing that only works if...

June 02, 2013

The Bible’s answer to corrupt government and false religion

The book of Daniel is a lot of things, but one is a sustained critique...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

One thing your mind needs more than anything else

Scientist, philosopher, and atheist gadfly Daniel Dennett offers some helpful guidelines for those looking to...

May 11, 2013

Egypt intensifies crackdown on Christians, dissidents

A Christian schoolteacher in Egypt has been detained by authorities for allegedly insulting Islam and...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

What all Christians can learn from one brave priest

Amid ongoing economic and political unrest, Greek riot police have hit the streets to deal...

February 10, 2013

What to do when the world sucks you in

Christians have adopted terms like pilgrim, sojourner, and resident alien to describe our identity in...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

The spiritual legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

In the fall of 1956, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech and asked...

January 16, 2013

Vandalized church in Israel holds harsh memory

Vandals desecrated a church and cemetery in the Galilee village of Kafar Bir'em, spraying graffiti...

January 02, 2013

Should government coerce charity?

When it comes to the question of social justice, there is more at play than...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

The ordinary courage of Charlie Brown

Faith takes courage. Sometimes that courage rises to the level of the heroic, but other...

December 23, 2012

Islamist constitution spells trouble for Egypt’s Christians

Egypt has approved a new, pro-Islamist constitution, and while Christians prepare to celebrate the Nativity...

December 21, 2012

Exposing China’s newest crackdown on Christians

China is none-too-comfortable with Christians, and a newly released government document reveals a deeply ingrained...

December 18, 2012

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and our end-times obsessions

If you've cancelled your plans on December 21 because the Mayans said the world would...

December 15, 2012

The face of the devil and the mercy of God

What are we to make of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut? Later in the month,...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng named ‘rebel of the year’

While the gentlemen's glossy is best known for featuring models and celebrities draped in high-priced...