A hush spread through the beautiful sanctuary as the congregation waited with expectation to hear the reading of the Scriptures. The pastor had just finished his prayer asking God to illumine the preaching of His Word. Suddenly a cry echoed across the rows of pews: three-year-old Joey Callahan was protesting loudly at the “shushing” of […]
One of the most noteworthy events in American religion over the past five years has been the emergence of the movement dubbed “Evangelicals and Catholics Together.” Though not sponsored by any organized church, “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” has been promoted by many prominent leaders from Evangelical and Catholic circles. The movement has produced two major […]
Attempts to understand the Colorado school massacre in purely secular terms fall painfully short: Would a kind word have helped the Trenchcoat Mafia? Did they have a bad self~image? Would anger-management techniques have helped? The mystery of iniquity — the rise of demonic evil in the heart of a child — goes much deeper than […]
The late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen once preached a sermon in which he said, “However much we gain by what we call the advance in civilization, something has to be surrendered” “The empty soul which feels its emptiness seeks to put itself in a state of irresponsibility.” Has anyone thought of a better explanation for […]
Continued exposure to popular American evangelical religion has revealed to me once again how completely ahistorical modern Christianity has become. People use terms with no understanding of their origin or meaning and strongly react to what they mistakenly think is the truth. This could not be more apparent than when reference is made to John […]
I find it sadly instructive that what took place on a massive scale in Europe a half-century ago is being repeated in the same region today — Serbs “cleansing their country of long-held animosities that run deep into the soul.” Yet would it surprise you to know that this is only the latest round of […]
I have a friend who is a fountain of wise sayings, many of which are inspired by the wisdom of Scripture. When dealing with a person or a marriage or some other circumstance which is a “work in progress,” for example, he’ll often say “don’t count the score at half time!” His point: wait until […]
Last month, we observed that, even as a young tree (twig) needs to be attached to a stake (rod) in order to grow and tall, so too a child needs to be attached to a rod — the Word of God applied — to grow straight and tall spiritually, because his nature is sinful and […]
THE PROBLEM OF THE DOCTRINE Now that we have considered the subjects of the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. two of the “concomitants of the second advent.” our study of the Bible’s teaching regarding the future brings us to the subject of the final state. Here, as with many aspects of the […]
New York, NY (EP) — American women are becoming more religious and more conservative, according to a poll released earlier this year by the feminist Center for Gender Equality. Women polled were evenly divided when asked it elected officials should be guided by their religious values. In a similar survey done in 1992, 63 percent […]