Tag: CHRISTIANITY

This Friday people will be celebrating Good Friday across the globe, remembering the death of the Son of God.

Why is it that numbers of men seem to be turning to Christianity, but not so the women – at least not in the same dramatic numbers?

Will therapy endure? It may, but only if people continue to turn a blind eye to the problems that plague the industry.

King James' memory today would likely be little more than a footnote except for the one thing that would make any marketing director green with envy for product placement – the King James Bible.

Faith has led us out of the Dark Ages before and will do so again if we recover the humility to choose it.

Does today’s foodie culture, with its exquisite tastes and picturesque plating, distract one from growing in virtue, from controlling the desires of the flesh?

Christmas carols – at least, the best of them – are more than just sweet words and catchy melodies. They tell a story, which is why they often contain many verses.

When my wife Marlene wanted to see the movie, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” I willingly joined her. I’d read the 1972 book by Barbara Robinson long ago, and I’d seen it presented as a play.  

Communism’s hostility toward Christianity is not shocking because Marxism is atheistic to its core. As the most visible celebration of Christianity, Communist efforts to suppress Christmas are also not surprising.

For good or ill, we pick our next president on Tuesday. Here are five principles to consider before you get in the voting booth.

Jordan Peterson is in hot water yet again for refusing to give a pat answer to a profound question. When recently pressed by Richard Dawkins on whether he believes in the Resurrection of Christ, Peterson would not provide a simple yes or no.

Faith and politics go together like a hand in a glove. Get up Christians. Get busy, and go to the polls and vote your faith. Vote like your faith depends on it.

Visiting Louisiana, two things struck me: I found that they focus a lot of their attention on local, seemingly unimportant politics, while their Christ-following community is far bolder and more consistently devoted than my experience in Alabama, generally speaking.

Christianity has outlasted all temporal societies and is likely to do so still. Put another way, if our way of life is to continue in any way resembling what it has been to this point, we must not cast aside our central, most dominant characteristic.

To say this presidential election will shape the future for our children is not an embellishment. You may not like either candidate. That’s OK. You just need to be awake regarding the facts. The time to engage is now before it’s too late.

Alabamians are free to play hooky from church. But man cannot live on biscuits alone.

As we shield our eyes from the atrocities of a culture that treats children of early development as political bargaining pieces, will history look back on us like the people of Weimar who said, “We didn’t know?"

“A Paris party on a Friday night.” Is that what it was? Or was it a dystopian pagan nightmare on the Seine?

In the here and now, Republicans have united around a common foe, outrage at the assassination attempt, and the policies coming out of the current White House. Yet they’re seemingly oblivious to the schism in the foundation of their party.

As Christians seeking to transform institutions and individuals, we should all approach political engagement with prayer and humility, listening respectfully to those who disagree.

What does freedom really mean? Where does it come from? Why did our forefathers risk their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to secure it for us?

Christians are constantly told to keep their faith out of the workplace because of “separation of church and state,” a made-up concept not found anywhere in law.

Listening to Taylor Swift's new album only strengthened my opinion that Swift is not a role model for our young girls.

What is the difference between the modern church and a community center with a shared mission? If you’re the average American, the answer is, sadly, nothing.

We are Christians. Our lives, our values, our speech, our politics, and our world belong to God. It’s high time we act like it.

What does “going to church” have to do with what happens to embryos in IVF clinics? If we understand the God of the Bible, we will grasp how the two are vitally connected.

Thanks in part to John Lennon, New Age ideas have made advances in our culture. But we should beware of the entire story, especially if we’re to resist the lure of the East.