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Sunday marks on year since the outbreak of horrific violence against Christians in Orissa, India. As a reminder, we want to share a portion of one...

How do straight Christians build bridges to the gay community? Author Andy Marin shares his experiences as an evangelical living in the heart of...

As Richard Stith argues, the legalization of abortion "was supposed to grant enormous freedom to women, but it has had the perverse result of...

China is looking “nervously” at neighboring Japan, whose low birthrate and aging population are undermining its post-war economic miracle.

America's population is aging rapidly, placing a growing strain on entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security. This conundrum seems to...

While Americans are ready, even anxious, to forgive celebrities’ transgressions, they can be downright vindictive when it comes to ordinary...

Mostly we can afford to sigh and move on when videos like this are made and sent to us, but occasionally a snort of gentlemanly disgust is...

The "Affordable Health Choices Act" will only drive up the cost of health care through increased demand.

Just when you thought you'd seen everything, a pair of scientists at Oregon State University has published a study arguing that any effort to limit...

The media is in a near panic over those protesting the President’s health care plan. They see conspiracy and the “R” word. And they also have short...

Christians have been trained to think that one attempt at relational redemption will then take away a GLBT person’s pain and hurt. It just doesn’t...

A colleague of mine says that when politicians feel the heat, they see the light. That's why we need to make this summer a hot one for our elected...

The ultimate sign of our moral confusion becomes evident when virtually no one appears ready to condemn polyamory as immoral.

Christianity contributes a distinctive understanding of the importance of food and, by extension, the importance of cooking and hospitality.

If anyone in Congress is thinking about these policies regarding one of America’s most poverty-stricken cities, it must be a very twisted thought...