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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America had been eagerly awaiting the release of a report by its Task Force for Sexuality. But the document itself is likely to please no one. Rather than settling the issue one way or the other, this report is a...

An issue came up last week as two of our staff counselors encountered a "cutter." In this article, we will highlight who cutters are, what precipitates cutting, signs of cutting, and what to do about cutting. We will also mention a few things that...

Well, it's happened again. On Monday, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled that withholding marriage licenses from same-sex couples violates California's constitution. His decision, which is on stay pending appeal,...

The question is often asked, "don't Christians need the insights of psychology to find peace and happiness in their lives, particularly if they are to solve the really deep problems of the psyche (Greek-"soul")?"...Another question arises: "is...

Your husband left you, and the marriage you'd thought was for a lifetime ended all too soon and cruelly. God grieves alongside you as you mourn the death of your marriage. But the end of that dream, as painful as it is, doesn't have to prevent you...

The conservative movement in America is actually a coalition of different movements--including moral conservatives, social traditionalists, neo-conservative transformationists, and libertarians. It was inevitable that these disparate groups would...

The American Psychological Association cast aside millennia of moral wisdom last week when it adopted a resolution supporting same-sex marriage and another affirming the right for homosexuals to adopt children. It was a clean sweep for homosexual...

The history of ideas is not a matter of concern only to philosophers. Anyone interested in understanding the American mind must come to terms with pragmatism, and with the minds that framed this worldview. Pragmatism reigns as the dominant...

A miracle 11 years ago sparked a wonderful move of the Holy Spirit among the Koya tribal community in central India. Today more than 200 people have received Jesus as Lord. Another 60 show genuine interest in the Gospel.

Nicholas Kristof just can't help himself. An op-ed columnist for The New York Times, Kristof is writing about Christianity once again. Once again, his article reveals far more about himself than his subject.

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Not much impetus is required to spur conversation in regard to what is wrong with evangelicalism today. Solutions, for some, are perhaps more elusive. However, in an interview conducted by Dr. Mark Dever and Mr. Matt Schmucker of the Center for...

What's going on at The New Republic? The current issue of the magazine features two broadside attacks on the movement known as Intelligent Design, and the magazine's online edition adds a third. The articles are filled with rhetoric, vitriol, and...

A remarkable culture-shift has taken place around us. The most basic contours of American culture have been radically altered. The so-called Judeo-Christian consensus of the last millennium has given way to a post-modern, post-Christian,...

The folks at the Center for American Progress want to organize religious liberals into a potent political force--a Religious Left to counter the Religious Right. They met recently in Washington for a strategy conference. Their meeting deserves...

Fear shows us that we are weak, and it causes me to call on God for His help. So don't let your fears discourage you. Instead, let them drive you to Him that gives courage, and in so doing, your greatest weakness then becomes your greatest...

Are we witnessing the end of marriage? In a fascinating study, researcher Stanley Kurtz of the Hoover Institution indicates that marriage is already dying in Scandinavia, and his evidence demands attention. Why? Because unless something changes...

Is there a picture of the first resurrection in the story of Gideon? When Jesus said, "Father, forgive them," who was "them" and was His request granted? Are you a "sheep" or a "child"? Learn the difference while diving into the Word today...