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The news of the week is about more than Governor-elect Schwarzenegger in California and Kobe Bryant's legal wranglings in Colorado. The most interesting news concerns marriage "extremists," angry Anglicans, a smiling fetus, and more. It's...

As the Southern Baptist Convention convenes in Nashville next week, the issue of public education is once again at the center of potential controversy. For the second year in a row, proposed resolutions have been submitted to the denomination's...

Angels are a fixture of Christmas decorations. This is fitting, because Matthew and Luke both make references to angels in their respective birth narratives. However, what is actually known about the angel(s) at Christmas?

Though Jeroboam doesn’t gain the seal of divine approval as Northern Israel’s first king, a credential withheld from every northern king who followed, there are several things we can learn from his leadership and those like him.

Our first example of cultural engagement is Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. The prohibition movement, which actually started in the 1840s, suffered a brief respite during the Civil War and was revived in 1869 with the creation of the...

No doubt exists that the U.S. Supreme Court has evolved over the years in a variety of ways, not the least of which is the move from interpreting the law to engaging in judicial activism. In this evolution, the judicial branch now acts in a...

Mount Tabor gets its first "claim to fame" in Judges, the book of the Bible that deals with the on-again, off-again relationship the Hebrews had with God once they'd reached The Promised Land. It may also be the site where Jesus was transfigured.

As a university president I was recently engaged in a Facebook exchange with some young scholars now attending a evangelical seminary on the east coast who argue that the Christian community needs to move beyond its “fixation” on abortion and gay...

The case of Adriana Iliescu made headlines around the world when the 66-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl. Romanian doctors announced the birth on January 16, 2005, declaring Ms. Iliescu to be the world's oldest mother--one who will be 82...

The culture of the Ancient Near East (ANE), including the early Hebrews, was very different from ours today. As a 21st century Westerner, it is nearly impossible to put myself into the mindset of an ANE’er. Our worlds are just too different. But...

When Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks struck down Washington State's ban on same-sex marriage, the nation was presented with yet another reminder of the real and present danger posed by an activist judiciary now out of control. ...

Here’s a continuation of my Q&A with a Muslim about religious differences and similarities. If you want to read the beginning of this conversation, click here.

The Nicolaitans were mentioned twice in the book of Revelation, once during Jesus’ address to the church in Ephesus and again when he corrects the community of faith in Pergamos.

In recent days, we are seeing the effects of generational trauma on a national and world stage. In this article, I want to peel back the layers of generational trauma by discussing what it is and how it affects people.

Contrast the Old Jerusalem with the New Jerusalem with Jeremiah today. Also, what can we learn about fire from the natural world? Today's tongue-twister: Is there a higher purpose in the path of prodigals? Check out new perspectives today!

Rights groups learned last week that two Christians in Iran have been sentenced to prison, the latest in a series of convictions on fabricated charges.

Christians believe in faith by grace. We embrace suffering, deny our sinful natures, confess our wrongs, love everyone, share the story of Jesus’ life, and have hope for eternity with God in heaven. All of this is decidedly opposed to the rest of...