Since When Has the Gospel of Christ Been Popular?
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   12.04.14
For the last several years, Christian leaders have been asking, “What’s wrong with us and our message today? Why do so many people have such a negative view of the Church?” But are those the right questions to ask? Should...
Different Is Better: The Ancient Church and Its Pagan Neighbors
By   |   11.25.14
For the first seventy or so years of Christianity’s existence, the Greco-Roman world paid it relatively little attention. There were persecutions here and there (like the one that claimed the lives of Peter and Paul). But, for the most part,...
Millennials and the Bible: Live Out the Faith So They Can Relate
By   |   11.21.14
Earlier this year, I told you about some of the challenges in reaching Millennials for Christ, that is, young adults aged roughly 18 to 33. While 55 percent of Baby Boomers say they’re religious, only 36 percent of Millennials do....
Conservatism: A Thinking Man’s Game
By   |   11.17.14
Thus modern liberalism, founded on the failed political fallacies of generations past, has staked its exclusive claim to be the default setting for American intellectualism, thereby drawing young minds as moths to a funeral pyre. Overwhelmingly, it's the conservative who is painted as a luddite; this despite the fact that modern liberalism still drives the same broken-down ideological Yugo with nothing more than a fresh coat of Kool-Aid-red paint. Somehow we are idiots because we don't believe in ideas which have failed whenever they have been implemented. And we allow this slander to stand.
Atheist Tells Christians to Keep Faith In the ‘Closet’
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   11.14.14
Writing in response to my article “Secularism Declares Open War On Religious Faith,” an atheist has assured his readers that there is no such war and that, more importantly, in order to avoid conflict with the larger society, I should...
Pastors Don’t Need to Enter Politics — They’re Already in it
11.11.14
A friend is encouraging pastors to run for political office. Like everyone, he’s worried about America’s future, and he’d like to see more experienced Christian leaders in public office. It’s a good ol’ American tradition that goes back to the Founding, and it will bear fruit and frustration, generate success and cynicism, in roughly equal measure.
The Amazing Bendable Jesus!
By   |   11.10.14
Being a Believer in America has become a complicated business lately. I should probably clarify, I’m not speaking about just any sort of believer. After all, believing “there is no god but Allah” is not complicated. You’ll earn a scandalous...
No Church, No Freedom
By   |   11.05.14
Regular readers have read John Stonestreet and me refer to religious freedom as the “first freedom.” You probably think that’s another way of saying that it’s the most important freedom. Well, it is. But it’s also the source of all...
Same-Sex Marriage Is Being Imposed on the Nation by Judicial Decree
11.04.14
It is deeply troubling to me to see a repeat of the situation in 1973 when the Supreme Court, by the exercise of raw judicial power apart from any Constitutional or legislative warrant, imposed abortion rights on the entire United States, against the will of the people. That decision remains untouched today, 41 years later.
Secularism Declares Open War on Religious Faith
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   10.30.14
In case you didn’t know it, if you are a conservative Christian, you are just like Boko Haram and ISIS. At least, that’s what the secularists are saying. More absurd still, they actually believe this. Of course, secularism has been...
Amazing Grace Amazingly Staged
By   |   10.29.14
Amazing Grace is now an amazing new musical. And a great reminder of why Christians need to be involved in the arts.
A Church in Exile
10.21.14
Religion, and maybe Ebola, owned the news this week. From the confusion and public relations nightmare at the Vatican over the Synod’s Relatio, to the Caesarism of Annise Parker and the City of Houston subpoenaing sermons from pastors, it has been a busy week for the religion beat.
The Perversity of Righteousness—A 180-Degree Moral Shift
By   |   09.27.14
It is downright difficult to shock or awe anyone anymore. The convergence of instant-media platforms and invisible data networks, which connect these platforms to millions of eyeballs, means that anything which happens in the world is eligible for prime time....
Fear of Man vs. Fear of God
By David E. Smith   |   09.25.14
For many years now, America has experienced a marked moral decline and in the last two or three decades, the decline has been especially steep.  Within the last six years we have witnessed this decline advancing at an accelerated rate...
Limbaugh’s ‘Jesus on Trial:’ The Verdict is In
By   |   09.22.14
Attorney, author and columnist David Limbaugh is a man after my own heart. He’s also a man after my own mind. That is to say, as both a fellow member of the bar and follower of Christ, I tremendously appreciate...
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