The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina launched it in 2009 and later expanded it to Texas, South Carolina, and Maryland. “Health educators” offer “nonjudgmental” advice and information about dating, puberty, anatomy, slang terms, and birth control.       It’s bad enough that organizations like Planned Parenthood give teenage girls pro-abortion counsel at their clinics:... Continue Reading

"Taiwan is only about 3 percent Christian, so it's hard to find good faculty who are also Christian." And the Christian teachers the school does hire don't understand how to live out their faith on campus, Wang said: "The trouble is that among the Christian teachers we are having a hard time encouraging them to exercise themselves as a testimony to Christ among colleagues and among students."

Undoubtedly, Guinness sees that a reordering of societal virtue and values is paramount. The status quo is unsustainable; the republic will not even merely be able to stay afloat. At best, it seems the country can manage its steady decline.

There are at least two explanations for why Romney’s Mormonism matters so little among this powerful voting bloc. First, evangelicals seem to care more about political ideology than orthodox theology as far as voting is concerned. Polls show that voters care most about the economy, not faith.

The implications of justification by faith are vast. In the early church, it broke down the barrier between Jews and Gentiles, making unity between disparate ethnic groups possible. It challenged the medieval church for selling what God gives away abundantly and for free. It pops the bubble of well-behaved Christians who think their sanctified lives set them apart from the wretched and dissolute

What I have learned is that there are really only four “rules” to a successful marriage and they all have to do with my perspective: Be his helper; Submit to his leadership; Always display respect; Pray for him daily

Does that mean that Christianity has the wonder-working powers that Doster claims? And what about the times after the good times? What about America after Witherspoon, England after Wilberforce, Scotland after Chalmers, the Netherlands after Kuyper (not to mention Ephesus after Paul)?

There are still evangelicals who, for theological reasons, would never vote for a Mormon. As an electoral issue, the question is whether there are enough evangelicals of that sort to make a difference in the handful of swing states that will decide the election in November.

Out of all that needs to be rested, for me it is usually my mind. Long car rides, enjoyable conversations with my wife, casual visiting with family, and playing with my kids seemed to accomplish this goal pretty well.

Evans said he wrote his book partly in response to the New Atheists, who hold that belief in God has no rational basis. Some contemporary cognitive psychologists think that religious faith is discredited because humans are biologically and psychologically "hard-wired" to believe in a higher power.