Given the decision-making power of Santa Claus on the matter of gifts, my children make sure they leave Mr. Claus some seriously good cookies on Christmas Eve. However, most children don’t know that there is much more to the real Saint Nick than toys and cookies. In addition to being generous, the jolly fellow could... Continue Reading

The Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has resigned after he created a stir by expressing support for homosexual civil unions. Richard Cizik has resigned as vice president for governmental affairs for the NAE. In a statement to NAE board members, acting president Leith Anderson cited “a loss of trust in his... Continue Reading

I have noted before that Evangelicalism generally is once again following the culture into liberalism. We can see this theologically, of course, with the emergence of new strain of higher criticism in the “post-evangelical” theology in our seminaries; we can see it in the church in our post-modern/emergent churches which are beginning to look and... Continue Reading

The trashing of Sarah Palin continues. Some of the shots have been downright ugly, such as the “Retarded Republican Babies for Sarah Palin” t-shirts. Equally notable, however, is the odd one-two punch of liberal journalists and moderate Republican leakers pounding Palin as a right-wing extremist and dummy. This tandem is responsible for some of the... Continue Reading

The question of where Barack Obama and his family will go to church after he takes office is attracting a lot of media attention. As the author of “Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush,” I was recently interviewed by the “Washington Post” and the “Times of London” to help provide... Continue Reading

WHEATON, ILL (ANS) – Bishops, clergy and lay leaders from the United States and Canada unveiled a provisional constitution and the first set of canons for the new Anglican Church in North America at a news conference and worship service December 3, 2008 at Wheaton Evangelical Free Church in suburban Chicago. A news release reported... Continue Reading

Dr. Frank James wrote: After nearly seven years of serving RTS, both as Chief Academic Officer and then as President of the Orlando campus, the time has come for me to return to the classroom and my writing. The Chancellor, Dr. Ric Cannada, and I have mutually agreed that the time is right for such... Continue Reading

Where will the Obama kids attend school in Washington? That question has been answered as it should be: by the new president and first lady. There is no argument about that. Sasha and Malia will attend SidwellFriendsSchool—private, religious, and pricey—on average around $28,000 per year. In Chicago, they attended the University of Chicago Lab School,... Continue Reading

Both our media and our politicians tell us that it is a terrible time to rear children. As parents, we are tempted to sing, “Why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way?” We understand totally when one novelist says, “What a chance we take when we raise children. What a terrible chance,”... Continue Reading

A new Book of Common Worship (and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Ordinances and Rites of the Church Together with The Confession of Faith, Shorter Catechism and Psalter), has been compiled and edited by Rev. Patrick W. Curles, assistant pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Ala. The basis of this book is the... Continue Reading