Human nature has a blind spot. We often detect external flaws faster than internal ones—seeing the speck in our neighbor’s eye sooner than the beam in our own, to use the biblical metaphor. This same tendency exists at the national level. Such blindness can be fatal, as Ralph Waldo Emerson warned when he wrote, “A... Continue Reading

OK. Let me make three things clear before I start: First, I have no vote! I’m still a subject of Her Majesty, do you see. Second, what I say here has nothing whatsoever to do with party-politics, well, almost nothing. Any ethical issue, for example, will have implications depending on how important it may be... Continue Reading

The theologically conservative Diocese of Fort Worth voted Nov. 15, 2008 to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, the fourth traditional diocese to do so in a long-running debate over the Bible, homosexual relationships and other issues. About 80 percent of clergy and parishioners in the Texas diocese supported the break in a series of... Continue Reading

With the nation’s longest election campaign ever finally completed, and Barack Obama emerging as a 53% to 46% victor over Sen. John McCain, a new election analysis survey by The Barna Group provides the details of how people of faith voted in 2008. News about the candidates and the election seemed ubiquitous for the past... Continue Reading

Recently, the executive director of the Center for Vision & Values, Dr. Paul Kengor, explained that an Obama administration will likely eliminate the legislative and legal tools that the pro-life community has been trying to use to reduce or eliminate abortion in America (see “Pro-life Death“). Indeed, pro-lifers may find themselves turning to the courts... Continue Reading

Old Town Alexandria, Northern Virginia—Jogging through this gorgeous, historic town the first Saturday after the Tuesday vote, which elected the most leftist presidential candidate in American history, it isn’t difficult to see how the typically Republican state of Virginia went Democrat in 2008. The sheer volume of “Obama-Biden” signs in the windows of BMWs and... Continue Reading

A significant discussion is taking place in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) on women and the office of deacon. The present wording of the PCA’s Book of Church Order (BCO) does not allow for the ordination of women as deacons. However, there are some within the PCA who believe that the Scriptures do allow... Continue Reading

In Hebrews: The Sufficiency of the Savior, John Stevenson provides an easy-reading commentary that bridges the gap between the recipients of the first century and today’s twenty first century readers. Using a variety of charts and illustrations that bring to light the meaning of the text, he takes the technical details of exegesis and sets... Continue Reading

A third theologically conservative diocese has broken away from the liberal Episcopal Church in a long-running dispute over the Bible, gay relationships and other issues. The Diocese of Quincy, Ill., took the vote on November 8, 2008 at its annual meeting. Two other dioceses – San Joaquin, based in Fresno, Calif., and Pittsburgh – have... Continue Reading

The victory for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party on November4, 2008 is the death of the pro-life movement as we know it. The pro-life movement has sought to reverse abortion through legislative action and the courts, and made tremendous gains throughout eight years of George W. Bush, just enough to place the nation at... Continue Reading