I have often been mystified at the way Christianity is portrayed in the media. It’s almost as though those who write the scripts/report the news/craft the essays don’t actually know any serious Christians.

Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?

A little while ago, I had written two pieces (here and here) making the case for defining evangelicalism according to its theological distin

How simple and yet how helpful. 

“Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the biggest difference. For many years I’ve used the 3 R’s I learned from Ben Patterson to pray through Scripture. This simple tool has helped me pray the Bible more than any other single strategy. I’ve used in my devotional times and have employed it often in leading others in prayer.

1. Rejoice
2. Repent
3. Request

With every verse in the Bible we can do one (or more likely, all three) of these things.”

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2013/01/04/how-to-pray-using-scripture/

This would never have occurred to me, although I wonder if someone who is a vegetarian for ethical reasons would value the life of a mouse less than the life of a cow.

How brutal is vegetarianism to animals?

Here is one take on the matter, from Mike Archer, controversial to be sure, and in some ways under-argued, but offering some points to ponder: … the largest and best-researched loss of sentie…

This chart is very simple but I think it captures something that eludes many Christians.

What Can and Cannot Change in Our Relationship with God

Bryan Chapell and John Owen help us to see the difference between unilateral, unchanging union with God and the dynamic response of communion with him.Bryan Chapell and John Owen help us to see the di…

This is sad news. 

African Nations Surge Up Ranks of World’s Worst Persecutors: Mali, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Niger make debuts on Open Doors’s 2013 World Watch List.

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I have been wondering about this recently — I was always taught as a child that the 2nd Amendment was about empowering citizens for violent insurrection should it ever become necessary. This is a very succinct explanation of how that notion morphed into the notion of firearms for personal protection that is prevalent today.

A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings

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This is huge.

Wheaton College Wins ‘Major Victory’ Against HHS Contraceptive Mandate: Federal government makes ‘binding commitment’ to ‘never enforce’ current mandate against religious employers.

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