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The concept of sin is not gone but the actions that are considered sinful have changed in four ways, Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times and author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, recently argued.

• 03/31/2014
• 29 Comments
• Tag: Culture Theology

Younger Evangelicals are rejecting the style and methods of the Christian Right but they are not becoming liberals, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptists Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, contended Tuesday at the Ethic..

• 03/29/2014
• 39 Comments
• Tag: Politics Evangelicals

A group of six senators, five Democrats and one independent, proposed a set of fixes to President Barack Obama's troubled healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act or "Obamacare." The move could be part of an effort to distance themselves from the unpo..

• 03/28/2014
• 22 Comments
• Tag: Health Care Politics

Worship services in evangelical churches do not mention sin, a major part of the Gospel message, Dr. Cornelius Plantinga, senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, said Monday at the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Faith ..

• 03/28/2014
• 69 Comments
• Tag: Church Growth Theology Evangelicals Worship

The FBI has removed the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Hatewatch" from its list of resources on hate crimes after Family Research Council requested that it do so.

• 03/27/2014
• 16 Comments
• Tag: Homosexuality Politics

In Becoming Home: Adoption, Foster Care, and Mentoring — Living Out God's Heart for Orphans, Jedd Medefind provides practical guidance to churches and Christians on why and how they should get involved in helping orphans.

• 03/24/2014
• 25 Comments
• Tag: Relief Adoption

Russian sanctions will not stop her advocacy for Russian orphans, said Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of nine U.S. officials that Russia announced sanctions against in retaliation for U.S. sanctions against Russia.

• 03/21/2014
• 17 Comments
• Tag: Politics Adoption

While Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps will be mostly remembered for preaching that "God hates fags," part of his legacy is also one of a civil rights hero.

• 03/20/2014
• 11 Comments
• Tag: Race/Multi-Ethnic

Thirty-nine protesters from Moral Monday Georgia were arrested Tuesday at the Georgia Capitol. They were protesting a bill that would deny the governor the ability to participate in the Affordable Care Act's, or "Obamacare's," expansion of Medicaid, ..

• 03/20/2014
• 5 Comments
• Tag: Health Care Politics

After receiving media attention and a letter from a Christian legal group, Branford High School administrators have backed off from censoring Students for Life of Branford. The student-led club will now have the same privileges as the other clubs at ..

• 03/20/2014
• 7 Comments
• Tag: Abortion Free Speech Education

The Obama administration is hypocritical for claiming there is no conflict of interest with the Justice Department official put in charge of the IRS scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a Wednesday s..

• 03/20/2014
• 3 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Politics

While previous documents released by "traitor" or "whistleblower" Edward Snowden uncovered National Security Agency's bulk data collection of information such as phone contacts and email addresses, Tuesday's release to The Washington Post is the firs..

• 03/19/2014
• 0 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Politics National Security

Those who fund and promote doubts about global warming should be sent to prison, Lawrence Torcello, assistant professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, argued for The Conversation.

• 03/18/2014
• 20 Comments
• Tag: Free Speech Ethics/rights Politics Climate Change

Last year was the worst ever for transparency in the Obama administration, an analysis of Freedom of Information Act requests conducted by The Associated Press finds.

• 03/18/2014
• 19 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Politics National Security

A coalition of business groups are stepping up their campaign supporting President Barack Obama's education agenda, the Common Core State Standards Initiative, with national TV ads that began Sunday. The move highlights the split between pro-business..

• 03/17/2014
• 12 Comments
• Tag: Politics Education

President Barack Obama pushed back Friday against the joke that he wears "mom jeans." "I look very sharp in jeans," he told Ryan Seacrest in a radio interview.

• 03/15/2014
• 3 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Sarah Palin

Supporters of same-sex marriage appear to increasingly hold the view that for gay rights to expand, religious freedom must shrink. Some same-sex marriage supporters, though, are pushing back against that trend.

• 03/15/2014
• 222 Comments
• Tag: Homosexuality Politics Religious Freedom Marriage

Nearly a week after the White House made the decision, "Obamacare" opponents are discovering that the administration apparently has walked away from the individual mandate that these opponents have been working so hard to delay.

• 03/14/2014
• 53 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Health Care Politics

There are two victims of every abortion, the unborn child and the mother, Mike Huckabee said Wednesday for his keynote speech at the Susan B. Anthony List's Campaign for Life Gala.

• 03/13/2014
• 34 Comments
• Tag: Abortion Politics

Politically conservative Catholics and Evangelicals may have played an important role in the surprising victory of Republican David Jolly over Democrat Alex Sink in Florida's Tuesday special election to fill the U.S. House seat for the state's distri..

• 03/12/2014
• 20 Comments
• Tag: Politics Election