The Anchoress does it again.
You can be concerned about a path America is taking, but you cannot decide America “deserves” bad things. You can shudder at a million babies being aborted a year, but you also must take heart that there is an energetic faith-based opposition to abortion and euthanasia that is making [...]

Gospel music lost one of the greatest writers today in an automobile accident. Dottie Rambo went home to be with the Lord.
Dottie has been in severe back pain for several years and her voice wasn’t as smooth as it used to be, but listen to her sing “Sheltered in the Arms of God” with [...]

While checking the news, trying to find something that isn’t political, I read more details of the 73 year old Austrian man who had locked his daughter up in a basement apartment and repeatedly raped her.
This happened over a period of 24 years, starting when she was just 18 years old. He had been [...]

The Lord Jesus Christ is perfectly capable of taking care of Himself, and ultimately needs no defending from—or by—we mere humans. His truth would stand even if no one on earth believed it. Nevertheless, we who believe must defend Him against the atheists and agnostics and Muslims and etc. who are attacking the historicity of [...]

A few years ago, my wife and I attended a conference at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich., which focused on music and arts in worship. One of the presenters was Dennis Dewey, who has a passion for oral presentations of the Bible.
His methodology makes perfect sense, because the Bible—scripture—was always read to [...]

What do you think of when you think of Christmas? Lights, trees in your house, wreaths, gifts, meals, family time?
We traditionally have all these symbols at Christmas and spend gads of money so we can buy gifts the recipients don’t really need and we could give to them all year long without a holiday.
To [...]

Those recent twin shootings in Colorado rattled a friend of mine. Greg Stier, head of the Dare2Share youth ministry, sends his kid to the same campus where the first murders took place.
Around the blogosphere, I’ve seen well-deserved praise for the ex-cop (turns out disgraced former cop who has now been redeemed by the Lord) who [...]

Many Christians are on the wide road to destruction and don’t even know it. They follow flim-flam arists, false teachers and self-proclaimed prophets who promise them health, wealth and happiness — all in God’s name.
Recently I watched a lot of late night TV (wasn’t pleasent, believe me). Hoo-boy, what a load of garbage. I don’t [...]

Just a couple of pieces I found interesting and thought I would share:
I wonder how this father would have felt if it were his child that was affected by the actions (or lack thereof) of this daycare center.
One parent said the center’s owners gave a good explanation for Tuesday night’s mishap.
“That was just a big [...]

One of my heroes in the faith, Greg Stier (founder of Dare 2 Share) was recently on the Erica Hill show on CNN and is supposed to be on the Mike and Juliet Show on Fox sometime today. He’s talking about using the new video game Halo 3 as a springboard to talk about Jesus. [...]

A proposed list of “National Commandments” are available at Stolen Thunder.
Here are just a few:
Thy nation shall promote Justice above all else.
Thy nation shall not suppress those who believe in God and live in faith.
Thy nation shall promote Freedom for all people as individuals, except that Justice must always come first.
Just some food for thought [...]

Commedian Kathy Griffin won a Creative Arts Emmy for her cable show, “My Life on the D-List.” I’ve never seen it, but that isn’t the point. (J mentioned this in an earlier post.) During her taped acceptance speech, she said:
“A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you [...]

Last night I joined hundreds of others at First Evangelical Free Church in Manchester, Mo., to hear and meet Hank Hanegraaff, the Bible Answer Man and president of the Christian Research Institute. Hank, as he’s usually called, is known by millions of Christians as a man with answers and a lion of the faith. He [...]

If what I saw in this post at Sweetness and Light is what passes for art today then I am sad for all of us.
Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a Christ-like pose and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have caused a stir in Australia after they were showcased [...]

Within the past couple of days an obscure Dutch bishop suggested it was OK for Christians to call God (Jehovah, Yweh, I AM etc.) Allah.
How about if your name is John and someone who poses as you is called James. Would you want to be called James if the two of you were exact [...]

Unlike a lot of my Democratic friends, I think this is a good thing. Down through the years Christians have always gone into places that were dangerous and unhealthy and sometimes they were taken captive and killed for their beliefs. This is an act of bravery that goes far beyond what I hold [...]

We need to protect Mother Earth.
At 8 on a Saturday morning, just as the heat was permeating this sprawling Orlando suburb, Denise Kirsop donned a white plastic moon suit and began sorting through the trash produced by Northland Church.
She and several fellow parishioners picked apart the garbage to analyze exactly how much and what kind [...]

From Friday’s Omega Letter:
I was reading the comments posted by readers of the Huffington Post in response to a column posted by Max Blumenthal about the “Christians United For Israel Tour” Washington summit meeting, hosted by San Antonio pastor John Hagee.
The column was entitled, “Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United For Israel Tour.”
Blumenthal’s [...]

What is an apostate? He or she is someone who becomes a Christian by hearing and believing the truth, then ultimately rejects it—but still walks, talks and acts like a Christian.
Identifying and calling out apostates today is not an easy thing to do. You are called intolerant, a “heretic hunter” and worse. Your concern [...]

Pope Benedict XVI has declared the Roman Catholic Church is the only “true” church.
I reject this and I am offended by it.
For the second time in a week, Pope Benedict XVI has corrected what he says are erroneous interpretations of the Second Vatican Council, reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church and saying other [...]

Here is something that I just don’t understand. When I was young the Jewish people were considered by the Christians as Killers of Christ. What happened? I like most non-Christian people just can’t seem to figure this one out.
This post isn’t meant to be anti Christian or Jewish its just something that has [...]

Christianity has been under attack since the very beginning. There’s nothing bold or shocking about that statement. When the “lost” Gospel of Judas was published to much fanfare early this year, I sighed. I thought, “Here we go again.”
This “lost” gospel was never lost. It was thrown away, as astute critics of the new [...]

J has kindly let me join the team here at the Cafe Nette to share occasional columns on Christianity.
Feminist author Naomi Wolfe writes in New York Magazine about The Porn Myth. After meeting Andrea Dworkin, the famed 1980s anti-porn activist, she contemplated on how Dworkin predicted that pornography would create a “domino effect” [...]

I wanted to take this time to talk about something I’m seeing as a disturbing trend.
We have had some great discussions with Andrew and John about Christianity. I have told them what I believe and have tried my best to answer the questions they have of me. They have both been very polite [...]

Many people who consider themselves Pro-Life automatically assume that their natural political alignment is with the Republicans. Many Republicans candidates apply the Pro-Life tag to themselves, and hope voters don’t look too close. Conservative Pro-Lifers also automatically assume that Democrats are the pro-abortion party. But as recent history tells us, it’s all part of The [...]