A Jackson couple said their big wedding plans were dashed by a white church in Crystal Springs because they are black. (The Clarion-Ledger)
How civil rights pioneers convinced conservative Christians, and why civil rights is no longer a "culture war" issue (Russell Moore, Moore to the Point)
The good book should be read as a great work of literature – but it is not a guide to morality, as the education secretary Michael Gove would have us believe (Richard Dawkins, Guardian)
No casualties were reported after the attacks in Maiduguri and Damaturu late Wednesday (AFP)
Is there any theological justification for animals in the Christmas story? Do they have a rightful place at the manger? (James Edwards)
A widening and emotional rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with its longtime leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists who are impatient with the pace of change. (NYTimes.com)
Instead of engaging in a battle to reclaim Christmas, I propose an alternative. Let's take Christ out of Christmas. I know what you're thinking: What about "the reason for the season"? But that's precisely my point. Do Christians really want to think of the son of God as the reason for reduced-price waffle-makers and winter wonderland scenes at the local mall? ( USATODAY.com)
This was a family fight, in other words — a difference of opinion among those who identify that way, over both strategy and theology, because not everyone with moral qualms about abortion has those same concerns about birth control. (The Washington Post)
Saudi Arabia and Iran are the two most avowedly religious states in the Middle East. But they are not of the same creed. At issue between them is not which is more religious and truer to the spirit of Islamic law, but rather whose Islam is the true faith.
Converts from Islam find persecution is tolerable until it affects their little ones. (Compass Direct)