Politics+Current Affairs

Marriage for the 99%: Seeing Family as a Social Justice Issue
How research demonstrates that marital status can predict a person's socioeconomic status.
Bible Museum Planned for Washington, D.C.
The museum, which will charge admission, is expected to open within the next four years.
Youcef Nadarkhani: 1,000 Days (and Counting) in Iranian Prison
State Department renews call for release of pastor sentenced to death.
Gleanings
Important developments in the church and the world.
Go Figure
Quotation Marks
Passages
Retirement, death, and other changes in the church and the world.
Holy Ground: Why This Land Is God's Land
Ignoring the ethics of food production and land use is not an option for Christians.
Do the Church Fathers, the Founding Fathers, and Catholic Saints Really Go Together?
Thoughts on the roots of religious liberty as the Catholic Church's "Fortnight for Freedom" comes to a close.
My Top 5 Books On Patriotism
Picks from David Gushee.
Q & A: Os Guinness on What Freedom in the Balance Looks Like
Why American Christians should work to sustain the American experiment.
The Consequences of Contraception
Evangelicals need to reckon with the empirical evidence of what the sexual revolution has wrought.
Nonprofits, the Bible, and Jesus
Recent stats.
Supreme Court Decides on More than Health Care
The court finished the session with decisions on immigration, juvenile justice, and the First Amendment, too.
New York City Churches Will No Longer Be Evicted from Public Schools—For Now
A district court judge today issued a permanent injunction order in the Bronx Household of Faith case.
More Christian Colleges Finding Ways to Help Students Repay Loans
Student interest rates will double unless the House acts this week.
Most Evangelicals Likely to Lament Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling
Poll finds most wanted justices to overturn healthcare law.
Syria's Last Chance
As violence surges and diplomacy fails, Christians, Muslims, and Druze advocate for reconciliation and democracy.
Critics Challenge National Association of Evangelicals' Abortion-Reduction Initiative's Funding
Funding of soon-to-close Generation Forum by pro-contraception group draws criticism from World Magazine and Manhattan Declaration.
Pro-Life Democrats Dwindle in Congress
Redistricting and retirements may halve the small group—again.

Top Story May 2, 2024

Was Paul a Slave?
Was Paul a Slave?
The surprising argument that Saul of Tarsus was born into bondage.

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