California’s ‘weed nuns’ on a mission to heal with cannabis— Religion News Service These are not nuns. This is not Christianity (the “nuns” themselves note they are not part of any religion.) So what are they? They are religion appropriators for their own causes. The good news is Truth can handle the burden of many […]
In advance of Earth Day on April 22nd, people are imagining what the earth would say if it could speak. The hashtag #IfOnlyTheEarthCouldSpeak has been trending as Huffington Post says with “responses that ranged from heartbreaking to hilarious and sarcastic to bleak.” In fact, the earth has spoken and does speak. Creation is God’s general […]
On Tuesday, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed legislation clarifying the legality of Bible literacy classes in that state. The law directs the state’s Department of Education to develop policies for use by public schools in offering Bible courses. This may surprise some people: the Bible is already an approved textbook for literature and history courses […]
Trump’s latest pro-life move riles Planned Parenthood — and emboldens anti-abortion activists— Faithwire Congress passed and President Trump signed legislation to restrict funds to abortion providers. Even before this law, government funds could not go toward abortion services, but certain federal grants can be given to agencies like Planned Parenthood to be used for other family […]
In response to the Syrian government’s unconscionable gas attack against their own people last week, Scott Simon, an NPR reporter who has covered war, genocide, and crimes against humanity re-evaluated his understanding of evil. This is more than a reconsideration of vocabulary or the integration of a word into our personal lexicon. This is a […]
The truth does not fear questions nor questioners. Christianity invites the skeptic, the doubter and the weary to come and seek— seek and you will find. The resurrection story of Easter, upon which the power and hope of Christianity hang, invites us to ask not just how, but why. Why is a different type of […]
Egypt on edge as Christians bury dead from church attacks— AP Two realities important for Western Christians. First, Christians in nations where Christianity is a minority religion have a different view of persecution than we do. They expect it and they value martyrdom in ways we do not. That’s not to say they seek it, […]
What will become of man when he renders himself useless through robotics and artificial intelligence? This is the topic of discussion with best-selling author and influencer of the influencers, Yuval Harari. Below is a long excerpt from an interview at Vox, but it is worth reading for the sheer number of existential questions addressed. At […]
Domestic abuse survivor marries the first responder who saved her life— FaithWire This is the story of Melissa, but it is also a great metaphor for the story of Christ’s love for us. Melissa was beaten and stabbed repeatedly by an ex-boyfriend, who tried to kill her. She was disfigured and broken. At 20, she […]
As the Ebola pandemic was sweeping across West Africa in the spring of 2014, one organization was willing to step up and fully commit its people and resources to provide comfort, compassion, and care to the hurting people of Africa … all in the Name of Jesus. But when the deadly virus infected its own […]