Issues - articles
Atheism at Christmastime
Early in December, I visited my daughter at college. Spread across her floor was a project she was working on for an elementary education class. more »
by: Penna Dexter - Dec 11, 2007 - comments: 12 - topic(s): Family, Children, Education, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Richard Land: Romney Speech Reflections
Mitt Romney gave an eloquent defense of the positive and crucial rule that religion has played in our nation’s history from the first settlements down to the present day. more »
by: Richard Land - Dec 7, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty
Faith in politics: a new discussion
Americans are, by and large, a religious people. And religion has played a positive and particularly significant role in our nation’s history. more »
by: staff - Dec 6, 2007 - comments: 7 - topic(s): Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty
Richard Land: A Hope List for Romney’s Speech
Former Massachusetts Governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going to give a speech on “Religion in America” tomorrow in Texas. more »
by: Richard Land - Dec 5, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty
American moral values: narrowed or prioritized?
It’s a cheap shot to criticize socially conservative American “values voters” for narrowing the political litmus test to abortion and same-sex “marriage,” because “narrowing” and “prioritizing” are two different things. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 27, 2007 - comments: 5 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights, Racial Reconciliation, Social Issues, War, Science, Bioethics
Death of Liberalism?
“The Achilles’ heel of liberal relativism is catastrophically low birthrates. When you deny the importance of family…of children…of God’s teaching about marriage, you end up with low birth rates.” – Richard Land more »
by: staff - Nov 27, 2007 - comments: 17 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Adoption, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Church and State, Social Issues, Issues
When freedoms are curtailed: Verbal terrorism
Like almost all Americans I am a firm believer in our cherished, constitutionally protected freedom of speech. The courts have always recognized that there are limits to freedom of speech, however, since no freedom is absolute. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 6, 2007 - comments: 7 - topic(s): Faith, Pastoral Integrity, Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty, War
The future in our hands: Living for life
Some days I just have to stop and ponder: Where are we going as a nation? What future are we leaving our children? As you might imagine, if we continue on the path we are on as a society, our future is not all that bright. more »
by: Richard Land - Oct 30, 2007 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Ministry, Life, Citizenship, Human Rights, Science, Bioethics
Lessons on Confession and Community
I was fresh out of seminary and pastoring a church plant that within its first few months had outgrown our rented facility and was beginning to plan for two services. more »
by: Patrick Payton - Oct 24, 2007 - comments: 5 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Pastoral Integrity, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Faith & Politics: Presidents Acknowledging Divine Authority
Our country has a long lineage of religious faith informing politics. It is not necessary to conduct exhaustive research into the spiritual lives of U.S. more »
by: Richard Land - Oct 24, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty