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  Churches breaking sacred silence in a hookup culture

  Breaking a sacred silence in a hookup culture, church leaders are talking about sex with young people as part of a larger effort that includes providing information about health and job programs to combat poverty and hopelessness.

  07/03/2008 - By admin

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  Faith Digest: Presbyterians move toward allowing gay ministers

  The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination– the Presbyterian Church (USA)–has cracked open the door to ordaining noncelibate gay clergy.

  07/03/2008 - By admin

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  Shyamalan movie mixes fear, faith and fright

  As a moviemaker, M. Night Shyamalan likes to ask the big questions. His new film, The Happening, is just his latest to take on questions of science and faith, and the “gaps”—as he puts it—where the two uncomfortably meet.

  07/01/2008 - By admin

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  ‘Prince Caspian’ more violent, less virtuous than original, scholars say

  Baylor professor Ralph Wood feels the film lacks the magical quality of it's predecessor.

  06/27/2008 - By admin

• Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests

  WASHINGTON (ABP) — A massive survey of Americans’ religious views shows that Baptists, like the overall population, generally are socially tolerant of other faiths.

  06/25/2008 - By Administrator

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  Before you get married: Loving your in-laws

  Before you get married: Loving your in-laws is the fifth in a five-part series by retired pastor and director of missions Wade Paris to assist pastors in helping couples begin Christian marriages through premarital counseling.

  06/23/2008 - By admin

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  Before you get married: Marriage and sex

  Before you get married: Marriage and sex is the fourth in a five-part series by retired pastor and director of missions Wade Paris to assist pastors in helping couples begin Christian marriages through premarital counseling.

  06/23/2008 - By admin

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  Before you get married: Marriage and money

  Before you get married: Marriage and money is the third in a five-part series by retired pastor and director of missions Wade Paris to assist pastors in helping couples begin Christian marriages through premarital counseling.

  06/23/2008 - By admin

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  Before you get married: Four myths of marriage

  Before you get married: Four myths of marriage is the second in a five-part series by retired pastor and director of missions Wade Paris to assist pastors in helping couples begin Christian marriages through premarital counseling.

  06/23/2008 - By admin

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  Before you get married: Questions that need answers

  This is the first in a five-part series by retired Missouri pastor and director of missions Wade Paris to assist pastors in helping couples begin Christian marriages through premarital counseling.

  06/23/2008 - By admin

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  No easy answers dealing with religious, civil dimensions of marriage

  When it comes to pronouncing a couple “husband and wife," how did the government get into the sanctification business? And if the government has a legitimate right to define and regulate marriage, should it also offer incentives to promote healthy marriages?

  06/20/2008 - By admin

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  Legal scholar looks at prohibition on polygamy

  John Witte, a scholar of marriage law and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory Law School in Atlanta, responded to questions about why prosecuting adults for polygamy is so difficult and whether the practice may one day be legalized in the U.S.

  06/20/2008 - By admin