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  Superman: Jesus figure or anti-Christ?

  Superman has always had a bit of a messiah complex, but critics are arguing over whether he’s a Christ-figure, or the opposite.

  07/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Evangelicals more patriotic

  Evangelicals score highest on patriotism. When it comes to God and country, white evangelicals report the most intense patriotic feelings in a new poll, with more than two-thirds (68 percent)…

  07/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Dreds and Torpedo aim to teach children to worship

  Dawna Duke and Ashley Mensik—better known as Dreds and Torpedo—want to energize, equip and engage children’s ministries around Texas with high-energy praise songs.

  07/01/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Jihawg Ammo

  Still angry about the idea of an Islamic cultural center opening near Ground Zero, a group of Idaho gun enthusiasts decided to fight back with a new line of pork-laced bullets.

  06/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Bono: David sang the blues, and Jesus did some punk rock

  U2 frontman Bono exchanged Bible references and bantered about music, theology and evangelicals’ role in AIDS activism in a recent radio interview with Focus on the Family President Jim Daly.

  06/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Strategy aims to transform, not avoid, conflict

  Evelyn Hanneman of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America says conflict transformation can bypass negotiation and compromise to get to deeper root causes.

  06/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Preaching on violence without disturbing the peace

  How can pastors preach on subjects like gun violence without disturbing the peace in their own congregations?

  06/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Christians and violence: Seek peace and pursue it

  Debates about gun violence stir strong emotions, and Christians hold varied views on what it means to “seek peace and pursue it,” as the psalmist wrote.

  06/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Exodus International shuts down, president apologizes

  Exodus International, a group that bills itself as “the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality,” announced it’s shutting its doors.

  06/20/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Lifetree Cafes offer space for tough topics

  LifeTree Cafes provide a safe place where people from all walks of life can talk about difficult questions and the struggles they’re going through. Coffee and snacks help, too.

  06/20/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Juggler Jesse Joyner finds balance in Christ

  Whether Jesse Joyner is riding a unicycle or juggling, he shares an important message about finding balance through a relationship with Christ.

  06/20/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Western Wall prayer plan

  Jewish Federations of North America trustees passed a resolution in favor of a nonsegregated place where men and women can pray and read from the Torah at the Western Wall, the Jewish holy site.

  06/14/2013 - By John Rutledge