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Apparently I wasn’t the only person on this side of the Tiber who misunderstood the new Confession iPhone app . Mark D. Roberts, one of my favorite Presbyterian pastors, was also leery—until he tried it out for himself: So, you might wonder, what do I think of this app? Since I am not . . . . Continue Reading »

In Christianity Today , Thomas Farr explains the need for the U.S. to appoint an ambassador for religious freedom : To have an influence on this critical element of our own national security, the United States must begin to take its international religious freedom policy seriously. Both the . . . . Continue Reading »

Live Action continues to release videos from their undercover operation against Planned Parenthood. In one of the most damning, a Planned Parenthood employee tells the pimp he should pose as the legal guardian of the girls so that he can get taxpayer funded services for the underage sex workers. In . . . . Continue Reading »

Bible translations that avoid the phrase “Son of God” are helping to convert Muslims to Christianity. But the translation has some missionaries and scholars dismayed: These and many other Muslims live in places where Bible translations have been available in their languages for decades, . . . . Continue Reading »

Who needs a confession booth when you have an iPhone ? An iPhone app aimed at helping Catholics through confession and encouraging lapsed followers back to the faith has been sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the United States. Confession: A Roman Catholic app, thought to be the first to be . . . . Continue Reading »

In “This is Country Music””the eighth most popular country song in America this week”Brad Paisley admits what every country fan already knows: You’re not supposed to say the word “cancer” in a song. And tellin’ folks Jesus is the answer can rub ‘em wrong… . Continue Reading »

As you could probably discern from my recent post about the Gurkha and the forty thieves , I’m absolutely fascinated by examples of modern-day heroism. Such stories strike against the notion—dominant in advanced Western societies—that crime and violence are problems that should be . . . . Continue Reading »

As The New York Times notes , “Some of the world’s pre-eminent experts on bias discovered an unexpected form of it at their annual meeting” when University of Virginia social psychologist Jonathan Haidt polled the attendees at the Society for Personality and Social . . . . Continue Reading »

Although he doesn’t use the phrase, Douglas Wilson explains what happens when conservative’s lack a robust moral imagination : One of the biggest problems that conservatives have is that of sharing the liberal view of history. They both believe the same thing is inevitable, but one is . . . . Continue Reading »

T. Kenneth Cribb on the moral imagination of Ronald Reagan : In 1977 Reagan told Dick Allen, his long-time foreign policy advisor: “My idea about the Cold War is that we win and they lose.” It is almost impossible to convey to you today what an unthinkable thought that was in 1977, or in . . . . Continue Reading »