The irony could not possibly be crueler. A South Korean couple let their 3-month-old baby starve to death at home while they spent all their time at Internet cafes—raising a virtual child.

The British Telegraph reports, “Leaving their real daughter…

What if your daily job were to work among the very poorest people in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? What if that job involved taking food to people in its “most ferocious slums”? Or routinely collecting bloated corpses…

If I asked you what your teenage children are doing right now, you might not know. But the New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation have a pretty good idea.

According to a recent Kaiser study, if your teenager…

Tomorrow, coinciding with the 37^th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, a new independent film hits theaters. It’s entitled, To Save a Life. It  honestly portrays the enormous challenges facing our teens today. Written by a seasoned youth-pastor with a degree…

When Tony Hall first met Mother Teresa, she took his solid left hand in her frail one. “I want you always to remember something,” she urged the U.S. congressman from Ohio. And as she gently folded each of his fingers,…

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, an American church wanted to help those struggling in the Ukraine. For several years, they donated medical supplies, food, clothing, and even money.

In many ways, they did everything right, even cultivating a…

If you have heard me on BreakPoint before, you know that I am not an alarmist. While I am concerned about the culture and the Church’s place within it, I don’t sound the alarm after every setback.

Still, I am…

At Christmastime, we’re reminded that our God is the God of great reversals. As we set out humble nativity scenes, we may forget how unthinkable it is that the King of Kings lowered himself not just to be born in…

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, a gunman entered a Tacoma coffeehouse and, in cold blood, shot and killed four police officers. The murders led to a manhunt which ended with the police killing the principal suspect, Maurice Clemmons.

While the…

In 2006, pastors Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, and Greg Holder had a vision to revitalize the celebration of Christmas in their churches. They found two other like-minded pastors, and, together with their congregations, conspired to restore the meaning of Christmas.…