The Monster Was Not Hiding in Church

For a dozen years, they hunted Europe’s most notorious war criminal.
Investigators knew exactly where they thought they would find former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of masterminding the
1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys… Read More

Preaching to a Tempting Choir

The YouTube era has produced a few Catholic stars, priests whose performances have inspired scores of web surfers to pass along emails full of grief or glee.
Who can forget “The Barney Blessing,” with the priest who traded his vestments… Read More

Define “Religion,” Please

Ask Southern Baptists to name their “religion” and most of them will simply say, “I’m a Baptist.”
Ask Roman Catholics the same question and most will say, “I’m Catholic.”
Odds are good that most Lutherans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and occupants of… Read More

Sex, Sin and Surveys

t’s becoming more and more dangerous for preachers to use the words “sex” and “sin” in the same sentence.
Consider this question: Is sex outside of marriage a sin?
Say “yes” and millions of believers who are sitting in pews… Read More

“No Go” Zones in UK — Again

The alleged crime took place at the corner of Alum Rock and Ellesmere roads in Birmingham, England, where an officer spotted two missionaries distributing “God’s Bridge to Eternal Life” tracts.
The controversial pamphlets contained comments such as, “Throughout history individuals… Read More

Obama Prays Behind Closed Doors

Steve Strang knew the ground rules for the recent meeting between Sen. Barack Obama and a flock of evangelical, Catholic and liberal Protestant leaders.
The invitation to the Chicago gathering stated: “This is an off-the-record (no media) time for questioning… Read More

Losing Faith in Narnia, Part II

The producers and writers behind The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian say the same thing when describing the challenge they faced bringing the novel to the screen.
The problem, all agree, is that the second book in the classic seven-book… Read More

Losing Faith in Narnia, Part I

While there are no cars in Narnia, screenwriter Stephen McFeely rolled out an automotive image to express the message at the heart of the second film drawn from the seven-book fantasy series by C.S. Lewis.
At its heart, he said,… Read More

Why Pastors Detest Email

For millions of users, the World Wide Web has turned into a Devil’s den packed with urban legends, pop-up porn, Nigerian get-rich schemes and tidal waves of spam pushing medical products that make sailors blush.
That isn’t how the Internet… Read More

Beyond Easter Candy Bargains

If there’s one thing other Christians know about the ancient churches of the East it is that Orthodox believers usually get to buy their Easter candy at closeout prices.
This year, the gap between the two Easter dates was so… Read More

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