The Military Religious Freedom Foundation asked the Army this week to change the emblem at Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson (outside Colorado Springs). The Latin emblem says “Pro deo et humanitate” or “For God and humanity.” Like many others, the Associated Press was fooled by the organization’s deliberately misleading name and referred to [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the case between the University of California’s Hastings Law School and the Christian Legal Society (CLS). The CLS has been barred from recognition by the law school because all recognized groups may not exclude people due to religious [...]

In March 2009, Sojourners (a group of “Christians for justice and peace”) released A Covenant For Civility, an attempt to get Christians everywhere to commit to a more gracious level of interaction with others—especially those with whom we might disagree. Many prominent leaders have signed the covenant. Saturday one of them backed out. Dr. George [...]

We’re learning a lot about the Hutaree, a group of vigilantes in the northern Midwest that styled themselves a “Christian militia.” Among other things, we’ve learned that there is nothing Christian about their statements, plans, or actions. Nine members of this group were arrested and charged with “seditious conspiracy,” or plotting to wage war against [...]

From my article as Denver Christianity Examiner. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, of the District Court in Madison, Wisconsin, ruled yesterday that the National Day of Prayer created by Congress in 1952 and reaffirmed by them in 1988 is unconstitutional. In a confusing ruling, Crabb wrote that government involvement in prayer may be [...]

In a rare and admirable moment when respect overpowered politics, the Oklahoma state senate passed a resolution Tuesday honoring the life and legacy of pastor Billie Joe Daugherty, who died last year of lymphoma. The state house of representatives and senate passed concurrent bills containing language you don’t ordinarily find in congressional documents: Reverend Daugherty [...]

Reprinted from my article as Denver Christianity Examiner Jennifer Knapp was wildly popular at the beginning of this decade—including a Grammy nomination in 2002—and then suddenly fell off the radar.  Speculation ran rampant… was she just burned out, dealing with personal issues, exhausted, gay…   She revealed in an interview with Christianity Today that the answer [...]

Normally my book reviews only appear in Smart Ministry. But for those of you who don’t yet receive that free ministry insights newsletter, I thought I’d include one here. I don’t like chick flicks. I tell you that up front so you won’t think I’m just one of those really sensitive guys that enjoys a [...]