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c. 2015 USA Today WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to re-enter the national debate over abortion....

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Advent stands at odds with the tranquility our culture hopes for this time of year. The coming of the Son of Man will yank us off the hamster wheel of life.

"The Qur'an is like a stream of divine consciousness. The literal meaning of the Qur'an is never the literal meaning of the Qur'an."

It’s often argued that religion gives rise to violence. But what if it were really the other way around? What if violence actually gave rise to religion? So argued the French anthropologist and philosopher René Girard, who died Nov. 4.

So many of us have desires for our lives that begin: “I deserve” or “I must have.” We want what everyone else has. We ask God for very specific things. We want life to be somewhat fair. Of course, it’s very human of us to feel this way.

As the first Advent candle is lit, world leaders will be making their way to Paris to try to create a climate treaty.

(The Christian Science Monitor) The Eiffel Tower stood dark Saturday night, an expression of the stunned response across Par...

(The Christian Science Monitor) Hezbollah's military support for Syria's regime, which is fighting a mainly Sunni Muslim armed opposit...

America’s oldest graduate seminary is once again blazing a trail for other mainline Protestant institutions to follow. But this time it’s a path many would rather not travel....

As the first Advent candle is lit, world leaders will be making their way to Paris to try to create a climate treaty.

Matt talks to the president of Sojourners about radical student politics, preaching at Davos, and activism as a form of proclamation.

Since I teach stewardship and a course called Money and Mission of the Church, I often get asked my perspective on Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program. For the uninitiated, Dave Ramsey is a best selling author, financial guru, and public speaker. His syndicated radio show on financial matters attracts more than 8.5 million listeners each week. Ramsey is also a born-again Christian and markets his curriculum, Financial Peace University, to churches.

Virtue, says former senator John Danforth, is what's missing from the current political equation—and the church is a place where virtue can be taught and advocated.

Even before my first cup of coffee, I often turn the radio on to check the weather report for the day: will I need an umbrella? Should I take an extra jacket? Looking around for my coffee cup, I barely hear the voice in the background: "The sun will be darkened; and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken." Really? Maybe I should just go back to bed.

Often on a Sunday afternoon, after I’ve changed out of my church clothes and into jeans and a sweatshirt, after I’ve had a wee nap in the comfy chair, after I’ve unwound from All Things Sunday Morning, a creeping doubt comes into my head: what difference does a sermon make? I’m not fishing for compliments here. I’m pretty realistic about my sermons and I, like everyone else, am an above-average preacher. About ten years ago I let go of worrying that every sermon I preached had to be wonderful and inspiring.

Frances Taylor Gench doesn't ignore difficult texts about women; she wrestles with them. That's because she is committed to the Bible as scripture.

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(The Christian Science Monitor) This week Iranian President Hassan Rohani will become the first leader of the Islamic Republic to trav...

Llan Carlos Dávila, a leader in church-based efforts against chemical mining in southeastern Guatemala, came to the United States for a speaking tour in October....