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Audio Transcript John Piper joins me over the phone for todays question, an important one. What are we to make of the baptism of the Holy Spirit? The phrase seems to mean different things in the Bible and it certainly means very different things to different…

Even in refined legal circles, nothing arouses strong opinion and emotions quite like church-state separation conflicts. We learned that again today when the Supreme Court ruled a particular religious expression on public land as acceptable, but exposed deep …

The Supreme Court handed down two very surprising opinions on Thursday — and they are surprising for diametrically opposite reasons. The first was Gundy v. United States, a case involving a wholesale attack on the constitutional order that’s prevailed in the…

Image copyrightGetty Images The US Supreme Court has ruled that a concrete cross honouring World War One soldiers can remain on state land, reversing a lower court decision. The American Humanist Association had sued to remove the 32ft (9.7m) monument, sayi…

Image copyrightGetty Images The US Supreme Court has ruled that a concrete cross honouring World War One soldiers can remain on state land, reversing a lower court decision. The American Humanist Association had sued to remove the Bladensburg, Maryland, mon…

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large cross erected as a tribute to war dead may continue to stand on public land outside Washington in the Maryland suburbs. The justices reversed a lower court that said the cross was an unconstitutional endorsement …

The state took over the monument and the land under it in 1961. Since then, Maryland has spent more than $117,000 to maintain and repair the memorial. Several area residents and the American Humanist Association sued to remove the cross in 2014, saying they …

A World War I memorial cross sits in Bladensburg, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the cross. Becky Harlan/NPR The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 40-foot World War I memorial cro…

Protesters opposed to a proposed extradition law sing hymns outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on Monday, June 17, 2019. Christians have been a visible part of the protests this month, among the largest in Hong Kongs history. (Lam Yik Fei/The New Yo…

Tucked in the southeastern part of Edinburghs St Giles Cathedral is a small chapel brimming with spectacular woodwork. Eagle-eyed visitors will spot three distinctly Scottish heavenly beings hiding among the architectural details. The Thistle Chapel, a gorge…