Christianity

In the eyes of many atheists, especially college students in mainland China, the Bible contradicts science. Examples such as Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei being persecuted by the Catholic Church usually comes to their mind. So, I think for the ministers from Campus Ministry in China have to study further to…

Image copyrightGetty Images For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant. The ark is believed to contain the 10 commandments handed down to Moses by God, and is …

For three decades, a man who was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn led an apocalyptic polygamist cult in Connecticut with hundreds of followers who helped him build an ill-fated multimillion-dollar real estate empire. A convert to Christianity, bearded Bro…

The case involved a 40-foot tall concrete cross, the so-called Peace Cross, that was donated through private funds 90 years ago honoring 49 servicemembers who died in World War 1. It stands in Bladensburg, Maryland in the center of a busy traffic intersection…

If the United States aims to be a tolerant, pluralistic country that treats all its citizens with respect, the Supreme Court shouldn't be giving its blessing to the display of one faiths sacred symbols on property that belongs to the public. But that's what s…

What just happened? The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday in American Legion v. American Humanist Associationalso known as the Bladensburg Cross case. The Court ruled that the 40-foot-tall stone and concrete Peace Cross memorial displayed on government-…

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…