Society & Culture

“In his recently-released book, Faithful Presence: The Promise and the Peril of Faith in the Public Square, Haslam draws upon his years of experience to highlight the redemptive role of faith in politics while offering biblical insight into the hot-button issues of today.” - C.Post

“Caring about Israel is ‘essential’ to what being Jewish means to 45% of U.S. Jewish adults, and an additional 37% say it is ‘important, but not essential,’ according to a new Pew Research Center survey … . However, the survey found that Jewish Americans – much like the U.S. public overall – also hold widely differing views on Israel and its political leadership.” - Pew

“What if we Christians want to influence public life, public policies? Then we have to search for and find middle axioms. These are ethical principles that have something in common with our Christian worldview but do not require full blooded and authentic Christian faith—to see their rightness. But this is not really ‘public theology.’” - Roger Olson

“George Washington’s promise to American Jews helped define this nation. Breaking that promise would define us again.” - David French

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“The order also prohibited unfair treatment of houses of worship in emergency orders, explaining that the state government could ‘impose capacity or numerical restrictions on religious worship services and gatherings at places of worship that are either identical to, or at least as favorable as, the restrictions imposed on other similar gatherings of similar risk.’” - C.Post

“Slated to go into effect on Sept. 1, Senate Bill 8 states that ‘a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child.’” - C.Post

“Tingley is a Christian whose ‘faith informs his views concerning human nature, healthy relationships, and what paths and ways of thinking will enable his clients to achieve comfort with themselves and live happy and satisfied lives.’” - C.Post

“Black Lives Matter expressed its ‘solidarity’ for Palestinians, advocating for ‘ending settler colonialism’ and Palestinian liberation in a tweet that implicitly undercut Israel after days of attacks in the region.” - C.Post

“European evangelist J. John thinks that it is. He notes growing numbers–a million over the last few years–attending his evangelistic events… the burgeoning number of evangelicals in France… large numbers of conversions to Christianity among Muslim immigrants. He focuses, though, on the sense he is picking up on that secularism is failing, and that the secularists are realizing it.” - Veith

“Russell Moore is leaving the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, ending an occasionally controversial eight-year tenure, to take a role with Christianity Today.” - BPNews