Society & Culture

Partnership with the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) was a recurring theme at [SBC] Baptist state convention annual meetings this fall. - BPNews

Given this lead, New York City seminary professor Clement Clarke Moore cemented the connection. On Dec. 23, 1823, the Troy Sentinel published Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Beginning with the now-famous words, “’Twas the night before Christmas…” - RNS

“Sexism is never an acceptable weapon whether it comes from men or women. These attitudes of superiority have no place in American life.” - Kimberly Ross, W. Examiner

Satanic Sculpture Installed At Illinois Statehouse, Just In Time For The Holidays

“Europeans generally are less religious than people in other parts of the world. But within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment, according to an analysis of recent Pew Research Center surveys in 34 countries.” - Pew Research

Review of The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll - Christianity Today

“A school district in Nebraska has clarified that a principal’s recent directives to teachers effectively banning all Christmas and other religious holiday symbols violate school board policy.” - CPost

“In June of this year the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding the First Amendment rights of pregnancy centers in NIFLA v. Becerra. Since then, abortion industry advocates have accelerated their slanderous claims against pregnancy centers. - Washington Examiner

“Pew Research Center found 59 percent of college-educated individuals have considered making changes in their religious congregation. However, only 38 percent of the participants who completed high school or lower types of education did the same.” - WRN

“James Phillips and John Yoo continue to maintain that Justice Antonin Scalia got the Constitution wrong on religious liberty — and that I am in error, too, in defending the late justice’s bottom-line conclusion.” - National Review