Survey says…

By John D. Pierce Here’s the bottom line: Conservative Christians are the least flexible when considering social change and the most likely to blame their steadfast resistance on God. Most Americans (6 out of 10) don’t believe it is morally wrong for someone to...

6 self-inflicting wounds of American Christianity

By John D. Pierce, Executive Editor, Nurturing Faith Journal Each day seems to bring another sadly predictable episode in the ongoing self-destructive saga of American evangelicalism as it is increasingly known. Therefore, my daily dilemma is whether to simply ignore...

Thick books, thick heads and religious freedom

By John D. Pierce In many churches the thickest book to be found is neither the Bible nor the hymnal. It is the wedding policies and procedures manual. Rules and regulations are many and varied. Churches have the freedom to choose if and how weddings are conducted....

Good game, Brent

By John D. Pierce It might not have rivaled Lou Gehrig’s “luckiest man” speech in 1939, but neither was the situation so dire. However, J. Brent Walker gave an inspiring farewell address to about 750 friends and supporters during the June 24 Religious Liberty Council...