Study Shows Religious Youth More Positive

High school seniors who said religion was important to them also had more positive attitudes about themselves than those who said religion was not important. The National Study of Youth and Religion, based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has found...

Religious, Public Radio Stations Compete for Airwaves

In the battle over the airwaves, public and religious radio stations are in fierce competition for a limited number of spots on the dial. In 1997, the Rev. Don Wildmon decided the best way to promote the Christian worldview was via the airwaves. So, he founded...

Arizona School District Tries to Keep Sex Shop Away

“Not in my back yard!” has become almost cliché in many tussles over land use and zoning, including one involving an Arizona school district trying to keep a sex shop from opening near two of its schools. Officials in Phoenix’s Deer Valley School...

Taking on Telemarketing and Junk Mail

Telemarketing and ethics don’t sound like they belong in the same sentence, but believe it or not, those dinner-time interruptions do try to maintain a certain code of ethics. The American Teleservices Association is a nonprofit trade association that represents...

Old Confession Offers Word for Today

GOSHEN, Ind. – With war brewing in Iraq, the stakes for those espousing a vigorous peace witness have been raised another notch, tossing a fresh challenge in the laps of peacemaking Christians. Goshen College history professor John D. Roth, at a gathering Sept....