A Conviction Politician

I cannot remember a time when any British Prime Minister or Chancellor of the Exchequer put issues of world poverty at the top of the agenda for discussions by leaders of global superpowers. After much graft and more than a little arm-twisting, Tony Blair and Gordon...

‘The God Who Wasn’t There’

For those who believe Jesus actually walked this earth, the new documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There” won’t sit well. Filmmaker—and former Christian—Brian Flemming spends 62 minutes mimicking Michael Moore in an effort to show how Christianity...

The Tulsa City Zoo

A recent skirmish in the struggle over relations between religion and the state took place at the city zoo in Tulsa, Okla. That Tulsa would be a frontline in America’s culture war comes as no surprise. Before Colorado Springs became a Mecca for fundamentalist...

Where’s the Progress in Iraq?

President Bush claimed repeatedly last week in a short public appearance that progress was being made in Iraq. Regrettably, progress is proving as impossible to find as the weapons of mass destruction that drove us into war. “Political progress … is taking place...

The Politics of Evolution

President Bush announced recently that he believed “intelligent design” should be taught alongside evolution in public schools. With school districts in many parts of the country embroiled in legal battles relating to the teaching of evolution versus some...

God’s Purposes in Prayer

What do you say to someone for whom God seems silent in the face of their prolonged and honest prayers? That’s just one of the questions the latest undated Bible study curriculum from Acacia Resources seeks to answer. God’s Purposes in Prayer offers 13...