Old Saint Nick – A Church Leader & A Backhand

It’s less than a week till Christmas, and you can’t throw a stone or any other comparably dense object without hitting something having to do with Santa Claus. It is easy, as a Christian, to take offense at how to this jolly red-suited man has in so many ways usurped our culture’s understanding of the [...]

An Obituary Limerick for Late Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts was a pentecostal minister and pioneering televangelist, best known for his work as a faith healer and for his controversial fundraising.
For funds he was always appealing
with promises of divine healing.
It could be that Oral
now hears angels choral
sing, “Buddy, you spent your life stealing.”
Cursing makes some folks complain.
A “gosh” or a “geez” causes pain.
But [...]

The Post Christian America

In a recent article in Breakpoint, evangelical leader Chuck Colson brought to light the British government’s stance against any reference to Christianity in the constitutions of its St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Ascension territories. The constitutions of the islands generally declare that “religion finds its expression in moral living [...]