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COMMENTARYThis March marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the British Parliament’s abolition of the slave trade—the culmination of a twenty-year struggle by William Wilberforce and his fellow abolitionists, a story brilliantly captured in the new Hollywood release coming next month titled Amazing Grace.Wilberforce would be appalled to learn that, two hundred years later, however, people are still trafficking in human flesh.Read more.
It’s easy to walk like a king, talk like a king, and dress like a king, said journalist Roland Martin at the state’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance on Monday, but not so easy to act like a king. "If we are going to change the nation we’re going to have to live like the king," he said. He believes America needs more people who are willing to be revolutionaries like Martin Luther King, "one of America’s greatest revolutionaries."
Why do some congregations in America grow and others decline? A recent survey measured several key factors on what’s causing churches to thrive and others to remain stunted.Congregations that are willing to change to meet new challenges experience greater growth than those less up to the challenge. According to the Faith Communities Today 2005 survey, 46 percent of congregations that said they "strongly agree" with willing to change experienced the highest level of attendance growth. Among those that said they "somewhat agree," 37 percent are growing strongly. And among those who disagree on any level, only 15 percent have the…
WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — It is Friday, and “deep” in the heart of the Capitol, both figuratively and literally Chaplain Barry is holding court! “Chaplain Barry,” is the Reverend Barry C. Black, Chaplain of the United States Senate. Assembled in the small auditorium in the heart of the Capital are over 100 people and as usual “Chaplain Barry” has everybody, including me, laughing uncontrollably. Read more.
NEWS RELEASE Milwaukee, WI – The Hi-Mount Elementary School in the Milwaukee Public Schools District has removed its cap on the number of students who can attend after school Good News Clubs and has agreed to distribute permission slips in the same manner permitted other secular groups. Child Evangelism Fellowship, which sponsors the Good News Clubs, is represented by Liberty Counsel.
NEWS RELEASEMADISON — The Family Research Institute of Wisconsin issued the following statement regarding the Madison Common Council’s announcement that it will likely vote next Tuesday on a measure to allow city officials to protest Wisconsin’s Marriage Protection Amendment when taking the oath of office.
MADISON — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ increasing use of religion in treating ailing veterans does not violate the separation of church and state, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge John Shabaz dismissed a lawsuit by the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation and defended the agency’s practices in his decision Monday, saying religion can help patients heal and is legal when done on a voluntary basis.Read more.
A small but growing movement is bringing Christ back into the Young Men’s Christian Assn. About 13% of the more than 2,600 YMCA branches across the country have set up special committees to promote Christianity. Hundreds of Y leaders convene each year to swap ideas on how to "lift up the C in the YMCA."Read more.
While many Christians have already packed away their Christmas decorations and disposed of their trees, millions of Orthodox Christians waited until early Sunday to celebrate Christ’s birth.In Madison, 15 Oriental Orthodox Christians gathered at Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Mission Parish Chapel, 6205 University Ave., at midnight for a night of celebration and worship.Read more.
Has Christianity always warred with science? Or, conversely, did Christianity create science? Christian History asked David Lindberg, Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and currently director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin.And he should know. Lindberg specializes in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially the interaction between science and religion. His Beginnings of Western Science (University of Chicago Press, 1992) is an oft-translated standard in the field. He is also currently the general editor, jointly with Ronald Numbers, of the forthcoming eight-volume, Cambridge History of Science. Read more.