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Amid the uproar over Glenn Beck’s recent comments about the church and social justice, theologian Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. says that while Beck’s comments were lacking in context, the social gospel is one that redirects Christian emphasis on salvation through Jesus to using politics to create heaven on earth. “The urgency for any faithful Christian is this – flee any church that for any reason or in any form has abandoned the Gospel of Christ for any other gospel.” Read more »

A Christian legal group filed an appeal this week to fight a ban against a church meeting in homes. With only seven members, Oasis of Truth Church was ordered to stop holding all activities, including Bible studies, leadership meetings and fellowship activities, in Pastor Joe Sutherland’s home in Gilbert, Ariz. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys contend in the appeal that was filed Wednesday that banning religious meetings of any size or frequency in a home is unprecedented and unconstitutional. Read more »

When the church, according to Jesus, is living in visible relationship with each other, it is then that the world will know that God the Father has sent the Son. Is this not the desire of every faithful, gospel-centered Christian? Jesus is clearly saying that our visible unity—our relationship to one another—is essential to showing the world that there is a God and He has sent His Son. Read more »

Most Americans claim belief in God but many are living as “Christian atheists,” according to some pastors. “We believe in Jesus enough to get us out of hell but not actually enough to change the way we live.” Read more »

Lutherans who have left or are pondering their exit from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have put a name to the alternate church body they plan to form – North American Lutheran Church. A proposal for the new denominational body that is intended to provide a biblically faithful home for disaffected Lutherans was released Thursday, on the anniversary of the death of 16th century reformer Martin Luther. Read more »

Two churches in East Texas that were damaged by fires this week were the victims of arson, authorities said Thursday. That makes Dover Baptist Church and Clear Spring Missionary Church near Tyler, Texas, the ninth and tenth churches to have been deliberately burned this year in the Lone Star State. Read more »

By the time social issues manifest themselves in the realm of politics, it’s too late—by then you’re fighting from a deficit. The ideas that produced these political points of conflict began long before and the process of affecting real change occurs over a generation or more, not one political term. Read more »

As the New Orleans Saints get ready to battle it out with the Indianapolis Colts this weekend, churches are being cautious with their Super Bowl viewing parties to avoid copyright infringement. And they’re starting by leaving “Super Bowl” out of their event title. Read more »

The specific goal of the Kingdom Project™ is to help Christian business/institutional leaders discover how their vocational gifts and their enterprises can tangibly advance the kingdom of God. Why the emphasis on business? Because it is one of the most influential contributors to our culture. Read more »

Churches and youth ministries have bought out thousands of movie theater seats for the big screen debut of “To Save A Life” on Friday. Way before its release, the independent film has already drawn a large fan base and sparked a grassroots movement of reaching out to hurting teens and saving lives. Read more »

Christian apologists on a recent talk show said too many young people are calling it quits with Christianity because it seems intellectually shallow to them, that they don’t know why Christianity is true because adults haven’t told them why. Read more »

Less than half of Christians in the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country believe Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation, a new survey reveals. Among members, only 43 percent disagree or strongly disagree that “all the world’s religions are equally good ways of helping a person find ultimate truth.” Read more »

There were at least 1,237 crimes committed against Christian churches and ministries in the United States this past year, according to a report released Monday. Included among the crimes are 12 homicides and 38 other violent incidents – including three sexual assaults and three kidnappings. Read more »

The number of multi-sites – one church in multiple locations – has jumped from 300 to some 3,000 over the past decade. Many houses of worship have approached the phenomenon in creative ways, launching Internet campuses and international sites. Read more »

When Abby Johnson worked at Planned Parenthood, she was warmly welcomed in her apostate church. But now that she has recognized the reality of human life in the womb and become pro-life, her church is turning a cold shoulder. Tough times lie ahead at Judgement Day for Christians who applaud sin and despise good behavior. Read more »

The best of the best at Dakota Voice last week, including: Planned Parenthood Director Turns Pro-Life; Technology exposes the lies of Planned Parenthood’; For RINOs, Power More Important Than Principle; Do you know what it means to be a veteran?; Tea Party Express in Rapid City; Court Records Sealed in the Gary Harvey Case; Counterfeit Marriage Rejected in Maine; and more. Read more »

I have previously argued that we, as a community, have both an interest and responsibility to prepare, promote, and preserve every marriage within the body. There are many factors that contribute to the demise of marriages within the church, but there is one in particular whose virulence and force is made worse by our isolation and indifference to community: pornography. Read more »

Eighty-three churches from 30 states and the District of Columbia participated in the Alliance Defense Fund’s second annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday on Sept. 27. Pastors at those churches preached biblically-based sermons about the positions of electoral candidates and current government officials. Read more »

The efforts of a transsexual man seeking ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been documented on film, which is set to release next year. “Thy Will Be Done: A Transsexual Woman’s Journey Through Family and Faith” follows Sara Herwig, who transitioned from male to female and is seeking to “fulfill God’s call.” Read more »

This month cities, schools and faith-based groups across the country are drawing attention to domestic violence, which some are calling a pandemic. Violence in the home affects millions of women and children, including those in the church, yet some say the pulpits remain silent on the issue. Read more »

The church is not doing enough to prepare couples for covenant marriage. The church must also be prepared to intervene and work to rescue those marriages that come under assault. And we must resolve to wage war against the sin that threatens families. Read more »