Items of Interest

July 4, 2011

Churches seek out innovative solutions

Cathy Lynn Grossman

Atop the tiny , white-columned 1842 church where Glen Likens was baptized, where he married his wife, where their children were baptized, where they still worship on Sundays, the steeple is rotting.

Read

June 27, 2011

Religion is native to humans, according to new study

Richard Allen Greene

Religion comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings, a massive new study of cultures all around the world suggests.

Read

June 27, 2011

Women clergy balance demands of pulpit and parenting

Adelle M. Banks

Every now and then, the Rev.

Read

June 13, 2011

Teen ministry—not segregation but ‘transition’ training

In the church of the future, the only members will be elder women and children.

Read

June 13, 2011

Researchers document changes to new testament texts

Bruce Nolan

Working in a cluster of offices above a LifeWay Christian Bookstore, Bible scholars are buried in a 20-year project to codify the thousands of changes, verse by verse, word by word—even letter by letter—that crept into the early New Testament during hundreds of years of laborious hand-copying.

Read

June 6, 2011

Our religious roots

There was a time when those who prophesied the death of religion portrayed what would follow that demise as a blissful era of tolerance, freedom, and respect for the dignity of all.

Read

June 6, 2011

New book emphasizes prayer as a way of life

Pastor Suzette Caldwell has been voted the 2010 Author of the Year for her award-winning book, Praying to Change Your Life, a guide to productive prayer.