Through a series of poor decisions and rushed choices, freshman Liberty University student Chris T.B. King decided to jump on the Norfolk Southern train on the west side of campus yesterday in an effort to escape the Liberty bubble. “I just can’t take it anymore,” King said while waiting for the train wearing a Veggie Tales T-shirt tucked into his […]
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Some Christians are choosing to find solace in politics “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.” That refrain from “My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less,” written by Edward Mote in the early 1800s, still rings true today for those of us who profess belief in Christ. Well, it should, but based on my […]
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Christians ought to be educated and informed about the history of the faith Every Oct. 31, kids all around the country dress up in various costumes and parade around their neighborhoods, filling their bags to the brim with candy. However, Oct. 31 is about more than just Halloween; it is the day we remember the beginning of the Reformation. The […]
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Technology is distracting believers from the surrounding Christian community Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Scroll, click, swipe. Upload, download, reload. Overload. One month ago, I attended a lecture in the Jerry Falwell Library titled, “Antisocial Media: Communal Transformation and the Barriers of the Technology” given by Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, professor of English, and Dr. Chad Thornhill, professor of theology. For an […]
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Christians need an understanding of apologetics to combat false teaching The great Christian apologist C.S. Lewis once said, “Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” Christian culture used to be teeming with intellectual champions of the faith, but that time has been fading fast. In recent decades, Christian culture has moved […]
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Dr. Michael Youseff addresses the danger of watching America’s faith decline Dr. Michael Youssef, founding pastor of The Church of The Apostles and Leading the Way global ministry, warned students during Convocation Sept. 30 of the destruction of the Christian principles that serve as a foundation for American society and the need for revival in America. Youssef’s message focused around […]
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Success of minority faiths in Britain provide lessons for American Christians Great Britain, once known as a Christian nation, is rapidly becoming secularized. In a recent article in The Guardian, Andrew Brown discusses this issue of the disappearance of the Church in the United Kingdom. He references a recent Win/Gallop poll that states that only 30 percent of British citizens […]
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President uses Easter Prayer Breakfast to reprimand Christian community While the bees proved to be quite the problem during recent Easter festivities at the White House, President Barack Obama brought on his own swarm of angry responses with his Easter Prayer Breakfast remarks. For the second time in about two months, Obama took advantage of a public, national event celebrating […]
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President takes shot at Christianity, equating it to radical religious violence Last Thursday, Feb. 5, President Barack Obama attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast. As many remember, this event has brought the President much grief over the past few years. A year ago in February, Dr. Ben Carson, a possible Republican candidate for President in 2016, persuasively dissected many of […]
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