An evangelical group based in Winnipeg has lost its charitable status. An audit revealed that its director misused donated funds to help himself and his family. CBC News reported a story filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It found that Harold Reeve spent more than $76,000 in 2009. These funds went toward personal expenses. […]
Study: Christianity Faces Extinction in Middle East
According to a new study by the British think tank Civitas, Christianity is in serious danger of becoming extinct in the Middle East. The study, entitled ‘Christianophobia,’ claims that half to two-thirds of Christians in the Middle East have left or have been killed over the past century. In 1945, Christian made up 20 per […]
In (partial) defense of “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones has found himself in the middle of a controversy because he has taken a controversial stance against the show in which he stars, Two and a Half Men. Earlier this week Angus sat down with Forerunner Chronicles, a Seventh-Day Adventist media group that produces what I will call “Christian propaganda,” to talk […]
“Four More Years”: Taking Stock of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
@BarackObama On Tuesday November 6, Barack Obama won a close Presidential race against Republican candidate Mitt Romney to return to office for a second term, or as Obama said himself in a tweet that has become the most re-tweeted tweet of all time, he will return for “Four more years.” People haven’t been shy about […]
Making the Kingdom of God Tangible
A few years back I read a book by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay, entitled The Tangible Kingdom. As I read it my heart burned. When I shut the book I said out loud: “That is what I want to do with my life.” And I have. At least I have tried. And I am […]
Dinesh D’Souza Resigns and Misses the Point
Dinesh D’Souza is not one to shy away from public debate or controversy. The New York Times recently called D’Souza a “lightning rod” for his public profile as a conservative Evangelical and now as a filmmaker (D’Souza’s recent film 2016: Obama’s America has become the second highest grossing political documentary of all time, only behind […]
Why Christians Should Care About Politics
“You may not be interested in the State, but the State is always interested in you.” So spake Ross Douthat, one of the key speakers at Regent College‘s recent Faith and Politics in a Fractured World conference, making the point that a Christian response of retreat and isolation is impossible. Of course, he is right. […]
Muslim prayer time under fire at Toronto public school
By S.K. Lawrence Valley Park Middle School in Toronto has become the subject of an ongoing controversy because of the school’s accommodation of religion within their public institution. Reports have shown that 80-90 per cent of students attending Valley Middle Park are Muslim. That seems to be the justification for allowing a Muslim students to […]