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The news media pronounced Glenn Beck the new leader of America’s Christian conservative movement, and a flock of America’s Christian conservatives have no problem with that. Ten years ago, I would have thought it was from the pages of an apocalyptic novel about the end-times. But it’s not. And it is a scandal.

Sometimes the whole earth - and its fullness thereof - makes the pronouncement of adulation. But it should never cry out alone.

When any band delivers an album that fans and critics both love, expectations can't help but run sky high for the inevitable follow-up. And while Suburba doesn't quite surpass last year's breakout release, it's certainly House of Heroes' most fun album, hands down.

As the proverb says, a man's heart reflects the man. And in Rob Reiner's newest coming-of-age film, Flipped, young hearts in motion not only mirror the feelings of first love but also the character of who someone really is deep down inside.

If Sigmund Freud were alive today he might push for a label affixed to Bibles, something along the lines of, “WARNING: Regular exposure to this book can lead to unhappiness, depression, psychosis, and in some cases, suicide.”

It is impossible to understand Abraham's faith without realizing that there was nothing in Abraham that commended him to God. God does not look down from heaven to find a person who has a bit of divine righteousness or a bit of faith.

Have churches and small groups replaced the incomparable Christ with something safer and smaller?

Because group members should never feel rushed or starved when it comes to prayer.

It doesn't have to be boring or ineffective; it can be great.

I always feared seeing my hometown turn into Armageddon, and five years ago, sure enough, that’s just what happened.

Each time I came across something that contradicted what I had believed before receiving Christ, I had to make a choice to reject my former teachings or experiences and replace them with what God said about the situation or circumstance.

There's been a lot of recent discussion about how we got the New Testament. What's if it's not all Dan Brown-style fiction?

Though thousands of people still attend churches around the world, very few truly experience the connection between God’s design for the church and living their lives within that design as God intended. Why the disconnect?

As I was growing up, I read all the fairy-tale stories like Sleeping Beauty, hoping to one day meet my prince and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, most fairy tales give us an unrealistic picture of what our life with the prince will be like.

Letting go has never been easy for me. My son joining the military only compounded my fears. I struggled. I cried...

Many of us have an intellectual understanding that, yes, our marital status does not define us. We leave school, we buy homes, and we participate in communities of faith. But how many of us have adopted the mindset that our reality won’t really click until we have a spouse?

When there's been nothing more than mindless popcorn flicks at a theater near you this summer, you can't help but want to root for a seemingly charming little movie like Flipped. But when the end product is little more than a plodding slice of nostalgia, you simply want something more.

Obama's problem isn't a tiny fringe that believes he faces Mecca to pray five times a day, but an increasingly large number of Americans that aren't sure what he believes.

More than anything else, divorce demonstrates the sacredness of marriage. The shattering of a family reveals the incredible bonds that were never meant to break...

Downtown, most folks don't want an Islamic mosque, and uptown one man doesn't want to honor a Catholic woman who began her work in a predominantly Hindu nation.

New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan has learned what many Christians already knew: Much of what is framed as "science versus religion" is really a clash of world views.

Though Natalie Grant has amassed an impressive and highly lauded body of work over the last 11 years, August 24 marks the release of her eighth album, Love Revolution—a project, she says, that is a result of her compelling desire to call people to action, specifically to a radical love.

Possessing the vocal prowess of music veterans, April, Deborah, Philip and Wil—otherwise known as Ashmont Hill—distribute a heavy-hitting inspirational hybrid of gospel-tinged modern worship and potent power ballads on their second national release.

The bottom line: if you set your tax withholding too high, you are giving up, or at least unnecessarily delaying, a great opportunity to build your savings.

If your anger is running wild, God can help you control it and find the peace needed for Surviving in an Angry World.