In his last days in office Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta pushed two new social policies into the heart of the US military establishment. On Jan 23, 2013 he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. On Feb 11, 2013 he expanded military benefits to gay and lesbian couples. This is the fruit
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It’s tempting to divide Christians into the politically engaged and the evangelistically inclined. And, to be sure, that kind of segregation would accurately describe many followers of Christ. Samuel Rodriguez is an exception. As a pastor, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and one of America’s “seven most influential Hispanic
America can be restored, notwithstanding the long downward path and recent defeats. The nation can be healed, but only with intentional and informed engagement by a remnant. First, we must recognize that ultimately, healing nations is God’s work: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves
Here’s another suggestion flowing from the 2012 presidential election in America: It is time for a remnant to serve the nation. America was founded by men and women who were consciously Christian. They were Puritans in heart and mind, the grandchildren of the Reformation in Europe and children of the First
If a culture needs healing, more than politics will be required. A Nation Divided in Culture These fifty United States have become two nations sharing one geography. We inhabit the same land, but embrace divided cultures and moral visions. And a divided nation will not stand. In one of his
Many people have identified the 2012 election as a tipping point in America, a point after which we live in a different country. If this is true, it’s not because of one election. The election is simply the manifestation of 100 years of cultural drift. National change always begins at
How should love change the way we participate in today’s immigration debate? A big piece of the answer was posted recently at The Gospel Coalition by DNA board member, Tyler Johnson. Tyler is the lead pastor of Redemption Church, a multi-congregational church in the Phoenix metro area, and co-director of
As we approach a critical moment in America’s history, we found the following remark from the nation’s best-known evangelist worthy of calling to the attention of our readers. As I approach my 94th birthday I realize this election could be my last. I believe it is vitally important that we
Maybe because of the inevitable criticism, we Christ followers are sometimes hesitant to bring our Christian worldview to the marketplace of ideas. But that reluctance betrays a misguided notion: that the biblical positions we profess belong to us. We are shy, maybe, because we wrongly think the criticism is being directed
As believers today, our struggle with a split concept of reality is often revealed in our dualism between the Old and New Testament. Jesus labors with our tendency towards this in Matthew 5: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not
