I’ve known Chuck Colson, who died today at the age of 80, for 12 years and have been a fan of his for many more. Our friendship began shortly after I became the president of Crossroad Bible Institute. Colson’s Prison Fellowship ministry and CBI have been closely aligned for years;…  [more]

There’s a trial in progress alleging NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory demoted and then fired computer specialist David Coppedge for promoting his views on intelligent design. None of us can know what really went on at the JPL offices, to know how or how often Coppedge brought up the topic. It’s…  [more]

In the interest of full disclosure, it’s probably impossible for me to be impartial about Blue Like Jazz, which premieres tonight at the South By Southwest film festival. I’ve been a fan of director Steve Taylor for nearly 30 years and have had the privilege of working with him several…  [more]

Thousands of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that broke out last January and eventually drove long-time Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak from office. Where has the turmoil left the country’s Christians? “It has been quite a year…  [more]

Over the last five years, an alliance of Christian missions groups in the Dominican Republic has offered theological and spiritual formation for about 1,500 leaders, helped a group of prostitutes start a jewelry-making business and translated books and articles into Spanish to be used by Christian schools. Known as the…  [more]