Over the past several years, there has been a stalemate in Congress over immigration reform. As a result, state legislatures have taken the matter into their own hands. The most draconian law passed has been the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, which was signed into law on June…  [more]

Charitable tax deductions are easy to defend. Who doesn't like the idea of rewarding people who give to their church, their community or some other worthy cause? It is an extremely difficult issue to touch politically, because nobody wants to be against rewarding charitable people. There are a bunch of…  [more]

Tim Tebow is polarizing in the sports world. It seems almost everyone has an opinion about the college football superstar turned Denver Broncos quarterback. For some, it’s an issue of how his public faith meshes with sports. For others, it’s the disbelief that he’s a starting NFL quarterback who has…  [more]

Churches built around the concept of "missional living" are everywhere lately. My family and I relocated two years ago for the sole purpose of helping launch such a church, compelled by the vision of getting out of a building, back into the neighborhood, reaching the culture where it is. But…  [more]

Business is booming in Brazil. So is Christianity. What does the latter mean for the former, and vice versa? The former statement has become commonplace in discussions about the world’s economy. While the United States and Europe experience the full weight of fiscal irresponsibility and their national limbs strain to…  [more]