1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1456+ words) Free Speech Victory for Counselors " Part 3 Juicy Ecumenism Free Speech Victory for Counselors " Part 3 Earlier articles (here and here) reviewed the Chiles v. Salazar case, decided by the Supreme Court early in the spring. The court decided that Kaley Chiles, a…...

20+ hour, 9+ min ago  (739+ words) Presbyterians were central to founding America. Sadly, they are now much faded, and the chief Presbyterian denomination is specifically refusing to recognize America's 250th. At their current General Assembly, the 1-million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) rejected a thoughtful resolution to honor America's…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (92+ words) We shouldn't read this, however, as though Wesley liked this "uncommon train of providences" in and of themselves. He believed that providence always worked for ultimate good, but that providence can also imply a negative experience that is meant to…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (346+ words) As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, there is one place every American should visit: Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Completed in 1763, Touro Synagogue is the oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States and one of the great…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (399+ words) By a very uncommon train of providences many of the provinces of North America are totally disjoined from their mother country and erected into independent states." -John Wesley With all the interest in American independence, and the war that started…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (691+ words) United Methodism's removing Asbury Theological Seminary, located outside Lexington, Kentucky, from its list of approved schools for persons seeking ordination was inevitable but arrived quicker than expected. Asbury is America's eighth largest seminary, with nearly 900 full time students. (View data…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (596+ words) The Danger in Counseling Bans Counseling Bans in Other Western Nations Hurt Feelings as Harm The positions taken on this issue in Supreme Court briefs followed familiar lines, with conservative churches and right-leaning organizations supporting Chiles, and liberal or secularist…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (420+ words) Mark Tooley became president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) in 2009. He joined IRD in 1994 to found its United Methodist committee (UMAction). He is also editor of IRD's foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (520+ words) A preliminary report from the 400, 000-member conservative Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) has denounced most of what is associated with self-identified advocates of Christian Nationalism, which is good news. But do denominational declarations still matter?...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (946+ words) Most remarkable was the purchase price: when the deed was transferred from First Baptist Church to Church of the Good Shepherd in the fall of 2024, it was given free of charge. There are also many instances in which Anglican congregations…...