Religion |
Iranian authorities released American pastor Saeed Abedini from
solitary confinement today after forcing him to spend the week of
his birthday in a “small…
Religion |
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter announced on Facebook Friday that he
would not perform at Messiah College again unless the school
changed its policy against…
Religion |
The Obama administration has decided not to pursue its attempt to
force Tyndale House Publishers to provide contraceptive and
abortifacient drugs to its…
Obituary |
Dallas Willard, Christian philosopher and best-selling author, died
today from cancer. He was 77. Willard is best known for his
work on Christian…
Newsworthy |
Bethany Hamilton engaged. The “soul surfer” is no longer solo.
Bethany Hamilton, who survived a shark attack when she was 13 years
old, announced this…
Poetry | Below is a first for WORLDmag.com but a new start of an old
tradition in American journalism: the news poem. Hardly a vile
murder or a military victory went…
Media |
Sure, some of President Barack Obama’s press allies are trying to
minimize his administration’s self-inflicted damage. A telling
New York Times
headline:
Homeschooling |
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a German couple’s bid
for asylum in the United States today, pushing their family one
step closer to…
Homosexuality |
Last week I wrote about how Christians should respond to NBA player
Jason Collins coming out as gay. Later a young gay man challenged
me as to why Christians…
Abortion |
PHILADELPHIA—A jury took two weeks to find abortionist Kermit
Gosnell guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three of
four babies. If you personally…
Religious Liberty |
A Washington state florist sued by the state’s attorney general
over her refusal to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has
filed a countersuit alleging…
Religion |
Eleven days after the New York Jets cut him, Christian quarterback
Tim Tebow told a crowd of about 3,000 at Lake Michigan College that
his main goal is to…
Television |
The clock ran out on the hit Fox television series
24
two years ago, but according to a May 13 announcement from Fox
executives, it’s time to get things…
Homosexuality |
Barnabas Piper in his column yesterday, “This sin but not that
sin,” comes down on himself and others for making too much of Jason
Collins’ affirmation…
Marriage |
At the end of days, our grandparents and great-grandparents will
rise up and ask us, “How did things get so complicated?” For
centuries, men and women…
Abortion |
Heartbreaking and treacherous are just two words being used to
describe the latest abortion story out of Florida. According to
federal authorities,
Crime |
After 10 years of captivity, police discovered three missing women
late Monday in a home just south of downtown Cleveland. Three
brothers have since been…
WORLD normally does not post articles directly from the Associated
Press, given the news agency
’s ideological bias, but we are publishing this story unedited…
Libya |
For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama
administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in
Benghazi, Libya, that killed…
Religion |
Iranian authorities released American pastor Saeed Abedini from
solitary confinement today after forcing him to spend the week of
his birthday in a “small…
Marriage |
At the end of days, our grandparents and great-grandparents will
rise up and ask us, “How did things get so complicated?” For
centuries, men and women…
Islam |
Alvin Schmidt, a retired Illinois College professor, has written
How Christianity Changed the World
(Zondervan, 2004), a terrific history, and
The American…
Television |
The clock ran out on the hit Fox television series
24
two years ago, but according to a May 13 announcement from Fox
executives, it’s time to get things…
Obituary |
Dallas Willard, Christian philosopher and best-selling author, died
today from cancer. He was 77. Willard is best known for his
work on Christian…
Islam |
On Friday, WORLD Magazine will publish an article detailing how the
National Endowment for the Humanities is using taxpayer funds to
promote Islam in the…
Abortion |
PHILADELPHIA—You may have noticed over the past month I have been
trying, from different angles, to be as clear as I can, using the
measure of gifting God…
Homeschooling |
The German government harasses and persecutes that country’s few
homeschoolers. A German homeschooling family’s fight for asylum in
the United States will…
Religion |
The Obama administration has decided not to pursue its attempt to
force Tyndale House Publishers to provide contraceptive and
abortifacient drugs to its…
Education |
As I’ve alluded to before, my 8-year-old, Cooper, went to school
this year for the first time and had the rudest awakening of his
life. Apparently, although…
Religious Liberty |
A Washington state florist sued by the state’s attorney general
over her refusal to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has
filed a countersuit alleging…
Homosexuality | Last week I wrote about how Christians should respond to NBA player
Jason Collins coming out as gay. Later a young gay man challenged
me as to why Christians feel the need to respond with such bold
clarity to…
Homosexuality |
Barnabas Piper in his column yesterday, “This sin but not that
sin,” comes down on himself and others for making too much of Jason
Collins’ affirmation…
Religion |
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter announced on Facebook Friday that he
would not perform at Messiah College again unless the school
changed its policy against…
Abortion |
PHILADELPHIA—You may have noticed over the past month I have been
trying, from different angles, to be as clear as I can, using the
measure of gifting God…
Government |
In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax
Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of internet
access and internet-only…
Marriage |
At the end of days, our grandparents and great-grandparents will
rise up and ask us, “How did things get so complicated?” For
centuries, men and women…
Government |
WASHINGTON—The National Organization for Marriage intends to sue
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next week amid allegations that
the government…
Religion |
Mark Driscoll, megachurch pastor, conference speaker, author,
husband and father, has added another facet to his job description:
lightning rod. Wherever his…
Religious Liberty |
A gay man in New Zealand who wants to become an Anglican priest is
taking the Bishop of Aukland to the country’s Human Rights Tribunal
for discriminating…
Boston Bombings |
A small Muslim cemetery in Virginia is responsible for offering
Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev a final resting place,
The Washington Times
reported…
Libya |
For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama
administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in
Benghazi, Libya, that killed…
Religious Liberty |
A Washington state florist sued by the state’s attorney general
over her refusal to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has
filed a countersuit alleging…
Abortion |
PHILADELPHIA—In a puzzling move, abortionist and convicted murderer
Kermit Gosnell chose a deal Tuesday to waive his appeal rights in
order to avoid the…
Faith & Inspiration |
“But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible”
(Ephesians 5:13). I had a fantasy for Mother’s Day and the Lord
graciously made it come…
Abortion |
“You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order
to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and
your mother’; and,
Culture |
The ad starts with a soft choral singing of “California Dreaming,”
and small white balls falling out of the sky like snowflakes onto
sequoia forests, the…
Congress |
WASHINGTON—A bill that would tax all online purchases sailed
through the U.S. Senate this week with broad bipartisan support.
The Marketplace Fairness Act…
Government |
The biggest push to expand government from any administration since
the 1960s is alternately unraveling in scandal and flying out of
the grip of its makers. A…
Newsworthy |
Sad statistics. According to a Defense Department report due out
later this week, sexual assaults in the military have increased by
more than a third in the…
Homeschooling |
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a German couple’s bid
for asylum in the United States today, pushing their family one
step closer to…
Essay |
On Saturday I spoke at my college commencement, wearing these
snakeskin heels that reminded me of the foot bindings that slowly
broke the bones in the feet of…
Pakistan |
Pakistan’s election today reminds me that the United States made a
big mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan by pushing democracy rather
than liberty. As the…
Government |
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing to raise
the minimum age for buying cigarettes in the city to 21. Perhaps it
is her way of saying…
Technology |
I know, I know, the verb is “tweeting.” But I just got on board
this month, so cut me a break. It was April 28, 2013, that I even
acquired my first cell…
Crime |
After 10 years of captivity, police discovered three missing women
late Monday in a home just south of downtown Cleveland. Three
brothers have since been…
Islam |
On Friday, WORLD Magazine will publish an article detailing how the
National Endowment for the Humanities is using taxpayer funds to
promote Islam in the…
Homosexuality | Bold: not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible
danger or rebuff; courageous and daring …
Several WORLD writers have covered the Chris…
