At the end of the nineteenth century, academics began to shift control of higher knowledge away from clerics and to professionals like themselves. This broad secularization was accompanied by a kind of privatization where churches retreated from public space, abandoning knowledge claims in political and cultural affairs. In the spiritual vacuum created by the naked public university, Christian study centers have started.

Marriage in America is in trouble. New data from Pew Research shows that barely half of adults in the U.S. are married, and if this trend continues, singles will soon make up the majority of the adult U.S. population. All of this coincides with record numbers of out-of-wedlock births, prompting the obvious question—what kind of relationships are couples choosing instead of marriage?

Switzerland has become such a “suicide tourism” destination that in England the phrase “going to Switzerland” has come to mean committing assisted suicide.

The North Korean government recently allowed a pair of American criminals to speak to Western media. Jeffrey Fowle, who has been held in Pyongyang since May, worries that his children in Ohio “might be out on the street,” adding: “If this goes beyond the end of September, then I’m in grave danger of losing my…

Russell Moore addresses the argument that it is hypocritical for a minister to oppose same sex marriage while marrying people who have been previously divorced.

God wants us to be free and creative and productive — and to use wealth to promote justice and help those in need.

People who disagree with same-sex marriage and birth-control use have been met with accusations of bigotry. Are some Christians being unfairly shamed out of the public sphere?

You will, without a doubt, have someone close to you in your family come out as gay or lesbian. How should a Christian parent or grandparent respond?

Supreme Court Ends Legal Debate: This was about Religious Liberty

While there might not be full healing this side of heaven, churches can offer transgendered men and women a place where they are not projects to be fixed, but people whose stories —  and bodies — matter.