David T. Koyzis

Here is good news for those of us who have been continually told that divorce rates amongst Christians are comparable to those of the general population: The Christian Divorce Rate Myth.W. Bradford Wilcox, a leading sociologist at the University of Virginia and director of the National Marriage . . . . Continue Reading »

North American denominationalism seems to owe much to John Locke’s definition of church in his Letter Concerning Toleration:A church, then, I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord in order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael Gerson has published an astute analysis of the current controversy south of the border over religious freedom: Catholics, contraceptives and John Locke. An excerpt:One tradition of religious liberty contends that freedom of conscience is protected and advanced by the autonomy of religious . . . . Continue Reading »

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza writes in Canada’s National Post: Bringing soft totalitarianism into the classroom. An excerpt:Ill winds are blowing across the land when it comes to parental rights, religious liberty and education policy.Quebec’s new “ethics and religious culture” . . . . Continue Reading »

This past weekend my wife and I were privileged to attend a banquet near Toronto to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister of minorities and the only Christian in that country’s government. A number of dignitaries were present at this . . . . Continue Reading »

This morning we observed Holy Communion for the first time since late last year. How I wish Reformed churches would celebrate the Lord’s Supper whenever they meet for worship. When will we finally follow Calvin’s wishes rather than the defective practice of Geneva’s city fathers? . . . . Continue Reading »

The welfare state consists of a network of public, financial benefits originally established to even out the boom and bust extremes of the business cycle. In the United States, the welfare state got its start with President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and continued with President Lyndon . . . . Continue Reading »

Calvin College’s prolific James K. A. Smith has published an open letter to praise bands that is worth reading and pondering. Writes Smith:In particular, my concern is that we, the church, have unwittingly encouraged you to simply import musical practices into Christian worship . . . . Continue Reading »

After some days of conspicuous silence on the controversy, Sojouners’ God’s Politics blog has finally published this statement by Alec Hill, President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA: At Stake: Religious Liberty.Last month, the Federal government mandated that Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

Controversy continues: Religious Liberty and Civil Society. Yuval Levin plausibly explains the origin of the current confusion over the definition of religious freedom in English-speaking democracies:The English common law tradition of religious toleration, which we inherited, has always had a . . . . Continue Reading »