Joe Carter

Domestic terrorists are not always violent, but they are almost always cowardly. Take, for example, the despicable hoax perpetrated on the families of Vermont National Guardsmen: The late-night phone calls were wrenching for the Vermont families of soldiers serving in Afghanistan — a stranger . . . . Continue Reading »

Since we’re discussing evangelicalism, it might be useful to answer the question, “What does it mean to be evangelical ?” While the term has a limited range of application, referring to specific traits, churches, convictions, and practices within Christianity, its denotation is so . . . . Continue Reading »

David : I’m a big fan of Collin Hansen, but his article that you refer to in Christianity Today contains some unintentionally misleading points—and misses the true change that is taking place within evangelicalism. For example, he quotes Michael Horton saying that, “Warren’s . . . . Continue Reading »

In an On the Square feature last month, Matthew Hanley wrote about the ineffectiveness of needle-exchange programs and other harm reduction strategies. He asked, “[W]hat should we think of a philosophy whose goal is to sanitize the entire enterprise of addiction ad infinitum ?” Many who . . . . Continue Reading »

Florida sends a message to abortionists: Be sure to kill the right baby the first time— or you may lose your license . The Florida Board of Medicine revoked a Sarasota OB-GYN’s medical license last Friday for aborting the wrong baby of a mother pregnant with twins. Dr. Matthew Kachinas . . . . Continue Reading »

Where is the most religious place on earth? Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth — between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa. Religion is “very important” to more than three-quarters of the population in 17 of 19 . . . . Continue Reading »

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” was a catchphrase made famous by J. Wellington Wimpy , a character in the comic strip Popeye . But it also describes, with slight modification, the attitude of Americans to funding government: “I’ll begrudgingly pay you . . . . Continue Reading »

Winning a war of independence and fathering a country have secured George Washington’s reputation for greatness. But our first president now stands accused of a violating a sacred public trust: He checked out library books and never returned them . Librarians in New York’s oldest . . . . Continue Reading »

The first national day of prayer was declared in 1775 when the Continental Congress “designated a time for prayer in forming a new nation.” But in 2010, American judges apparently have a better understanding of the Constitution than the men who founded this country: A federal judge in . . . . Continue Reading »

To my fellow humans who are entering that most precarious stage of human development. Let me begin by congratulating you on making it through the embryonic stage. Too many of our fellow humans don’t even make it as far as you have now. Many died of natural causes. Others were cut down prior to . . . . Continue Reading »