In a year of faith-talking Democrats, a Muslim candidate speaks up

The documentary recounts what many consider the greatest college basketball scandal ever: the murder of Baylor hoops star Patrick Dennehy by his teammate Carlton Dotson, and the attempted coverup of serious NCAA violations by the team’s head coach, Dave Bliss.

Worship — which is what makes a sanctuary a sanctuary — has the formative effect of firing the imagination in order that Christians see the world and its politics as God’s and so possessed of grace and truth.

John Calvin argued for the plain meaning of the Bible while writing thousands of pages of commentary to help make plain what the scriptures were saying and teaching. What was plain and clear plainly needed some explaining.

A new book argues that the giving patterns of today’s wealthy may present challenges to the democratic process.

Those who are highly religious and those who have no religious belief at all tend to be less scared of death than the average person, which suggests that many of our behaviours are motivated by a fear of dying.

For anyone who has spent any time on the religion beat, it doesn’t take long to realize it’s not exactly a rainbow coalition of culturally diverse reporters, or stories for that matter.