Religion on Townhall

• Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion Tue May 21
  Reuters News
• President Obama’s Tin Ear Toward the Persecuted Christians Sun Apr 28
  Michael Youssef
  When it comes to the persecution of Christians, President Obama appears to have a tin ear. The question is: why? ... more
• 7 Things Every Moderate Muslim Should Believe Sat Apr 27
  John Hawkins
  Before 9/11, most Americans looked at Islam as no different than any of the world's other great religions. But since that terrible day, Americans have read countless stories about crazed riots over damaged Qurans, terrorists who've murdered people in the name of Allah and violent threats over Muhammad cartoons. Quite understandably, this has caused people to become considerably more wary of Islam. ... more
• Egypt Persecutes Christians and Americans Pay the Bill Mon Apr 22
  Ken Blackwell
  Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood's governing majority, is not actually crucifying the nation’s Christians. But they are nonetheless actively persecuting Coptic Christians who are said to be one-tenth of the population of the largest Arab country. ... more
• Lawmakers Want Army to Apologize for Attacks on Christians Wed Apr 10
  Todd Starnes
  At least a dozen members of Congress have signed a letter demanding the Secretary of the Army rescind and apologize for a briefing that labeled Evangelical Christians and Catholics as religious extremist groups, Fox News has learned. ... more
• The World Is Upside-Down Tue Apr 9
  David Limbaugh
  What right-minded person can deny the current uncanny applicability of the admonition by the Prophet Isaiah, uttered some 2,700 years ago, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness"? ... more
• Fighting for the Soul of America Mon Apr 8
  Matt Barber
  I just had breakfast with the Rev. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. Well, not the real Peter Muhlenberg, but a preacher friend of mine named Travis Witt. Travis does a powerful impersonation of the Revolutionary War-time pastor-patriot at churches and other venues around the country. ... more
• Swallowing Camels/Straining at Gnats Mon Apr 8
  Ken Blackwell
  Some media types these days don’t like “Bible thumping.” But there are times when, as the author of Cultural Literacy, Prof. E. D. Hirsch noted, the Bible can be a useful communications tool. ... more
• A Redneck’s Marital Musings on Bill O’Reilly, BibleThumping, Nature and Statism Sun Apr 7
  Doug Giles
  According to Bill O’Reilly, pundits cannot appeal to the Bible any longer for public policy regarding homosexuals that want to get married. At least I think it’s just in regards to homosexual marriages. ... more
• Why Bill O'Reilly is Wrong About The Bible Sun Apr 7
  Kevin McCullough
  For the last two weeks Bill O'Reilly has committed multiple journalistic mis-steps. ... more
• Krauthammer: Gay Marriage Case Could Lead to 'Assault on Religion" Sun Mar 31
  America
  On Inside Washington, Dr. K weighs in on the gay marriage case before the Supreme Court. ... more
• Churches: Time to Fight! Thu Mar 28
  Michael Reagan
  You can’t win the fight if you don’t put on the gloves. A punch-drunk, old heavyweight boxer knows that’s a truism, but not the churches of America. ... more
• University Apologizes for Stomping Jesus Sat Mar 23
  Todd Starnes
  Florida Atlantic University has issued an apology for a classroom assignment that involving students writing the name “Jesus” on a sheet of paper and then stomping on the paper. The university also said the lesson will never again be used. ... more
• Discounting Parents' Rights Wed Mar 20
  Ken Connor
  For people of faith in America, the Obama administration's birth control mandate represents an unprecedented assault on religious conscience. It seems that the President and his surrogates have little appreciation for the role that faith plays in the lives of many Americans, and even less respect for the Constitution's protection of religious liberty. ... more
• Pope Francis -- Against the West? Fri Mar 15
  Pat Buchanan
  "The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith," wrote Hilaire Belloc after that bloodbath we call World War I. "Either Europe will return to the Faith or she will perish." ... more
• Cardinals Would Be Wise to Ignore Journalists' Advice Thu Mar 14
  Michael Barone
  The College of Cardinals met in conclave on Tuesday to begin the process of electing a new pope. The cardinals have been getting plenty of advice from American journalists. ... more
• How Not To Appraise A Pope Tue Mar 12
  Bill Murchison
  Church-state separation never seems more a reality in America than when the media begin to appraise both the qualifications for a new pope and the challenges he -- whoever "he" turns out to be -- must face. ... more
• How Should Christians Respond to Government Growth and Spending? Sun Mar 10
  Jay W. Richards
  The federal government now borrows and spends with such reckless abandon that it is careening toward a global economic catastrophe. If Christians can’t muster the courage to speak out against what Rep. Paul Ryan has called “the most predictable debt crisis in history,” we won’t deserve to be taken seriously after the collapse. ... more
• Indonesian provincial vote suggests religion card weakening Thu Mar 7
  Reuters News
• The Second Pope Tue Mar 5
  Paul Greenberg
  The wire services routinely refer to Benedict XVI, now the pope emeritus, as the first pontiff to abdicate in 800 years. But few of the news stories go into just who this earlier pope was, and why he chose to end his papacy. Which is understandable. The big story of 1294 is scarcely breaking news today. But it's a pity more attention isn't paid to the abdication of Celestine V, now St. Celestine, aka Celestino. Because history can prove instructive. ... more
• Is Scripture-Quoting a Sign that You’re Nuts? Thu Feb 21
  Jerry Newcombe
  Currently in the theaters is the movie, <i>Safe Haven</i>, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. In the book, the bad guy goes around quoting Scripture. ... more
• Dr. Carson's Refreshing Jolt of Good Societal Medicine Tue Feb 12
  David Limbaugh
  President Obama must have been stunned at the "audacity" of Dr. Benjamin Carson in challenging his core assumptions right to his face in front of thousands of people at the National Prayer Breakfast. ... more
• America's Role in a Darkening Age Tue Jan 29
  Pat Buchanan
  When, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, "We will bury you," and, "Your children will live under communism," Eisenhower's America scoffed. ... more
• Egypt family sentenced for changing religion Mon Jan 28
  Baptist Press
  Egypt family sentenced for changing religion ... more
• Star Parker: Are MLK's Christian Values Welcome Today? Mon Jan 21
  Star Parker
  The Rev. Louie Giglio, designated to give the benediction at this year's presidential inauguration, has withdrawn, under apparent pressure, after the surfacing of remarks he made, some 25 years ago, about the sinfulness of homosexuality. ... more

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