European Ideals, or Merely Fashion?

The men who created the European ideal ... believed it to mean a commitment to certain political values: social pluralism, political democracy, human ...

Political "Reform"

There is nothing quite like a presidential election year to reveal how empty and dissatisfying our political process has become. ... Television has taken ...

He Has Conquered Every Democrat

One Sunday morning during junior church we learned a song with the line, "He has conquered every foe." When I saw a number of puzzled expressions, I explained ...

Morality and Politics

Sufyan Thauri, a classical Muslim writer, once wrote, "The best of the rulers is he who keeps company with men of [religious] learning, and the worst ...

Religious Faith Is No Secret Vice

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said:

Church and state would not be such a difficult subject if religion were, as the Court apparently thinks it to ...

National Idolatry

The chief impediment to religious liberty in our generation is the renewed effort to make of the United States a theocracy rather than the constitutional ...

The Right Relationship of Church and State

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.

Whatever Happened to Sacrifice?

Sacrifice is a word a power-hungry church just doesn't understand. A church that cares about power--the power of a large membership, power in the ...

The Gospel Above All

In 1934, the Confessing Christian church in Germany spoke out against the rise of what was called "German Christianity," inspired by Nazism. ...

Some Men Have Many Masters

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.