"When I co-wrote Besides the Bible, a collection of essays about books my co-authors and I think every Christian should read, our hopes for the project were modest. We wanted to encourage followers of Jesus to talk about books, especially the really good books."

Read more: John Pattison, Think Christian

"Contrary to conventional wisdom, religion has consistently been a major component of America’s foreign relations. From liberals like Clinton, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman to conservatives like Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan, religion has been central to the conduct of America’s relations with the wider world."

Read more: Andrew Preston, Religion & Politics

"The danger, of course, is that in claiming to speak for a group it is easy to only reflect back what that group already wants to hear."

Read more: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy

"Until recently, we’ve only been able to guess about the actual psychological effects of fiction on individuals and society. But new research in psychology and broad-based literary analysis is finally taking questions about morality out of the realm of speculation."

Read more: Jonathan Gotschall, Boston Globe

"What the authorities and the media seem determined to suppress is that the hoodlum elements in many ghettoes launch coordinated attacks on whites in public places. If there is anything worse than a one-sided race war, it is a two-sided race war, especially when one of the races outnumbers the other several times over."

Read More: Thomas Sowell, TownHall.com

"I knew that God sends us to just the right time period in human history, that he sends us our families, but I don’t think that it clicked until this past week that he sends us our neighbors too."

Read more: Jennifer Fulwiler, Conversion Diary

"Such arrangements are not unusual, said Dr. Daniel Shapiro, the medical director of Reproductive Biology Associates of Atlanta. He estimated that at least three quarters of his center’s egg-freezing patients — more than 100 over the past two years — have parents who paid part or all of the bill."

Read more: Elissa Gootman, New York Times

"So if you wrestle with the idea of God, stop wrestling. Instead, go love someone. Drop your cynicism; fast from snark; hold a child's hand; embrace your grandmother tenderly; tell someone what he or she means to you; compliment your father. Choose one action a day that dislocates you from the center of your universe. Perhaps you might even try a starter prayer: 'I don't believe in you, but I'm willing to be wrong.'"

Read more: Tim Muldoon, Culture at the Crossroads, Patheos

"This life is messy and sorrowful, something Paul understood when he wrote these words. Sometimes rejoicing with someone else means expressing genuine joy over their good blessing, while you wait bereaved and barren. This never negates the reality of our suffering, but it does help us to give honor where honor is due, especially on a day like Mother’s Day."

Read more: Courtney Reissig, Her.meneutics, Christianity Today

". . . These books can and do help us train up children. They trained me up when I struggled to make sense of myself, my circumstances, my very life. The great books made me feel less alone or misfit; they offered glimpses of a bigger picture and a bigger story and just where I might fit in it."

Read more: Caryn Rivadeneira, Think Christian

"The state's Court Of Appeals ruled Tuesday that simply looking at child pornography online does not constitute criminal possession or procurement of the images."

Read more: Christopher Mathias, Huffington Post

"It is often argued, by those who oppose amendments like North Carolina’s, that to protect marriage is to persecute gays and lesbians. But at the root of that contention is an illogical assumption: that you can’t be 'for' marriage unless you’re 'against' homosexuals. That is simply not true."

Read more: Jim Daly, Guest Voices, Washington Post