Numerous blogs and columns have been surfacing about Christianity's "decline." Most recently, during the week of Easter, Newsweek's cover story cavalierly announced Christianity's impending doom and eventual destruction. This week, I ran across a telling article at realclearpolitics.com called The Decline and Fall of Newsweek. The author, Brent Bozell, questions how Newsweek, a magazine whose circulation has decreased by 52 percent since 1990, could say that Christianity is heading for doom because 10 percent fewer people identify as Christians than did in 1990. The article is a quick read and one I believe you will enjoy. After you've read it, come back and tell us your thoughts on the issue. Click here to read it. read more

Around the world people will be celebrating Earth Day on Wed., April 22. Though care for God's creation is not usually an issue that motivates conservative Christians, I felt it would be good to focus on what some Christians--especially the younger generation--are doing to raise ecological awareness within the Christian community.

Below is an interesting article by Meredith Grady, daughter of J. Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma magazine. She is a student at Emmanuel College. It is obvious that in the Grady family the apple did not fall far from the tree.

Anna Jane Joyner, the daughter of Christian leader Rick Joyner, pastor of South Carolina based-Morningstar Ministries, leads a student group called Renewal: Students Caring for Creation. Last summer 12 passionate Christian college students and recent graduates gathered to develop a network of Christian students committed to caring for God's creation. Two months later, Renewal's first event--the Renewal Summit, which was a leaders training and community building effort, and was attended by more than 50 student leaders from across North America. The organization is continuing to grow; it recently sponsored the first National Day of Prayer for God's Creation, which included hundreds of Christians from 27 states and 5 continents.  You can read more about this on their Web site by clicking here.

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12:23PM EDT 4/21/2009

I made a collage for a boyfriend once. Silly, I know. I spent hours pinning little bows, buttons, kissy-pictures and other embarrassing items on a large piece of misshapen cardboard. It was Valentine's Day or some anniversary (or a Tuesday), and I thought a creative, thoughtful expression to be thoroughly appropriate.

After adding paint, song lyrics, and probably more kissy-pictures, I presented my work of art to him with enthusiasm. He seemed appreciative enough at first, spouting phrases like, "Oh, I love that picture" and "Excellent color scheme!" I assumed this meant he was going to take care of my masterpiece forever and ever. read more

I just returned from an important "Israel Summit" in San Antonio, Texas, with about 140 leaders from around the United States. We came away deeply concerned about the situation in Israel because of the threat from Iran and with an awareness that what we are doing through Christians United For Israel (CUFI) is more important than ever.

I am motivated to encourage as many people as possible to participate in several upcoming CUFI events. The first is Sunday, May 17, which is called CUFI Sunday. So far nearly 1,000 churches are signed up for this event. You can click here for more information on how to sign up. read more

1:39PM EDT 4/16/2009

With gay marriage legislation being passed in Iowa and Vermont, some Christians are saying that there is an all out war on traditional values. I thought Samuel Rodriguez (pictured), president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, spoke eloquently on this subject. You can read his comments here and then come back to our Web site and tell me what you think by leaving a comment.

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