More than three-quarters of Americans identify themselves as Christian, Gallup reports. Pollsters found that 78 percent of Americans identify with Christianity. Overall, more than 82 percent of Americans have a religious identity, with this percentage breakdown: 52.5:...

Gallup finds that of those adhering to a religious identity, Americans who considered themselves Christian made up 95 percent of respondents. 15% did not subscribe to any religious identity; but only 8% of Americans say they do not believe in God. Another find from Gallop:  81 percent of...

From the “give me a break” file comes this: While thousands of bargain hunters hit the stores for Black Friday deals, several churches are choosing to start the Christmas season with “Bless Friday” by giving back to the community. And these churches are hoping to get...

Quote from Joel Osteen in the Washington Times: “I believe that [Mormons] are Christians,” Mr. Osteen said. “I don’t know if it’s the purest form of Christianity, like I grew up with. But you know what, I know Mormons. I hear Mitt Romney — and I’ve never met him — but I...

From this month’s issue of Relevant Magazine: Eighty percent of young, unmarried Christians have had sex. Two-thirds have been sexually active in the last year. Even though, according to a recent Gallup poll, 76 percent of evangelicals believe sex outside of marriage is wrong. I’m...

Baptist Press is reporting that one activity can bring Christians, whether conservative or liberal, together: reading their Bible, a Baylor University research assistant, has reported. Frequently reading the Bible changed the attitudes of all Christians no matter their political background,...

Recently, I got a chance to ask Ron DeHaas, the CEO of Covenant Eyes, about what he’s seeing in the whole realm of Christians and the internet. Here’s the interview: 1. What trends are you seeing in Internet viewing habits among Christians? Are more things becoming acceptable as...

David Fitch writes:  This is an idea whose time has come. It is easy, simple, saves money, and I think it seeds the mission of God in N America for generations to come: STOP FUNDING TRADITIONAL CHURCH PLANTS and instead fund missionaries to inhabit contexts all across the new mission fields...

Pat Robertson’s take on the recent New York decision to legalize gay marriage: On this one, I think Pat really doesn’t say anything that many Christians don’t buy into, at least to some point.  Is God happy with the New York decision?  What do you...

Jonathan Dudley writes, Growing up in the evangelical community, I learned the Bible’s stance on homosexuality is clear-cut. God condemns it, I was taught, and those who disagree just haven’t read their Bibles closely enough. Having recently graduated from Yale Divinity School, I...

My friend Steve Miller writes: This Easter atheist Ricky Gervais asked you to read the Ten Commandments and score your performance.   He states his tally is 10 for 10; not an easy feat you would think for a non-believer, but he does provide some morality based reasons for scoring...

The American church is FAT.  No, seriously.  According to a new study, people who have religious involvement almost double the risk of obesity compared to those who have no involvement, according to CNN: Young, religiously active people are more likely than their non-religious...

A recent survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers found that Facebook is cited in one in five divorces in the United States. Also, more than 80 percent of divorce lawyers reported a rising number of people are using social media to engage in extramarital...

According to Craig Gross, the founder of XXXChurch.com: “If the church stopped consuming [porn], we would put a huge dent in it.” Read this interesting story over at the CNN Belief Blog about Craig and his relationship with porn star Ron Jeremy. Give it a read, then pop back over...

It’s been a bad few weeks for Yoga in the Christian community.  First Al Mohler came out with his stance:  “Christians who practice yoga are embracing, or at minimum flirting with, a spiritual practice that threatens to transform their own spiritual lives into a...