• John Stott Memorial: Remembering the Humble Giant in Faith

  WHEATON, Ill. – Hundreds of Christians inspired and impacted by the life of English evangelical theologian, preacher, and global thinker John Stott gathered at Wheaton College on Friday for his U.S. memorial service.

  

• Standard & Poor's US Rating Drop Causes Creditor China to Lash Out

  The U.S. government got a good scolding from its largest foreign creditor China on Saturday after rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded America from AAA to AA+ for failing to sufficiently deal with its $14 trillion debt problem.

• Bible Hides Secret Code for End of the World? May 21 and Numerology

  While Harold Camping caused atheists to mock his May 21 rapture calculation as “nonsense,” he also provoked others to think more deeply about the symbolic numbers in the Bible and what they could mean.

  

• NY Victory Doesn't Mean Gay Marriage Is Winning, Says Wash. Pastor

  The recent New York gay marriage victory gives the impression that proponents of same-sex unions are winning, but they are not, contends a Washington state pastor who is intimately involved in the same-sex marriage battle.

• Francis Collins: Atheist Richard Dawkins Admits Universe's Fine-Tuning Difficult to Explain

  Outspoken evangelical geneticist Francis Collins revealed that combative atheist Richard Dawkins admitted to him during a conversation that the most troubling argument for nonbelievers to counter is the fine-tuning of the universe.