Christian groups have taken up selling fair-trade products that offer consumers the choice of purchasing a product from a company whose business practices maximize economic good for the consumer, the seller's bottom line and the originators of the product.
Even a financial decision as seemingly mundane as where to buy your morning coffee can have profound moral implications. Experts in ethics and economics say Christians need to examine their own consciences and beliefs to build an ethical framework for making their economic decisions.
Former President George W. Bush made no secret his politics were tinged by his religious faith, but in his recently released memoir, Decision Points, he never would have made it to the White House without a fateful—and faith-filled—decision to quit drinking in 1986.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- The Wayne E. Oates Institute has announced a $40,000 challenge gift from anonymous donors to honor leadership of Vicki Hollon, the group's executive director since 1996 who steps down at the end of November.
I bumped into a fellow the other day. Should have been watching where I was going, I guess. He probably could have done the same; he appeared to be looking in a different direction, too. This fellow looked a little dazed, and
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A bespectacled teenaged wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead may not fit most people’s picture of Christ, but Christian pop culture observer Greg Garrett definitely sees the similarities.
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) -- A free concert at a Texas Baptist church turned into a blessing for the city's hungry and homeless.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- A group that criticized the New International Version Bible translation for introducing a gender-inclusive edition in 2005 says it isn't satisfied by revisions in the latest edition recently available online.
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- James Lankford is typical of the many outsider conservative Republican candidates elected to Congress during the recent midterm elections. Elected to the House of Representatives from Oklahoma’s 5th District, he unexpectedly beat several more experienced opponents in the