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  Faith Digest: Book of Mormon Ads

  “You’ve seen the play. … Now read the book.” That’s the message the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is sending in three full-page advertisements in the playbill of the stage musical The Book of Mormon.

  03/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  DBU alum uses platform as musician to make a difference

  With a strong desire to see lives changed for God’s glory, singer/songwriter Kari Jobe encourages girls to become rooted in the Bible and not succumb to the pressures of society.

  03/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  God and Man: Full humanity of Christ often shortchanged

  Whenever Brandon Hudson speaks publicly about the doctrine of the incarnation, he does so cautiously. Growing up Baptist, leading youth and preaching have taught him to tread lightly around the topic of Jesus’ human nature.

  03/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Adult children of divorced parents more likely to cut religious ties

  Adults whose parents were divorced are more likely to switch religions or disassociate themselves from institutional religions altogether, a study by a Baylor University sociologist reveals.

  03/14/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  For Hollywood couple, biblical miniseries a labor of love

  While Hollywood heavyweights Roma Downey and Mark Burnett describe their 10-hour History Channel docudrama The Bible as a “love story” between God and mankind, the project also is rooted in a love story of their own.

  03/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Violence threatens touring artifacts

  Fighting in Mali has delayed the American tour of a unique exhibit featuring centuries-old texts and artifacts from Timbuktu, an ancient center of Islamic learning.

  03/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Exhibit highlights blacks’ connection to Scripture

  An exhibit at New York’s Museum of Biblical Art makes one point clear and inescapable: Biblical narratives and imagery have been an underlying constant in the life of African-American Christians.

  03/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Bad sex a problem

  An unsatisfying sex life is more of a problem for marriages than religious differences, a new survey shows.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Evangelical conservatives embraced a like-minded pope

  Not all Catholics appreciated Pope Benedict XVI’s staunch defense of Christian orthodoxy, traditional marriage and life from conception to natural death. But many American evangelicals sure did.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  A gift to be simple

  Whether inspired by religious devotion or just frustration with modernity, some people feel drawn to simple living.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Fasting like an Old Testament prophet gains followers during Lent

  The food regimen that kept Old Testament prophet Daniel and his friends free from corruption in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian court is gaining adherents during Lent.

  02/21/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Did gun control prevent Jews from stopping the Holocaust?

  Many American Jews are denouncing the comparison between the Third Reich law that forbade Jews to own guns and current gun control proposals.

  02/21/2013 - By John Rutledge