The World Is More Religious Than Ever

Is our world becoming overwhelming secular? Not exactly, says researcher Rodney Stark. In his book The Triumph of Faith, Stark argues that our world is ...

Survey Asks 'Do All Religions Lead to God?'

Buried within Pew's recent study on the American religious landscape was a startling find. Adults who identified with a specific religion were asked whether ...

Survey of Religious Beliefs Around the Globe

A 2015 poll based on the religious beliefs of nearly 64,000 people from 65 countries found some surprising results on the need for global evangelism and ...

Broken People Praying to a Broken Buddha

Pastor/author J.R. Vassar writes about ministering in Myanmar (Burma) and coming upon a broken Buddha:

One day we were prayer walking through a large Buddhist ...

Religion … the Fountain of Youth?

A BBC article profiles a Seventh Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California, where aged residents live an average of ten years longer than the ...

The Six Blind Men and a Talking Elephant

Do you remember the famous story about the six blind men and the elephant? One blind man touches the belly of the animal and thinks it's a wall. Another ...

World War 2 'Cargo Cults'—Faith Without Power

Natives of the islands of the South West Pacific had very little, if any, contact with the modern world and its many technological advances. So during ...

Comedian on Guilt and Religion

The comedian Cathy Ladman expresses a view that's becoming more and more common: "All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt with different ...

Money Can't Buy Meaning; Only Religion Can

For years now researchers have been trying to determine if money can buy happiness. Previous research has shown that wealthy countries typically rank ...

Americans Are Obsessed with Spirituality

Research literature shows that the great majority of Americans who say they have "no religion" are still quite religious, or at least "spiritually inclined." ...