RESURRECTING PAGAN RITES
This three-part article series ran in The Christian Conscience magazine in December 2005, January 2006 and February 2006. At this time period Ed Tarkowski had a very active Internet discernment loop where Christian discerners from around the world were communicating their concerns about popular new movements in the evangelical world, including the
THE GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER
Evangelical prayer initiatives have been going on for decades, and some of them have been high profile semi-civic events. In the summer of 2005 Susan J. Conway and I researched a new twist on this corporate form of prayer intercession. The Global Day of Prayer incorporated scripted prayers that were
FREDA & FANNY – A Pharisaical Farce
This article by Sarah Leslie and Melanie Fields was written during a time period when discernment and education researchers were coming under attacks by Internet critics who were rushing to judgment, spreading rumors, spreading gossip, mischaracterizing us, and publishing accounts about us that were not truthful. Melanie and I took
PEERING INTO THE PEERS
This article first appeared in the May, 1997 issue of The Christian Conscience magazine. When we reviewed this test, which was being widely touted in the homeschooling community, we received special expertise from Steven Kossor, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist in Pennsylvania. Cynthia Weatherly, an education consultant, gave us additional research
Dominionism and the Rise of Christian Imperialism
“Dominionism and the Rise of Christian Imperialism” was an article that was solicited by a Leftist friend. She contacted me shortly before the Christmas holidays in 2005 asking me to explain to her the rise of the Christian Right — its beliefs and leaders. She was looking for a comprehensive
When Johnny Takes the Test
This article “When Johnny Takes the Test” was published in the September 1995 issue of our The Christian Conscience magazine. It was co-authored by Anita Hoge, Melanie Fields and Sarah Leslie who were moms who were researching the rise of a new type of test being used on students in education. Referred