WORLD's Top 25 columns for 2014

1. A virus more deadly than Ebola

EBOLA VIRUS | A news poem inspired positively by Samaritan Purse workers and negatively by Donald Trump | By John Piper | Aug. 4

2. Shia LaBeouf’s profession of faith

RELIGION | Did the actor find Christ while filming Fury, or was he just acting? | By Megan Basham | Oct. 24

3. Louis Zamperini’s greatest victory came through faith in Christ

OBITUARY | Celebrated war hero aimed to shift glory to God and others | By Jamie Dean | July 3

4. Lessons learned from the Ice Bucket Challenge

CULTURE | Unearthing ethical issues in the viral appeal for donations to the ALS Association | By Amy Henry | Aug. 22

5. The Second Great Embarrassment

RELIGION | Protestants who treat leaders as mini-popes have fallen far from the Reformation | By Marvin Olasky | April 5 issue

6. Bryan College battle draws national attention

EDUCATION | Bryan College President Stephen Livesay responds to charges made by columnist Mike Adams | By Marvin Olasky | July 31

7. Mourning the necessary death of Mars Hill

RELIGION | Hoping and praying that the organization’s downfall is not an end but a beginning | By Marvin Olasky | Nov. 4

8. From Christian radio to a church near you

MUSIC | The largest cog in the Christian Industrial Complex | By Warren Cole Smith | Aug. 19

9. Small wonders

FAITH & INSPIRATION | Abounding in love means embracing daily grace | By Kara Tippetts | Nov. 1 issue

10. Four reasons why gay marriage is our concern

HOMOSEXUALITY | Putting a stop to mushy thinking | By Andrée Seu Peterson | March 12

11. Chick-fil-A’s regret

BUSINESS | Companies and individuals should take a stand against immorality | By La Shawn Barber | March 26

12. Prepare yourself for cultural exile

RELIGION | Carl Truman tells us what we should all know but have been reluctant to admit | By D.C. Innes | Aug. 11

13. Married to Darwin

SCIENCE | For the sake of the children, must we abandon Genesis? | By Marvin Olasky | July 12 issue

14. Taking a stand

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY | If it comes to breaking civil law, American Christians will have company | By Andrée Seu Peterson | Nov. 29 issue

15. Bryan College’s battle

EDUCATION | The lines have been drawn between faculty who believe in an historic Adam and Eve and theistic evolutionists | By Marvin Olasky | April 8

16. The incomplete telling of Louis Zamperini’s life

MOVIES | Angelina Jolie leaves out the most important part | By Cal Thomas | Dec. 24

17. ‘Most evangelical colleges teach evolution’

SCIENCE | Karl Giberson calls for reinterpretation of the Bible to be consistent with evolution | By Marvin Olasky | Feb. 4

18. Nero, Palpatine, Obama?

PRESIDENCY | The significance of the president’s unilateral action on immigration | By Marvin Olasky | Nov. 20

19. Sam Harris vs. Ben Affleck

ISLAM | The atheist author takes on the actor and his views on Islam | By Marvin Olasky | Oct. 10

20. Honoring Dad

FATHER’S DAY | Don’t go inside when he drops the ball | By Marvin Olasky | June 14 issue

21. The Benham blues are your blues, too

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY | Get used to the backlash from voicing a biblical moral stance | By D.C. Innes | May 19

22. The PCUSA becomes the tail

RELIGION | The mainline denomination jumps on the same-sex marriage bandwagon | By Andrée Seu Peterson | June 20

23. Life imprisonment for adulterers, thieves, drunkards, slanderers?

HOMOSEXUALITY | Unless we favor life sentences for heterosexual sin I don’t think we should for homosexual sin | By Marvin Olasky | Jan. 30

24. Noah made real

MOVIES | Thanks to the film Noah, maybe more people will believe the story of Noah’s Ark | By Marvin Olasky | March 29

25. Why I can’t teach your child

EDUCATION | Parents need to teach their children obedience | By Amy Henry | Oct. 3

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