The year of my birth, 1940, was the fulcrum of America in the twentieth century, when the nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and the storms of war in Europe and the Pacific on the other.

We live in a world where terror has become a too familiar part of our vocabulary. The terror of 9/11, in which al-Qaeda's attacks on America launched the nation into three wars - against Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Islamic State.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades, ... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.