In this episode of "The Inside Story," Christian Post reporter Ian Giatti discusses recent survey results that revealed that one-third of senior pastors believe a person can get to Heaven by being a good person. "I wish I could say I am shocked," Giatti says. "So many churches now are kind of moving away from a grounding in biblical theology and moving into other things." Listen now.

Philadelphia, Penn., has renamed a section of Lancaster Avenue in honor of the Rev. Absalom Jones, the first African American to be ordained a priest in The Episcopal Church. The renamed section includes the Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, a church with roots that date back to the 1790s when Jones led the congregation. It is believed to be the oldest historically African American Episcopal congregation in the United States. The Very Rev. Canon Martini Shaw, rector of St. Thomas church, told The Christian Post, "It is our hope that people embrace Absalom Jones' legacy of being an abolitionist. Also, his legacy of love, liberation, equality, advocacy, inclusion and spirituality." Read more.

In this editorial, TakeCharge Executive Director Sheila Qualls shares seven lessons she wants her children to learn from observing her marriage. Among the bunch: how to apologize and how to forgive quickly. Read more.

Church Answers CEO Thom S. Rainer discusses Billy Graham and the commitment he and his wife made to not be alone with a person of the opposite sex. In reflecting on the life of Graham and his love for his wife, Rainer shares several ways people can establish ground rules for preventing moral failures with members of the opposite sex, including by asking what Jesus would do, avoiding pornography and reading the Bible every day. Read the full list here.

Kids now have the chance to choose you as their sponsor. This puts the power in the hands of our brothers and sisters in developing countries — honoring their dignity as equals and celebrating our belief in Christ by loving our neighbor no matter who they are, or where they live.

It’s a simple switch in our thinking that gives value and honor to everyone involved —acknowledging that these kids have the power to change our lives, too.

Instead of you choosing from hundreds of pictures of children who need sponsors, your picture goes to the kids, and one of them will choose you.

You can step into this life-changing connection, one that empowers the child and their community for a future filled with opportunities. Better yet? Because of World Vision’s community-focused solutions, for every child you help, four more children benefit, too.

The American Library Association claims that efforts to ban or restrict books in school libraries are on the rise amid parents' concerns about sexually explicit material depicting child sex and pedophilia. In a Friday press release ahead of Banned Books Week, a September event geared toward raising awareness about frequently challenged books, the organization says it documented 681 attempts to ban or restrict library resources between Jan. 1 and Aug. 1, accounting for a total of 1,651 unique titles. The group's president, Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada, argued that such attempts reflected "coordinated, national efforts to silence marginalized or historically underrepresented voices and deprive all of us—young people, in particular—of the chance to explore a world beyond the confines of personal experience." Family Research Council's Meg Kilgannon pushed back on the ALA president's comments and accused the organization of promoting itself as "oppressed" when it's responsible for the systems that influence the reading materials provided to children. "And the fact that they can tolerate no parental input on that whatsoever, I think, says all you need to know," Kilgannon said. Read more.

Country singer LeAnn Rimes says her new album, god's work, is a "reclamation of God for herself." Rimes, who started working on the album three years ago, says the album is "genre-bending" because it features various artists, including Ziggy Marley, Aloe Blacc, Ben Harper, and Sheila E., among others. Rimes told Forbes that she "ran from the word God for a long time," explaining, "I was raised Southern Baptist and my frustration was we’re brought up with these messages of love, acceptance, community and forgiveness, but no one’s living them to the fullest." Now, the artist hopes her music will highlight the collective experience of being "God's work." Read more.

Award-winning Christian singer Matt Hammitt, formerly of the band Sanctus Real, has released a new film that gives viewers a glimpse into his son’s chronic illness and how it has impacted their family. "Bowen's Heart" follows the life of Hammitt's son, Bowen, through his third open-heart surgery due to being born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Produced by Rhyme & Reason Films, it offers viewers a glimpse into the struggles a family endures as they put their trust in God to carry them through. In an interview with The Christian Post, Hammitt explained, "[T]here is a power to our words and our testimony, and telling what God has done that is undeniable. So we hope that as we share this testimony, it does continue to reach people." Read more.