Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Evangelical
Politics and Religion

Christ

Select a Category America Apologetics Art baseball Bible Blog Christ Church crime Culture Economics Education Ethics Family Food Football Government History Holidays Holy Week Humor International Islam Language Law Life Issues Literature Media Medicine Movies Music Nature News Personal Philosophy Politics psychology Reformation Religions Sacraments Science sex Social Science Sports technology television terrorism Theology Uncategorized Vocation war

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007

March 2012

March 09, 2012

Islamic-friendly Bibles

Many missionary groups in Islamic countries are using Bible translations that avoid offending Muslim sensibilities,...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Wash and be clean

At church last Sunday we had texts on Naaman the Leper (2 Kings 5:1-14) and...

February 07, 2012

Has Castro become a Christian?

George Conger reports stories in the Italian press that Fidel Castro, the communist dictator of...

February 01, 2012

Lutheran pastor attacks Lutheran view of Lord’s Supper

An article on the Christian Post website and picked up by RealClearReligion is an in-your-face...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Unclean spirits

Sunday the Gospel reading was Mark 1:21-28 on Jesus casting out an unclean spirit. Here...

January 23, 2012

“I’m neither religious nor spiritual–I’m a Lutheran”

You know that viral video from the guy who says he hates religion but loves...

January 17, 2012

Nothing distinctly Christian about the Lord’s Prayer?

Arguing for Christian observances to the point of denying they are Christian: A lawsuit against...

January 06, 2012

Epiphanies

"Epiphany. 3 a (1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

Eating for death vs. eating for life

Our church was not one of the 10% of American churches that cancelled Sunday services...

December 23, 2011

God bless us, every one!

I would like to wish all of you readers--conservatives and liberals, Lutherans and non-Lutherans and...

December 23, 2011

Keep the “mass” in Christmas

Last time Christmas fell on Sunday it came out that a number of churches had...

December 23, 2011

“Upon Christ’s Nativity”

I continue my custom of offering you a Christmas poem, poetry being "a trap for...

December 15, 2011

Whose job is it to keep Christ in Christmas–and in sermons?

Issues, Etc. host Todd Wilkens has posted a provocative point on his Facebook page on...

December 07, 2011

Did St. Nicholas slap Arius?

Happy belated St. Nicholas Day yesterday. A piece I wrote for WORLD a few years...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

Courthouse Christmas displays gone mad

Christmas time is here, so it must be time for controversies over Christmas displays at...

November 11, 2011

The marvel of Christ’s service to us

In his All Saints Day sermon that is worth reading in itself, our pastor, Rev....

November 10, 2011

Jesus + Nothing = Everything

I've had some posts about Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham's grandson and the successor to D....

November 09, 2011

Theologians of the Cross

Another non-Lutheran discovers a Lutheran insight. Carl Trueman, professor at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, posts...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church–for free

Rod Rosenbladt, emeritus professor at Concordia-Irvine and a co-host at the White Horse Inn radio...

October 21, 2011

God’s likeness and inscription

Last Sunday Pastor Douthwaite preached on Matthew 22:15-22, about the coin with Jesus asking whose...

October 11, 2011

The Black Rubric

I've been studying Anglicanism lately. But then I've run up against the Black Rubric, so-called...

October 05, 2011

Mariology

The recent post on "The Pope on Luther" led to a discussion of Luther's views...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Iranian Christian may be executed this weekend

Youcef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity in Iran, has once...

September 28, 2011

The Pope on Luther

Thanks to Paul McCain, who posted a transcript of Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that he...

September 28, 2011

Deny Christ or die

A Christian in Iran is being given that choice: recant your faith in Christ or...

September 22, 2011

Preaching assurance vs. preaching doubt

I have noticed that there are two kinds of preachers, especially when addressing young people:...

September 12, 2011

The Cross at Ground Zero

Although I did not want to dwell too much on the 9/11 ten year anniversary,...

September 08, 2011

What defines an “evangelical”?

Al Mohler has an interesting piece trying to define what is meant by "evangelical." He...

September 07, 2011

The greatest in the kingdom of Heaven

More great preaching from our pastor, Rev. Douthwaite, on the text Matthew 18:1-20. Read it...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Not tasting death until Christ comes in His Kingdom

There is that passage in Matthew 16 in which Jesus says that there are among...