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February 2015

February 11, 2015

The Case Against Comments

Andrew Sullivan’s farewell to blogging has inspired reflection on his legacy and influence on the...

February 05, 2015

Fifty Shades of Self-Loathing

I have absolutely zero intention of talking about the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie....

February 02, 2015

Marriage and Me

My mother and I were sitting across from each other at the dinner table, talking...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

C.S. Lewis On Why You Shouldn’t Dump Doctrine for More Friends

Kurt Willems thinks Christians should "give up" the doctrine of Hell for one simple reason:...

January 23, 2015

The Proud Single-Issue Voter

This week began with Sanctity of Life Sunday, a day declared by President Reagan and observed...

January 22, 2015

Abolition vs Abortion

John C. Calhoun, "Slavery, A Positive Good:" But I take higher ground. I hold that in...

January 21, 2015

The State of the Union, Abortion, and the President’s Hollow Plea

Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his next-to-last State of the Union address. It was forgettable...

January 13, 2015

“Professional Cuddling” and Our Pornified Culture

At The Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Armour looks at a blossoming new industry: Cuddling. Armour...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Is Russell Moore a “Social Liberal”?

J.D. Hall's latest hit piece on Russell Moore might be one of the dumber things you...

December 01, 2014

Outrageous Outrage

The St. Louis Rams blew out the Oakland Raiders yesterday 52-0. Rather than revel in a...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

On Matthew Vines and Telling the Truth About Dissenters

In the beginning of his book God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vines takes pains...

November 17, 2014

Could Matthew Vines Make a Case for Christian Idolatry?

That's the question that Andrew Wilson implicitly asks in his brilliant parody entitled "The Case...

November 11, 2014

To Christian Bloggers, from a Pastor’s Kid: Don’t Follow Mark Driscoll Around

Christian bloggers, please don't report on the movements of Mark Driscoll. I'll give you four...

November 06, 2014

How Porn Destroys the Education of Boys

I use the term "must-read" sparingly. Most of what is written is not worth reading,...

November 05, 2014

What Election ’14 Means for Pro-Life

Last night the party of President Obama was routed in spectacular fashion, as Republicans gained...

October 2014

October 19, 2014

A Hill(song) On Which to Die

The contrast is striking. Brian Houston, lead pastor of Hillsong, tells The New York Times...

October 17, 2014

Brittany Maynard, Rachel Held Evans, and Not Giving Up

The saddest thing about Brittany Maynard’s journey towards suicide is not that she is making...

October 14, 2014

A Texas-Sized Travesty

A constitutional disaster is unfolding in Houston, where the mayor, Annise Parker, has demanded that...

October 14, 2014

The Abortion Compromise that Doesn’t Exist

In her review of the newest pro-choice manifesto by Katha Pollitt, Hanna Rosin expresses frustration...

October 13, 2014

You’re an Orphan, Harry

"No wonder millions of teenagers forged such a deep and lasting identification with him," Mark...

October 13, 2014

Pelvic Theology

Why do many millennials avoid church? Joel Miller ponders one reason: College students who lose...

October 07, 2014

This Was Not Democracy

Andrew Sullivan has every right to celebrate the impending national reality of same-sex marriage. This is...

October 03, 2014

Gone and Left Behind

As an intriguing case study into two ways to do Christian film criticism, observe the flip...

October 02, 2014

Turning Anger into Cash

Chris Martin ponders the mercenary nature of Twitter outrage and "trial by hashtag." Rage generates...

October 01, 2014

Sandy Hook was not about homeschooling

I'm grateful to World Magazine and Andrew Branch for reporting yesterday on some troubling developments...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Rethinking ‘Radical’

Michael Horton has an upcoming book entitled Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World....

September 29, 2014

Jonathan Merritt Should Apologize to Kevin DeYoung

This morning, progressive Christian blogger Jonathan Merritt interviewed theologian Peter Enns on the Bible and...

September 29, 2014

Keeping Science Fallible

Sean Davis's inquiry into the accuracy of some of Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent claims should...

September 23, 2014

Matt Walsh, Armond White, and the Problem of Crank Conservatives

If you are a right-leaning Christian, or are Facebook friends with people who are (I...

September 23, 2014

Christians and Clickbait

Earlier this year I wrote an op-ed for The Christian Post criticizing a Slate piece titled...