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January 2016

January 27, 2016

Black Church, Church and Politics

In our continuing of the series on five views of the church and politics, we...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

A Gay Atheist and the Irish Vote

Matthew Parris: Even as a (gay) atheist, I wince to see the philosophical mess that...

April 2015

April 17, 2015

A Wheaton Prof’s “Political Disciple”

One of the most significant topics in America today, even if rarely talked about intelligently...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

The So-called “Wrong Side of History”

Some people think they know where history is taking us and are quite happy to...

March 03, 2015

Christianity in the Public Square

From Samuel Smith: Questions for Peter Lillback: What's your aim? What's the best strategy to...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

Exiles on Mission (by Andrew Wilson)

Witness, Winsomeness and Winter (by Andrew Wilson, used with permission) In Tim Keller’s Center Church,...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Economics: Catholic and Evangelicals Shifting

Evangelicals and Catholics are tilting left in economic theory: By and large, and for about...

December 12, 2014

Evangelicals and Torture

Just in case you didn't click through on the Patton Dodd link on Brian Zahnd's...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Not Of This World, But For This World (RJS)

In John 18:36 Jesus responds to Pilate's questioning "are you the king of the Jews?"...

September 04, 2014

Down to Earth Hope (RJS)

Romans 8:18-22 (NIV) I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the...

September 03, 2014

Has the Church been Secularized?

There is a theory, called the secularization theory, that says the church has gradually surrendered...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

The Gospel and Global Warming (RJS)

Jonathan Moo and Robert White in Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis turn...

August 21, 2014

Humans Are Changing the Global Climate. (RJS)

Jonathan Moo and Robert White in Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis are...

August 12, 2014

Oh The Destruction We Can Wreak (RJS)

Last month I introduced a new book Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis...

August 02, 2014

Immigration Crisis and the Church (Allan Bevere)

Allan Bevere, a friend and pastor in Ohio, offers a fresh alternative to political wrangling....

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Jimmy Carter: Progressive Evangelical President

Mention former President Jimmy Carter and one is likely to get a response, and the...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

Religious Groups on Campus can’t be So Religious

Michael Paulson: Maybe this kind of legal decision and policy formation will lead more and...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Silencing Thomas

New Yorker: If this is accurate, it is unacceptable. Is Toobin fair? As of this...

February 16, 2014

Church Ministers, the State, and Marriage

Source (Ed Morrissey) On this one, I take the line that churches ought to be...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

Take a Stand or the Others Will Win!

Glenn Packiam offers an exceptionally insightful piece on what it means to take a stand...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

Jesus, Santa and Whiteness

Megyn Kelly declared that both Santa and Jesus were "white" and she set off a...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Religion in Science Courses? (RJS)

We are taking a look at the book Does God Make a Difference? Taking Religion Seriously...

November 18, 2013

A Comment on No Comment

It is the silence of the megachurches and pastors that bothers me. I have just...

November 14, 2013

The Scandal of Secular Indoctrination (RJS)

The November/December Books and Culture, always worth reading, has an article by Perry Glanzer (whose...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

Bias or Just Natural? (RJS)

Whenever issues of bias or stereotype have been raised on this blog someone, usually a...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Religious People are Less Intelligent? (RJS)

A new article appeared early in August - The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

Women, Doubling Down

From Sarah Green and Walter Frick: Wonks have zeroed in on a detail of last...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Evangelical Activists, Evangelical Populace

Jon Merritt, so it seems to me, has hit this one squarely: evangelical activist leaders...

July 15, 2013

It all begins with contraception: David Opderbeck on DOMA decisions

SMcK: I made a mistake and posted this too soon. David: Friends - it seems there...

July 03, 2013

Gay Marriage and the Law, by David Opderbeck

Gay Marriage and the Law By David W. Opderbeck. David Opderbeck is Professor of Law...