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February 2013

February 01, 2013

An Evangelical Argument for Permitting Same-Sex Marriage Laws

Recently I mentioned that I was sincerely questioning whether religious conservatives should still favor laws...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

What if God Really Likes Us?

Some powerful words from Peter Enns: A lot of people have heard of “the parable...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

Breakfast Links for 12/04/12: Build-a-Bear Theology; Eucharist Promise; Animals in the Kingdom; Porn Stars and Self-Esteem

BREAKFAST LINKS 12/04/12: J. E. Dyer, Patheos/The Optimistic Christian: “I have an urgent sense that...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

Breakfast Links for 11/01/12 – Jesus Zombie, A Gift of Ourselves, The Vatican on James Bond

BREAKFAST LINKS 11/01/12: Via Scot McKnight, Jeff Cook, Patheos/Jesus Creed: “He came back to life...

October 2012

October 02, 2012

The Future of Evangelicalism Online

Evangelicals are neither loved nor respected in the American public square. This is due in...

October 01, 2012

When Do You Stop Calling Someone an Evangelical?

Terry Mattingly raises an interesting question at the excellent GetReligion blog: When do we stop...

June 2012

June 11, 2012

If You’re Selling Scorn for Conservative Christians, the Market is Hot

I recently wrote a piece entitled "What if the Culture War Never Happened," where I encouraged...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Who Owns the Chapel?

The property battle between denominational bodies and the local churches that disaffiliate from them is...

January 19, 2012

The Travesty of the Texas Evangelical Summit: And Four Lessons It Teaches

We all know the outlines of the story. Alarmed by the increasing likelihood that Mitt...

January 10, 2012

Rick Santorum Interview: How JFK Misled the Country on Faith and Politics

Perhaps it was providential that my hard drive was damaged and I couldn't extract the...

January 08, 2012

“War on Christmas” Post-mortem: Do Christians Have a Persecution Complex?

Like megachurches, homeschooling, and Tim Tebow, "Merry Christmas" has become a religio-cultural Rorschach test. If...

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Why It’s Foolish and UnChristian to Call Mormonism a Cult

The Democratic Party is a club for pedophiles. I'm sorry. I know that's a tough...

October 03, 2011

Rob Bell, Hollywood Celebrity?

Rob Bell recently announced his decision to leave Mars Hill Bible Church, the congregation he...

September 2011

September 16, 2011

Are Mormon and Evangelical Views of God Really That Different?

Because of a certain person who shall go nameless -- let's call him M. Romney...

September 12, 2011

Is the Jesus Story a Myth?

Every now and then I'll hear from someone who has bought into the "Jesus Myth"...

August 2011

August 18, 2011

Morning Report: The "Socialist" Early Church, Not Supporting Rick Perry, Washington Wealth, and "Submission"

In the News 1. Important pieces on "twin killings" or (more euphemistically) "reductions" -- in...

August 02, 2011

Whom Would Jesus Indebt?

One of the gravest dangers of the Budget Control Act passed yesterday is that it...

July 2011

July 30, 2011

Renewing Our Church, Renewing Our Nation

A pall hangs over America and her churches. There is a sense not merely that...

July 26, 2011

Morning Links: Obama's Crumbling Base, Rod Dreher, Andrew Ferguson, Scot McKnight, and Higher Education

In the News 1. "New Polls Confirm Obama's Democratic Base Crumbles." Michael Warren comments. 2....

July 25, 2011

Was Anders Breivik Really a Christian?

What do we do with the fact that Anders Behring Breivik -- the perpetrator of...

July 21, 2011

The Circle of Protection, Poverty, Obama v. Romney, and Aaron Rodgers: The Morning Report

In the News 1. "Christian Coalition Asks Obama to Protect the Poor During Meeting." There's...

July 08, 2011

Is the Institution of Marriage Really Crumbling?

I recently wrote a piece entitled "Three Red Herrings in the Gay Marriage Debate." A...

July 08, 2011

Can Homosexuals Change Their Desires? – From the Mailbox

A recent post, "Is Homosexuality Voluntary?", asked whether homosexual desires, or sexual desires more generally,...

July 08, 2011

Daily Trinity: Scottish Pipes, Jobs Down, Atlanta Cheating Up, Robert Schuller, and C. J. Mahaney

Morning Palate Cleanser: 14-year-old Brendan MacFarlane, Scottish boy with pipes, sings Gospel and Country. Here he...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Three Red Herrings in the Gay Marriage Debate

The dust is settling from the battle of Albany, and the smell of red herrings...

June 21, 2011

Have Evangelicals Loved the Gay Community?

Note: This is part of a series on Christianity and Homosexuality. See the introduction here....

June 18, 2011

Mormon Irrationality? A Case in Point

I'm presently trapped in travel purgatory -- my attempts to return to Atlanta last night...

June 16, 2011

Would His Mormon Beliefs Make Romney a Bad President? – Mitt Romney and Evangelicals, Part 3

Are Mormon beliefs a legitimate cause for concern for those who might otherwise vote for...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Harold Camping Needs an Intervention

Some of the intersections of faith and politics are so littered with landmines that it's...

September 2009

September 24, 2009

Morning Report, September 24th: Finding the Right College, Recession and Racial Integration, The Missing Index, Faith at Harvard, Terrorism Central, Suing the Truth-Exposers, Mamas and (Bad) Papas, Palinasia, Hollywood Morality and Cracking the Nut of Iran

One Christian's perspective on the day's news: 1. For those who are guiding children toward...

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