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July 2015

July 30, 2015

Speaking of Gatekeeping

Here's one group that hopes to keep tabs on evangelicalism's boundaries, but turns out --...

July 28, 2015

Evangelicalism Outside the Gate

This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of Faith in...

July 24, 2015

When Six is Four

If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, color mine small. Over at the Gospel...

July 23, 2015

Did He Leave Out Someone Important?

Anthony Esolen is discouraged as many Christians living the United States are. The legal process...

July 09, 2015

What’s Said in Michigan should Stay in Michigan (except when I say it)

If anyone wanted to know how difficult the argument against same-sex marriage is going to...

July 07, 2015

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

While folks are still sorting out the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage, a little...

July 02, 2015

This Is Not My Beautiful House

Lots of angst over last week's Supreme Court decision about same-sex marriage. But should Christians...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

#Doh

Jessica Bennett explains that women and men are different: Here’s an under-140-character musing for you:...

June 25, 2015

Dispensationalism in the Vatican?

Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment has had trouble getting much attention what with the...

June 19, 2015

Celebrity Congregants

People complain about celebrity pastors. Fame can make a pastor unaccountable, a lone ranger. It...

June 17, 2015

When Same-Sex becomes Conventional

So here was a thought that popped into my head today while listening to sports...

June 06, 2015

Presbyterian Revival 2015

Revivalism and Presbyterianism have a long and complicated history. Presbyterians in the United States split...

June 04, 2015

The Importance of Being Earnest

Can someone, anyone, explain why John Piper is so popular among evangelicals? The reason for...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Fake Church? How Would You Know?

Pete Enns a while back channeled Rachel Held Evans on the value of candor among...

May 25, 2015

Honoring or Sacralizing the Dead

U.S. national holidays generally bring out the worst of American civil religion. A sure fire...

May 22, 2015

The Wire — For Calvinists Only?

Mad Men has just concluded and various encomiums have followed. For David Letterman fans, the...

May 18, 2015

Has He Shopped At Walmart Lately?

Patrick Deneen's comments about Indiana's RFRA has been making the rounds but they leave me...

May 16, 2015

The Dark Side of Sex

How many times when watching a tv show or movie do we see a man...

May 13, 2015

Since When Is Doctrine Imprudent?

The subject of the West's treatment of non-Christians has come up of late, if only...

May 08, 2015

Is Roger Olson a Tea Party Conservative?

The reason for asking is that he doesn't seem to be all that impressed with...

May 05, 2015

Can You Serve on the School Board if you Already Go Out to Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting?

In his book, Bad Religion, Ross Douthat covers the resistance that "orthodox" Christians (Roman Catholics...

May 01, 2015

The Upside of Keeping Religion Private

It looks like Ben Carson might need some help from John F. Kennedy. Southern Baptists...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Scandal, Division, and Glass Houses

I don't like taking issue with a fellow historian and Patheos blogger, but I wonder...

April 24, 2015

Isn’t the Gospel of Matthew in the Douay Bible?

Mark Shea tries to show the superiority of Roman Catholics to Protestants by arguing that...

April 22, 2015

Should Evangelical Protestants Shift Their Rooting Interests to the Philadelphia Eagles?

The reason for asking is that the NFL franchise in the City of Brotherly Love...

April 17, 2015

Suburbanites All

Megachurches have their problems and I am certainly not a fan. But I wonder if...

April 09, 2015

I Woke Up Today and Discovered I Live in a Gulag

Sorry folks but the recurring refrain that Christians in the United States are experiencing persecution...

April 08, 2015

How Non-Christians Hear Christians

With all the hoopla about religious freedom and the persecution of Christians, a post by...

April 03, 2015

A Psalm for Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor?

The Joker's Wild is an incredibly good movie, maybe the best Frank Sinatra film I've...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Not Only Hymns, but Psalms

Our good editor here encouraged posts about "what good is religion, anyway." In my neck...

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