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May 2014

May 20, 2014

You want much more than I’m giving

Superlatives are the worst. Mike Warnke is making a comeback. It's cruel to take teenagers...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

Pensacola Christian College responds with a non-response

Pensacola's response is not unusual. We've seen many other institutions bare their fangs in that...

March 11, 2014

Guest post: ‘God is Done with You’: Pensacola Christian College and Sexual Violence

Samantha Field: The problem isn’t just that universities like Pensacola Christian College, Bob Jones University,...

March 07, 2014

Christians and sex

Hannah has wise words for good Christian young people governed by "the worst possible state...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

Josh McDowell jumps the shark

No actual human being, anywhere, in any time, has ever experienced what Josh McDowell there...

October 07, 2013

Postcards from the culture wars (10.7)

Pope Francis, Saudi morality police, Lysol, Mary Magdalene, Chvrches, white male theology, improperly directed hate...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

‘PIB’ — the flailing desperation of the but-what-about polygamy, incest & bestiality slippery-slope claim

The pattern of PIB will be familiar if you've ever discussed marriage equality with relatives,...

March 13, 2013

‘Stop it, punish it, corral people, shame people’

That does seem like a rather harsh accusation. But in my defense, there's one good...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

What does this chart tell us about Christian sexual ethics?

Is this evidence of Christian hypocrisy or evidence of Christian honesty? Or is it just...

February 26, 2013

Polygamy is biblical, is it therefore moral?

Polygamy is not an obscure feature in the Bible. It starts early, with Lamech, and...

February 10, 2013

The problem with evangelical sexual ethics is that we haven’t got any

Do we need a "new" Christian sexual ethic? Well, yes. But not because the old...

February 07, 2013

The revolution will be blogged: Evangelical women challenging purity culture

I don't have any special insight or commentary to add to the posts listed below,...

February 03, 2013

Money is necessary, but not sufficient

They think they're disagreeing when all along they're actually both saying parts of the same...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Virginia clerk does his best in a bad situation

“I commend each of you that is coming forward today for your courage. I think...

January 10, 2013

Memory vs. Hobby Lobby: Evangelicals and contraception and why Denny Burk is not a conservative

This is a radical act, the act of remembering when the powers that be are...

January 09, 2013

Rules for Christian sex and rules about rules

Rules are a lousy way to get people to follow rules. This is why our...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Using the threat of cancer to promote chastity is not ‘pro-life’

Maybe, just maybe, fear of disease isn't the optimal core of good character or the...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Max S. Gordon: "Proud Americans, Be Who You Are" In other words, I can’t dismiss...

August 2012

August 19, 2012

Rep. Todd Akin exposes the horrific immorality of moralism

This post is about a tea-party Republican politician's understanding of sex, morality and rape. So...

August 12, 2012

Sex and theology

One of the massive and ongoing projects in Christian theology is the filtering out of...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

More on the Bad News Boors of the Gospel Coalition and Doug Wilson’s demented views on slavery

From Morgan Guyton: I could say a lot about this, but I don’t have the...

July 18, 2012

The men of the ‘Gospel Coalition’ really, really hate women

What in the name of all that is holy is wrong with these people? Before...

July 10, 2012

Golden Rule jokes and porpoise costumes

James McGrath and Hemant Mehta both point us to this cartoon, from Zach Weiner's wonderful...

July 08, 2012

Misogyny isn’t new; consent shouldn’t be confusing

Helen Lewis at the New Statesmen shows us "What online harassment looks like." It's an...

June 2012

June 07, 2012

A condemnation becomes a recommendation

In Western culture, at least since its Christian formation, there has been a perduring tendency...

February 2012

February 18, 2012

Don’t decoy, avoid or make void the topic

Scott Paeth: "Sex for Christians" From an evangelical perspective, of course, it would be argued...

February 05, 2012

Catholic bishops fight to deny health care to the 98 percent

The 98 percent, that is, of American Catholic women who use contraception. Some 98 percent...

January 2012

January 10, 2012

Rick Santorum vs. Pope Pius XI — one candidate, two encyclicals

I read two recent items about former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum that both turned out...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

Love in action

It's not easy to tell the difference between a survey reporting a change in behavior...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

You must remember this …

I tripped over a very strange sentence in The New York Times on Friday. It...