500 Years On: Let’s End the Sale of Self Indulgences
When I read these words in the kickstarter campaign: "Harris has felt pressure from all sides to do or say something," I kinda want to say, “Joshua don’t. Don’t say anything.”
A defining feature of modern cultural Christianity, and those who have either gotten it spectacularly wrong or have fallen badly, is that the gap between the fall and the next tweet, blog or online interview has shrunk dramatically. Silence is a base metal these days, no longer golden. The Protestant Church could do worse... Continue Reading
A Child of God Still Has Lessons to Teach
How Charlie Gard is helping us come to terms with one of the biggest issues of our time.
The life of Charlie Gard was conceived by God before the foundations of the earth. God created Charlie, God knows Charlie, and God has an eternity planned for him. I believe God is also using the child’s brief life here on this earth to change conversations and hearts — and maybe even international relationships related... Continue Reading
Civil war at a Christian college
Chronicling three sad years of conflict on the Bryan College campus.
If this story were only about Bryan, it would merely be a local item—but the conflict is a cautionary tale for Christian schools generally. How had relations become so uncollegial at a college where the unbelieving world should know us by our love? Relations between administrators and faculty members at many institutions are jagged—and tensions... Continue Reading
Nondiscrimination for All
The truth is that the argument over gay rights and religious liberty was never going to be settled in a single election.
I am gay, and an atheist, and I disagree with most of what religious conservatives have had to say about gay equality and same-sex marriage. But my respect for the First Amendment’s unique protectiveness of religion, and also for the unique social centrality and sensitivity of religion, strongly inclines me to find ways to allow... Continue Reading
3 Lines In The Sand
These new challenges actually raise three questions we must consider.
“We must let the Bible be our guide. If it’s a gospel issue, then we must take our stand. If it’s a biblical truth matter, then we must take our stand. God has spoken on the nature of human identity and sexual identity. God has spoken on marriage.” At the turn of the twentieth... Continue Reading
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Is Terrified of These 2 Bible Passages, Sen. Lankford Says
The North Korean regime fears Christianity because it offers a venue for the exchange of ideas
Lankford summarized that “our first calling” of the Gospel is to be able to love our neighbor,” and “to love God.” He added that the calling from Paul tells people to “show respect and live quiet and dignified lives. That is the subversive text that the regime is terrified of and that is astounding to... Continue Reading
Sexuality: God Creates; The World Corrupts
If our children are going to learn about sexuality prematurely (and they will), be the one to proactively shape a godly vision of sex.
God is not against sex, he is for it. After all, he is the author of it, and all that God creates is good and worthy of desiring. In a pleasure-saturated society, we have a distinct message that is more than “that’s bad; don’t do it.” We need to be willing to convey this message... Continue Reading
What Christians Should Know About Intersectionality
Intersectionality refers to the interconnected nature of social categories like race, gender, class and how these identity markers create overlapping and interdependent systems of disadvantage or discrimination.
Over the years, “intersectionality” has been expanded to include “studies that integrate the disadvantages caused by sexual orientation, class, age, body size, gender identification, ability, and more,” Corey noted. With a growing list like that, some have noted that this theory thus creates a kind of “oppression Olympics” and that even those who hold to... Continue Reading
To Understand How Religion Shapes America, Look To Its Early Days
"We can't tell the story of America without telling the story of religion," Manseau says, "and we can't answer questions about the importance of religion today without going back to earlier generations."
The persecution that Puritans faced in England was a key factor driving them to the New World. So it also was with Quakers, Baptists, Shakers, Jews, and other religious minorities, all of whom saw America as a place they would finally be free to practice their faith. Religion has played an outsized role in... Continue Reading
Wisconsin Can’t Force Christian Photographer to Work Gay Weddings, Court Announces
The court reportedly reasoned that Lawson is exempt from that law because she does not have a physical storefront and such laws would have control over her artistic freedom.
“The court’s announcement has important implications for everyone in Wisconsin who values artistic freedom,” ADF Senior Counsel Jonathan Scruggs said in a statement. “It means that government officials must allow creative professionals without storefronts anywhere in the city and state the freedom to make their own decisions about which ideas they will use their artistic expression... Continue Reading
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