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December 31, 2012
Twelve Terrible Facebook Jesus Memes – UPDATED
One of the most remarkable religious media phenomena of recent years has been the development...
December 31, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/31/12 – When Death Comes Home; Get ALL the Story; Entitlement and Grace; Les Mis’ Theology
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/31/12: Karen Spears Zacharias, Patheos/Karen Spears Zacharias: “I read recently that in tribal...
December 30, 2012
Dear Worship Pastor: It’s Not About You
Dear Worship Pastor, I enjoy praise and worship. I really do. And I appreciate the...
December 29, 2012
The Theology of Les Miserables
I cannot think of any work of fiction that conveys the contrast between Law and...
December 27, 2012
Why Linus Preaches the Gospel on National Television Every Year
I haven't been able to post as frequently over the holidays, but hope to return...
December 25, 2012
Breakfast Links for Christmas Day, 12/15/12: A Christmas Warning; The Gift of Christmas; Why Christmas Matters
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/25/12: Tim Dalrymple, Patheos/Philosophical Fragments: “Yet God was not compelled to do any of this....
December 24, 2012
Why Christmas Matters
There are now, and long have been, two variations on the Christmas theme. There is...
December 24, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/24/12 – Gun Control Fantasies; Jesus and the ‘God-button’; Tebow and the Patience of Job
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/24/12: Johnnie Moore, Patheos/Philosophical Fragments: “We must let what we know about God...
December 23, 2012
When Children Are Killed at Christmastime
One of my intentions for Philosophical Fragments -- and for the Evangelical Channel at Patheos...
December 21, 2012
The Callous Theology of James Dobson
When I received this piece from Peter Wehner, I wanted to publish it right away...
December 21, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/21/12 – End-of-the-World-Party; 300 Million Locked and Loaded; Atheist Kids in Pews
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/21/12: Andrew Marin, Patheos/Love Is An Orientation: “In either case, Brenda (my wife)...
December 20, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/20/12 – Gold, Frankincense and M-16’s; Religion of Certainosity; Gun Control Ignorance
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/20/12: Bill Blankschaen, Patheos/Bill In the Blanks: “Maybe Jesus was born away in...
December 19, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/19/12 – Death, Mortality and Sandy Hook; Mary and Abortion; Expectations and Testing
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/19/12: Frank Viola, Patheos/Frank Viola: “Jesus did not meet John’s expectations. If you’ve...
December 18, 2012
Sandy Hook and the Revolt Against Death
An odd thing happened to me the night before the mass murder at Sandy Hook...
December 17, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/17/12 – Children, Shootings and God’s Plan; Living on the Cliff-Edge; Lessons of “Zero Dark Thirty”
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/17/12: Amy Julia Becker, Patheos/Thin Places: “Advent is a time of longing, of...
December 14, 2012
These Aren’t the Religions You’re Looking For: Jedi Church, Postmodern Spirituality and the Christian Response
After I noted recently the UK Census trends on religion, and (rather in jest) pointed...
December 14, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/14/12 – Hobbit on Steroids; Verbal Autopsies; NASA vs. the Mayans
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/14/12: Jeffery Overstreet, Patheos/Good Letters: “But where Tolkien served the head and the...
December 13, 2012
Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?
A little while ago, I had written two pieces (here and here) making the case...
December 13, 2012
The Cliff is Nuts
With the fiscal cliff looming in front of us, and negotiations extending to cover the...
December 13, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/13/12 – Leave Your Snakes Home; Jedi Knights and Faith; Positive Negative Thinking
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/13/12: Arlene Sanchez-Walsh, Patheos/Re-Generacion: “When I started teaching a class on global Pentecostalism...
December 12, 2012
In England, More Jedi Knights than Atheists and Pagans Combined
Just-released Census figures reveal that 176,632 people English and Welsh self-identify as "Jedi Knights," practitioners of...
December 12, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/12/12 – Angelic Company; Seasons of the Soul; Hacking the Human Brain
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/12/12: Joel J. Miller, Patheos/Joel J. Miller: “Scripture treats angelic companionship as a...
December 11, 2012
The Second Creation of Jesus Christ: Interview with Frank Viola Part 2
Yesterday I posted the first part of my interview with Frank Viola about his new...
December 11, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/11/12 – Sex and Control; What Ticks Jesus Off; Googling God
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/11/12: Calah Alexander, Patheos/Barefoot and Pregnant: “For these people, how painful must it...
December 10, 2012
Question of the Week: Can We Really “Get the Government Out of the Marriage Business”?
Tell me if you've heard this one before. A conversation is taking place on same-sex...
December 10, 2012
Bethlehem Was Not the Beginning: An Interview with Frank Viola
One of the pleasures of my role at Patheos is getting to know our excellent...
December 10, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/10/12 – Suicide and the Code of Silence; Neither Gods nor Dogs; Dismissing Resentment
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/10/12: Father Tom Merola, Patheos/The Jesus Creed: “When a life abounds in love,...
December 07, 2012
Has America Lost the Protestant Work Ethic?
I was staggering around the internet this afternoon and came across this video of me...
December 07, 2012
Evangelicals, Contraception, and the Affordable Care Act
Fred Clark ("slacktivist") and other hard-left progressives have accused evangelicals of lying about the abortifacient...
December 07, 2012
Breakfast Links for 12/07/12 – One-Hit Wonders; Secrets Pastors Have; Guns, Football and Fornication
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/07/12: Karen Spears Zacharias, Patheos/Karen Spears Zacharias: “Friendships have fallen by the wayside...
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