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Gay Unions and Christian Divisions
It's always a pleasure to post a piece from the terrific Pete Wehner, whose sojourn has...
June 26, 2014
Christian Faith and the AIDS Crisis
The global AIDS initiative qualifies as one of the great moral stories, one of the...
June 07, 2014
Why Southern Baptists Quiesced and What to Do – Part 2
This is the second part of the article by Dr. Paige Patterson, the President of...
June 05, 2014
Why Southern Baptists Declined and What to Do
I was delighted to receive this article by Dr. Paige Patterson, the President of Southwestern...
March 2014
March 31, 2014
Where Franklin Graham Has Gone Wrong
I'm always pleased to publish a post by the esteemed Peter Wehner. * By Peter...
August 2013
August 09, 2013
No, Evangelicals Are Not United on Immigration Reform
The Rev. Michael Wilker -- who hosted 300 evangelical leaders at his Church of the...
August 08, 2013
Guest Post: Books to Help You Survive College with Your Faith Intact
I'm pleased at last to present the final installment of this series on remaining faithful...
June 2013
June 26, 2013
Loud on Poverty, Quiet on Abortion: The Danger of Selective Theonomy
My friend Rob Schwarzwalder from the Family Research Council offers the following guest post this...
March 2013
March 20, 2013
Mark Labberton on the Fragmentation and Future of American Evangelicalism
Last week, on the day Fuller Seminary announced its new President, Mark Labberton, we weren't...
March 08, 2013
Beyond Activism Innocence
It was my pleasure this week to interview Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, whose book, The World is Not...
February 2013
February 26, 2013
Can a Teddy Bear Save Your Child from Hell?
Listen, brother: If you don't want your children to roast forever in hell, you should...
January 2013
January 24, 2013
Surprise! Evangelical Efforts Against Sex-Trafficking are “Colonialist”!
Editor's Note: Erik Campano has been conducting a series of interviews for Patheos around the...
January 12, 2013
Samuel Rodriguez on a Global Evangelical Movement to End Human Trafficking
Even before the Louie Giglio imbroglio brought evangelical anti-human-trafficking efforts back into the limelight, I...
January 07, 2013
Showing Grace When Evangelical Leaders Speak Intemperately
Recent comments in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, from the likes...
January 03, 2013
Muslims as “Children for Whom Christ Died” – Interview with Nik Ripken, Part 2
Recently I posted Part One of an interview with Nik Ripken, author of a provocative...
January 02, 2013
Christ Before the Cause: The Rise of a New Evangelical Politics
Peter Wehner's recent guest post here at Philosophical Fragments -- "The Callous Theology of James...
January 01, 2013
Is the Church a Family Anymore?
Roger Olson makes some interesting observations about the pietist origins of the old Watchnight Services...
December 2012
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 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 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 07, 2012
Has America Lost the Protestant Work Ethic?
I was staggering around the internet this afternoon and came across this video of me...
October 2012
October 27, 2012
The Welcome Demise of “Cultural” Christianity
This point has made by others in other ways, but I don't think anyone has...
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...
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