Memory Loss, Identity, and Whether History Matters

Last updated on: June 7, 2024 at 9:00 am By Lisa Clark Diller

Memory Loss, Identity, and Whether History Matters My mother was diagnosed with memory problems in her 60s, and doctors eventually labeled her challenges as Alzheimer’s Disease. Almost ten years into living with this disability, she is still socially engaged, travels to see family, enjoys entertaining her grandchildren, and enjoys caring for the pets she and my father fill their home with. While the lively and charismatic entrepreneur and professor that she once was has evolved into a sedentary and careful... Read more

Exvangelicals and Evangelicals: Reviewing McCammon & Alberta

Last updated on: June 5, 2024 at 2:36 pm By Ansley Quiros

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Last month, I read two recently-released books grappling with trends within evangelicalism: Sarah McCammon’s The Exvangelicals and Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.: American Evangelicals in An Age of Extremism. While certainly different in tone, aim, and scope, both authors identify (and personally corroborate) fractures within evangelicalism and disillusioning trends. Taken together, a striking portrait emerges not only of this historical moment in evangelicalism but its intimate effects. (*Note: Both authors read their own audiobooks!) A quick... Read more

Swimsuits, Stones, and Shepherds: Patristic Takes on Modesty

Last updated on: June 3, 2024 at 1:43 pm By Lynneth Renberg

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Summer. The time of year for slower days, sunshine, summer camps, outdoor adventures, and… the ongoing modesty discourse in certain circles. Matthew Pierce’s April Substack “2024 Summer Swimsuit Guide for Christian Women” is a humorous take on the seemingly endless discussion of appropriate attire for women, with its suggestion of things like force fields and traffic cones as “wholesome, stylish suggestions for swimwear that honors your brothers in Christ.” But all joking aside, the discussion of women’s responsibility to dress... Read more

Hallowed Be Thy Name: Your President Is Not Jesus

Last updated on: June 3, 2024 at 3:24 pm By Malcolm Foley

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Today’s post is a little bit angry so be forewarned. I guess I have a new pet peeve. And frankly, it is not merely a pet peeve. It is a trespassing of the third commandment: that we not misuse the name of the Lord our God (or as we popularly refer to it, taking the name of the Lord in vain). This is often understood as meaning that we have to be careful not to use God’s name as an... Read more

The Evangelical Response to the Trump Verdict

Last updated on: June 3, 2024 at 9:09 am By Joey Cochran

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Since the rule of law was upheld in the courts of New York on Thursday, May 30, 2024 and a jury of his peers convicted the forty-fifth President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, on 34 counts of felony—there have been numerous responses to the verdict from evangelicals. While these events have unfolded and as I’ve taken in the evangelical responses to them, I have been rereading and reflecting on the significance of James K. A. Smith’s book, You... Read more

Reckoning with the Cost of Free Land

Last updated on: May 31, 2024 at 8:29 pm By Dr. Janine Giordano Drake

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by Janine Giordano Drake Last November, I had the chance to visit the National Archives on Pennsylvania Avenue. From the special guest list at the entrance to the secret cafeteria in the basement to the giant shelf of old census data, there was not a detail in that building that I did not find thrilling. But perhaps the most fascinating experience of all occurred after a librarian handed me the giant hand-written record book which kept track of all the... Read more

Forgetting Martha Stearns Marshall: Women’s Roles in the SBC

Last updated on: May 28, 2024 at 7:49 pm By Andrea L. Turpin

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I am delighted to share this guest post on Southern Baptist (SBC) women by Jordann Heckart, a doctoral student in the History Department at Baylor University. Her research interests include eighteenth-century America, women and gender, and religion. In June, Southern Baptist delegates will vote for a second time on the proposed “Law Amendment” at the SBC 2024 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. If approved, a new requirement will be added to Article III of the SBC Constitution, which outlines the... Read more

A “Just Peace” for Both Israel and the Palestinians

Last updated on: May 27, 2024 at 2:53 pm By Daniel K. Williams

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Christians didn’t have to wait until the latest round of campus protests against Israel to know that discussions about Israel and Palestine can inspire passionate moral debate about what justice really means in this case. A decade ago, the Presbyterian Church (USA) was sharply divided between partisans on both sides of a denominational debate about divestment that news reports described as “passionate.” In 2012, the denomination’s General Assembly voted by the narrowest of margins – 333 to 331 – to... Read more

True or False: Romans teaches that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.