A new study shows that having a strong faith is correlated with positive mental health. But an insecure, anxiety-ridden attachment to God is accompanied by poorer mental health. A discussion and critique of that study and the way it was reported.
A new study shows that having a strong faith is correlated with positive mental health. But an insecure, anxiety-ridden attachment to God is accompanied by poorer mental health. A discussion and critique of that study and the way it was reported.
Being "religious" involves a set of transcendent beliefs and experiences shared with other people. Being "spiritual," in the sense of being spiritual but not religious, involves the pursuit of transcendent experiences in isolation. On the deepest level, though, spirituality needs religion.
The problem is not just a secularized culture, but a secularized church. Russell Moore warns against "post-Christian Christianity." He sees that in the preoccupation of many evangelicals with right wing politics, but the phenomenon goes far beyond that.
The most important factor in whether or not children hold on to their faith and go to church when they are older is their parents. Recent research confirms this, and so does the Bible. And despite some evangelicals' worry that they were "raised in the church" and so can't recall a moment of conversion, this is how it should be and is what the vocation of being a parent entails.
Epiphany, on January 6, celebrates the visitation of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus, opening a season devoted to revelations of Christ. As Philip Jenkins shows, legends about the Magi connect them to Adam and to the redemption of the whole human race.
The rapper Flame (Marcus Grey) and YouTuber Lex Lutheran (Tyree Toney) have collaborated on a Book of Concord app.
A proposal to revise the Bill of Rights, including eliminating guns from the Second Amendment and making it about self-defense, the right to bodily autonomy, and thus the right to an abortion.
Last month Donald Trump hosted the Log Cabin Republicans--an organization of gay members of the GOP--at Mar-a-Lago, reaffirming his support for their cause and saying "our movement has taken incredible strides." This is nothing new for Trump. So why do so many cultural conservatives who decry the LGBTQ movement treat Trump as their standard bearer?
Trump has become vocal in touting his administration's achievement in developing the vaccines and in calling on his supporters to get vaccinated. But this puts him at odds with a significant proportion of his otherwise fiercely loyal base. And when faced with a choice between Trump or their anti-vax convictions, they are turning against Trump.
"My times are in your hand." (Psalm 31:15)
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