Liberal-minded, non-religious Great Britain gave its Conservative Party and Trump-like Prime Minister Boris Johnson a landslide victory. The election holds lessons for Republicans, Democrats, and the American media.
Liberal-minded, non-religious Great Britain gave its Conservative Party and Trump-like Prime Minister Boris Johnson a landslide victory. The election holds lessons for Republicans, Democrats, and the American media.
The early Church Growth Movement promoted the use of marketing techniques to attract as many people as possible to form a "mega-church." But today's marketing focuses on targeting narrow interest groups. So we now have "micro-churches" aimed at bikers, cowboys, fitness buffs, coloring book fans, and other "missional communities."
Animal lovers who have pets, we are now told, are violating animal rights. And having all of those dogs and cats is also destructive of the environment.
Works of art--whether paintings or literature or crafts--make outstanding Christmas presents. They are unique. They are personal. They are meaningful. Here are some contemporary Lutheran authors and artists who deserve your patronage.
The book by my good friend Hal Senkbeil, "The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart," is the winner in the category of Church/Pastoral Leadership in the 2020 Christianity Today Book Awards! This would make the perfect Christmas present for your pastor. See why.
Guilt is a universal feeling, since none of us fallen creatures can live up to our own principles. But without a religion offering atonement and redemption, people must deal with their guilt in other ways, such as politics.
Is bad theology that has been taken over into secular thinking--namely, the view that substances are themselves evil, as opposed to the way they are used--making our substance abuse problem worse?
One of the legal experts who testified in the House Impeachment hearings said that what Trump did was "worse than the misconduct of any prior president." David Harsanyi details what other presidents did that was much worse.
New Atheism is reportedly fading. Not that there are fewer atheists--their numbers have gone up slightly to 4% of the population--but the movement has splintered and the general public and even many of the New Atheists themselves have lost interest in the cause. Two insiders tell what happened.
Faith and reason need each other. Faith without reason can degenerate into superstition and fanaticism. Reason without faith can degenerate into tyranny and meaninglessness. Christianity has solved this dilemma, according to Samuel Gregg, by teaching that the Logos--the underlying basis of rationality--IS God, incarnate in Jesus Christ.
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