Jesus Creed
Here is a picture after the ordination service to the Sacred Order of Deacons. My Bishop, Todd Hunter, to the left, yours truly, and then our pastor, Jay Greener. A wonderful day I will never forget. Read more
Here is a picture after the ordination service to the Sacred Order of Deacons. My Bishop, Todd Hunter, to the left, yours truly, and then our pastor, Jay Greener. A wonderful day I will never forget. Read more
Darrin McMahon is Ben Weider Professor and Distinguished Research Professor in the department of history at Florida State University. David Moore who blogs at www.twocities.org conducted the following interview. A few years back, I read your terrific book, Happiness: a History. Your new book, Divine Fury: A History of Genius, tackles another big idea. What motivated you to write an entire book on genius? First of all, thank you for the kind words, and the opportunity (the second opportunity!) to share some of my thoughts with... Read more
A beautiful story about Lacey Holsworth: The purpose of the universe, by George Dvorsky: It’s tempting to think of the universe as a meaningless repository for celestial objects like planets and stars. But an intriguing theory suggests there’s much more to the cosmos than meets the eye — and that black holes play an integral role in what our universe is actually trying to achieve. It’s called the theory of Cosmological Natural Selection and it was conjured by Lee Smolin, a researcher at... Read more
USA Today: A game that is often played against Christianity but rarely recognizes that anti-faith is a kind of faith too. Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has responded to the letter of complaint the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent to the university on April 10 citing “constitutional concerns about how the public university’s football program is entangled with religion.” According to the foundation, Swinney has promoted a culture in the program that promotes Christianity and violates constitutional guidelines of... Read more
“The gospel tradition is full of conflict. Often the conflict is violent. All three synoptic Gospels begin and end with conflict, the most prominent being the crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans, followed by his vindication in the resurrection. … Far from avoiding or transcending such conflicts, however, Jesus himself enters into them and even exacerbates or escalates them” (Richard A. Horsley, Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine, page 156). Against the popular myth... Read more
Here is a fact: the median church size in America is now at 108 (down from 140). Churches are shrinking, the Nones are rising. So, James Emery White asks in his book The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated, how do we close the gap between churches shrinking and the Nones rising? Maybe we should his question: What’s the problem? His answer? “Seemingly long-term insiders. Countless leaders and members of churches have given in to a Christian... Read more
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The first chapter of Amir D. Aczel’s recent book Why Science Does Not Disprove God gives a brief (very brief!) overview of the development of religion, from the very early fertility representations and cave drawings tens of thousands of years ago to the emergence of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and the like. He points to the many examples of so-called “Venus figurines” found all over Europe and the Middle East and to cave paintings and images and sculptures of bulls thought... Read more
In spite of the brash and noisy voices of the new atheists, who focus on the bad implications of religion, there is much to celebrate that comes to us and our world through religion and religious people. In Martin Thielen’s new book, The Answer to Bad Religion is not No Religion, he offers this sketch of what is good: Religion provides meaning, purpose, and hope for billions of believers. It builds significant relationships and faith communities. It gives people a sense... Read more
Blayne Alexander: ATLANTA — A young boy’s love of gospel music may have saved his life. Earlier this month, police say a man kidnapped then nine-year-old Willie Myrick from his southwest Atlanta driveway. He allegedly drove the boy around for some time before dropping him off unharmed in East Point. But Willie’s actions during those terrifying three hours are inspiring people around the country. Willie says he sang the gospel song Every Praise until the man let him go. Thursday evening, community... Read more
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