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February 2013

February 01, 2013
Recently I mentioned that I was sincerely questioning whether religious conservatives should still favor laws...

January 2013

January 10, 2013
Some powerful words from Peter Enns: A lot of people have heard of “the parable...

December 2012

December 04, 2012
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/04/12: J. E. Dyer, Patheos/The Optimistic Christian: “I have an urgent sense that...

November 2012

November 01, 2012
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/01/12: Via Scot McKnight, Jeff Cook, Patheos/Jesus Creed: “He came back to life...

October 2012

October 02, 2012
Evangelicals are neither loved nor respected in the American public square.   This is due in...
October 01, 2012
Terry Mattingly raises an interesting question at the excellent GetReligion blog: When do we stop...

June 2012

June 11, 2012
I recently wrote a piece entitled "What if the Culture War Never Happened," where I encouraged...

January 2012

January 31, 2012
The property battle between denominational bodies and the local churches that disaffiliate from them is...
January 19, 2012
We all know the outlines of the story.  Alarmed by the increasing likelihood that Mitt...
January 10, 2012
Perhaps it was providential that my hard drive was damaged and I couldn't extract the...
January 08, 2012
Like megachurches, homeschooling, and Tim Tebow, "Merry Christmas" has become a religio-cultural Rorschach test.  If...

October 2011

October 19, 2011
The Democratic Party is a club for pedophiles. I'm sorry.  I know that's a tough...
October 03, 2011
Rob Bell recently announced his decision to leave Mars Hill Bible Church, the congregation he...

September 2011

September 16, 2011
Because of a certain person who shall go nameless -- let's call him M. Romney...
September 12, 2011
Every now and then I'll hear from someone who has bought into the "Jesus Myth"...

August 2011

August 18, 2011
In the News 1.  Important pieces on "twin killings" or (more euphemistically) "reductions" -- in...
August 02, 2011
One of the gravest dangers of the Budget Control Act passed yesterday is that it...

July 2011

July 30, 2011
A pall hangs over America and her churches. There is a sense not merely that...
July 26, 2011
In the News 1.  "New Polls Confirm Obama's Democratic Base Crumbles."  Michael Warren comments. 2....
July 25, 2011
What do we do with the fact that Anders Behring Breivik -- the perpetrator of...
July 21, 2011
In the News 1.  "Christian Coalition Asks Obama to Protect the Poor During Meeting."  There's...
July 08, 2011
I recently wrote a piece entitled "Three Red Herrings in the Gay Marriage Debate."  A...
July 08, 2011
A recent post, "Is Homosexuality Voluntary?", asked whether homosexual desires, or sexual desires more generally,...
July 08, 2011
Morning Palate Cleanser: 14-year-old Brendan MacFarlane, Scottish boy with pipes, sings Gospel and Country.  Here he...

June 2011

June 30, 2011
The dust is settling from the battle of Albany, and the smell of red herrings...
June 21, 2011
Note: This is part of a series on Christianity and Homosexuality.  See the introduction here....
June 18, 2011
I'm presently trapped in travel purgatory -- my attempts to return to Atlanta last night...
June 16, 2011
Are Mormon beliefs a legitimate cause for concern for those who might otherwise vote for...

May 2011

May 27, 2011
Some of the intersections of faith and politics are so littered with landmines that it's...

September 2009

September 24, 2009
One Christian's perspective on the day's news: 1.  For those who are guiding children toward...
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