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July 2015

July 30, 2015
Here's one group that hopes to keep tabs on evangelicalism's boundaries, but turns out --...
July 28, 2015
This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of Faith in...
July 24, 2015
If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, color mine small. Over at the Gospel...
July 23, 2015
Anthony Esolen is discouraged as many Christians living the United States are. The legal process...
July 09, 2015
If anyone wanted to know how difficult the argument against same-sex marriage is going to...
July 07, 2015
While folks are still sorting out the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage, a little...
July 02, 2015
Lots of angst over last week's Supreme Court decision about same-sex marriage. But should Christians...

June 2015

June 26, 2015
Jessica Bennett explains that women and men are different: Here’s an under-140-character musing for you:...
June 25, 2015
Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment has had trouble getting much attention what with the...
June 19, 2015
People complain about celebrity pastors. Fame can make a pastor unaccountable, a lone ranger. It...
June 17, 2015
So here was a thought that popped into my head today while listening to sports...
June 06, 2015
Revivalism and Presbyterianism have a long and complicated history. Presbyterians in the United States split...
June 04, 2015
Can someone, anyone, explain why John Piper is so popular among evangelicals? The reason for...

May 2015

May 29, 2015
Pete Enns a while back channeled Rachel Held Evans on the value of candor among...
May 25, 2015
U.S. national holidays generally bring out the worst of American civil religion. A sure fire...
May 22, 2015
Mad Men has just concluded and various encomiums have followed. For David Letterman fans, the...
May 18, 2015
Patrick Deneen's comments about Indiana's RFRA has been making the rounds but they leave me...
May 16, 2015
How many times when watching a tv show or movie do we see a man...
May 13, 2015
The subject of the West's treatment of non-Christians has come up of late, if only...
May 08, 2015
The reason for asking is that he doesn't seem to be all that impressed with...
May 05, 2015
In his book, Bad Religion, Ross Douthat covers the resistance that "orthodox" Christians (Roman Catholics...
May 01, 2015
It looks like Ben Carson might need some help from John F. Kennedy. Southern Baptists...

April 2015

April 28, 2015
I don't like taking issue with a fellow historian and Patheos blogger, but I wonder...
April 24, 2015
Mark Shea tries to show the superiority of Roman Catholics to Protestants by arguing that...
April 22, 2015
The reason for asking is that the NFL franchise in the City of Brotherly Love...
April 17, 2015
Megachurches have their problems and I am certainly not a fan. But I wonder if...
April 09, 2015
Sorry folks but the recurring refrain that Christians in the United States are experiencing persecution...
April 08, 2015
With all the hoopla about religious freedom and the persecution of Christians, a post by...
April 03, 2015
The Joker's Wild is an incredibly good movie, maybe the best Frank Sinatra film I've...

March 2015

March 30, 2015
Our good editor here encouraged posts about "what good is religion, anyway." In my neck...
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