Insightful commentary from theologians Miroslav Volf and J.R. Daniel Kirk, Paul Moses of "Commonweal," Wheaton alumnus Marty Troyer, and from the other Wheaton College -- the one in Massachusetts that didn't hire a bunch of anti-Muslim bigots as administrators. Read more
How should Christian leaders respond to escalating violence and bigotry toward Muslims? The leaders of Wheaton College suggest the best course of action would be a monomaniacal focus on preposterous semantic hair-splitting premised on a willfully hostile and perverse reading of non-controversial remarks about the God of Abraham. I disagree. Read more
Mark down the page number. Page 147. Rayford Steele acquires his first faint glimmer of self-knowledge. After more than a hundred pages of treating others' suffering as an obstacle and inconvenience, he begins to suspect that perhaps he is capable of selfishness. Sure, his main concern seems to be that Hattie doesn't hate him, so he's still thinking mainly of himself. But still, it's something. Read more
The resignation of Wheaton College president Philip Ryken wouldn't completely unsoil the sheets there, but it might be a good start. Plus: Municipal broadband beats however you're reading this; Ted Cruz has some hideous friends; the Webby Awards apparently still exist; and yes, of course I'll link to a piece on "Buffy" and the folklore of Hell. Read more
What should you do when some offense-addicted hegemon sneers a weaponized "Merry Christmas" at you, their fingers twitching over the holster of their quick-draw culture-war six-shooter as they evaluate your response to this tribal shibboleth? You should say, "Thanks! You too!" And give 'em a big smile. Read more
It's impossible to see Wheaton College's abrupt suspension of Prof. Hawkins as anything other than an obsequious, groveling attempt to appease Rich White Donors. And as a not-so-subtle threat to the rest of the faculty, staff and students to get in line and settle down. Or else. This is a sin. And a total dick move. Read more
"ISIS is winning the propaganda war," Sen Tex Cruz said at the Republican debate last night in Las Vegas. And if that wasn't true before the debate, it's probably true now, after what seems to have been a prime time special urging Americans to cower in fear from the terror of the mighty ISIS. The pattern holds: These candidates want us to fear the people they hate and to hate the people they fear. Beyond that, they haven't much to offer. Read more
I think it's not so much the question of "what is this place for?" as the question of "who is this place for?" We don't see any people in all those gorgeous photographs of this dazzling place. And it's hard to imagine populating those photos with anyone other than the populace of "the so-called Gold Coast of Fairfield County, which ... ranks sixth in the US in per-capita income." Read more
Why use a "Why ..." headline for an article that doesn't say why? Plus: Biblical archaeology on the big screen; bomb control; a hijab in Wheaton; and schoolchildren fighting for their right to learn. Read more
Everybody is familiar with the story of Noah in the Bible, but many people don't seem to realize that the Bible actually gives us two Noahs -- two different stories about two very different people named Noah. That's odd, in part, because the story of the other Noah appears three times. And because it's a way better story. Read more
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