Some of us have been publicly complaining about Franklin's hijacking and derailing of his father's ministry for many years, but things got more interesting this week when the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian joined the chorus. Read more
Some of us have been publicly complaining about Franklin's hijacking and derailing of his father's ministry for many years, but things got more interesting this week when the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian joined the chorus. Read more
Some late-Friday stuff, including: How "love for Israel" can be a kind of anti-Semitism; worshipping the bronze serpent; bearing false witness against our neighbors; updating that infamous Lee Atwater quote; and the dangers of holistic medicine. Read more
Every once in a while, this needs to be said: "Liberal" politics and "liberal" theology are not the same thing. "Conservative" politics and "conservative" theology are not the same thing. Right-wing politics do not make one theologically "conservative" or orthodox. Left-wing politics do not make one theologically "liberal" or heterodox. The theological spectrum does not mirror the political spectrum for many, many reasons, the most important of which being that there is no such thing as the "theological spectrum." Read more
Al Mohler's main problem is not that he's on the wrong side of history. His main problem is that he's on the wrong side of Pentecost. That is his entire career, his entire agenda and mission statement: Standing athwart Pentecost, yelling Stop. Read more
• “In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” (Anatole France, 1894) • Here’s a headline from Christianity Today: “Transgender Students Battle Christian Universities.” Here’s a more accurate headline for that story — and one you will never, ever see at Christianity Today: “Christian Universities Battle Transgender Students.” • Here’s everything you need to know about the current trajectory of white evangelicalism in America:... Read more
OK, so, what happened was I made a list. And then, as sometimes happens, I got kind of carried away. See, this guy had published his list of The Top 200 Christian Blogs or some such, and it turned out to be, like, almost all men. And then when people asked him why he hadn’t included more women, he was all, like, “I would have, but there just aren’t any out there.” This seemed like one of those rare occasions... Read more
Rapture ideology, I believe, is a product of anxiety about death. It's a way of coping with the fear of death by denying its inevitability, inventing a way that some special few of us will get to escape it. Read more
This is Tim LaHaye's umpteenth book of charts, graphs, timelines and checklists in which he purports to help readers of Revelation decipher the impenetrable mystery of what that book might possibly mean when its speaks cryptically of "the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." Read more
Pacifists still have to pay for bullets, but they're allowed to discriminate against LGBT students. Profiles of two delusional nativists. Why some Christian colleges refuse to be trustworthy. Plus Johnny Cash proclaims woe unto the rich, Junia is a little less alone, dubious decor from Sears, and, oh, also too, the excerpt function on WordPress still isn't working on my front page. Read more
Oh my. I can hear the pearls being clutched from here. That’s not very “civil” is it? OK, let’s try this: Dear Thomas Kidd, With all due respect in re: your pronouncements regarding “The ‘Evangelicals’ Who Are Not Evangelicals,” You Are Henceforth Cordially Invited to Bite Me. Let’s not play games. There is nothing “civil” about the gatekeeper power games Kidd is playing. From the scare-quotes of his title on through, this is a nasty piece of work and anyone... Read more
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