Rachel Held Evans on the strange exemption of Jesus' teaching from "literal" interpretation. Dahlia Lithwick and William Lindsey on the Supreme Court's decision that religious majorities should enjoy the majority of religious rights. Jane Mayer on "Ronald Reagan's Benghazi." And Kathryn Joyce on the pattern of sexual abuse in authoritarian, unaccountable Protestantism. Read more
I checked -- Tim Challies' "False Teachers" series is not actually a parody mocking the self-importance of self-appointed tribal gatekeepers. ... Lots of new places to be legally shot at in Georgia. ... Coprolites! ... Charisma magazine is not big on understanding irony. ... "No spacemen up above, and we're still far from love ..." Read more
If Republican Rep. Stacey Campfield thinks Obamacare is like the Holocaust, he should take a look at Israel's Health Ministry. Read more
I apologize to the squirrels for blaming them for this. That was unfair. Read more
Roger Olson, Jonathan Merritt, Benjamin Corey, Michael Kimpan and Zack Hunt all weigh in on the Jesus vs. Al Mohler question. (They all take Jesus' side.) Mona Sinclair runs for the North Carolina senate on an anti-gay platform. And another "Leading Authority on What Shouldn't Be in Poor People's Grocery Carts." Read more
"From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded." Read more
This here blog is part of Patheos’ “progressive Christian” channel — an odd-sock drawer of mainline Protestants, emergent types, and various “post-evangelicals” blessedly banished by the gatekeepers of that tribe. The progressive Christian channel is home to 55 blogs, and the diversity of that line-up remains something of a work in, well, progress. The channel remains lopsidedly white and male, with 33 of those 55 blogs — including this one — written by white dudes. That needs work. The world... Read more
To mark its anniversary, Patheos has asked the bloggers hosted here to post our "Top 5" posts. This is kind of cool, because it makes this week a good time to introduce yourself to the wide array of blogs, voices and people who write for the various channels here at Patheos. Just look at 'em all -- an all-you-can-read smorgasblog. Click away at that link and you can find all kinds of new and unfamiliar writers, with their "Top 5" posts conveniently laid out to give you a good idea of which sites you'd like to come back to in the future. Neat. Read more
"Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things." Read more
The centurion was unclean. He was a Gentile -- strike one. He had sworn an oath of loyalty and service to a false god (Caesar) -- strike two. And even if this particular centurion was trying his best to be nice about it, he was the enemy and part of an occupying army oppressing God's people -- strike three. Read more
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