"Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan." Read more
"Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan." Read more
"Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." Read more
Hannah has wise words for good Christian young people governed by "the worst possible state of mind: horny celibacy." Religion not a significant variable when it comes to viewing porn. Please let's not use the term "pre-married." Horrible news from JPUSA. Boz Tchividjian on how concern for a "good reputation" is making the church disreputable. Read more
Frat houses and insurance, the EEOC on religious discrimination, an anti-racist anti-feminist (?), Rick Warren and Billy Ray Cyrus, Paul Ryan and implausible sermon illustrations, and 50 movies that prove Rush Limbaugh is, as usual, broadcasting out of his backside. Read more
Roman Catholic Church is not lobbying to make it illegal under secular law for anyone to obtain a civil divorce. Nor is it attempting to prevent divorced people from access to legal, civil remarriage. Divorce and remarriage are, in the eyes of the Catholic church, sins. But the church acknowledges that they are also a legal right that it would be unjust and immoral (i.e., sinful) to deny others. There's no reason -- no Catholic reason -- that Pope Francis and his church could not take the same approach to same-sex marriage. Read more
Most evangelical college graduates have a story like the one Dudley tells. They can relate to the trajectory he relates there -- the shock of new ideas as an underclassman and then, later, the candid conversations during office visits in which a professor explains what is and is not allowed to be said and how it differs from what is and is not true. Read more
Duplicity is built into the structure of evangelical institutions -- colleges, seminaries, publishing houses, magazines. There is a gap -- a chasm -- between what they know to be true and what they are expected or required to pretend to believe. There is a great deal that they know to be true but fearfully avoid talking about. Read more
As Chapter 11 ends, readers are treated to two pages of driving instructions followed by a full page of driving directions. We also encounter two unprecedented anomalies: Buck Williams expresses his gratitude, and Jerry Jenkins does a (very) little bit of research. Read more
You can spend thousands of dollars to study biology or biblical studies at Bryan College. They will take your money. But the professors there are not permitted to teach you either biology or biblical studies, so that money will not be well spent. Read more
A good source for tracking events in Ukraine. Sousveillance and small-town Texas police. Michael Walzer on the hatred of imaginary Jews. Flipping the script on "religious liberty" as religious privilege. "Do not be alarmed if your Bird Bible has a faint egg smell." My favorite moment from the Academy Awards. Read more
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