This isn't just a problem for professional scholars and academics. It affects thousands of evangelicals with undergraduate degrees from mainstream evangelical institutions like Wheaton, Calvin and Gordon. It affects every seminary educated evangelical pastor. Read more
The obvious connection between these two stories is that they're both about Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert. But how else are these stories connected or related to one another? Are they contradictions? Or are they complements? Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Heavenly marriage. Read more
How does someone like John Piper say such clownish things and yet become so influential in so many evangelical churches? Apparently those churches abide by Piper's rules and chase after leaders "irrespective of competency." Read more
You can study legitimate biblical scholars and learn from them that Ken Ham is full of crap and that his "Answers in Genesis" are based on recent, illiterate misreadings of the Bible. Or you can go to Utah and stand in the shade of trees that prove it. Read more
You can oppose the predatory scam of the state lotteries. Or you can be a reflexively anti-tax Republican and a disciple of Grover Norquist. But you cannot do both. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Rehoboam & Mahalath & Maacah & others. Read more
They think they're disagreeing when all along they're actually both saying parts of the same thing: Money is necessary, but not sufficient. Put it that way, and both someone and singer can agree and move forward from there. But if we fail to see that this is what's really being said, there can't be any agreement or even any disagreement -- just a lot of confused talking past one another. Read more
God isn't taking sides in the Super Bowl, but I am. I'm rooting for the Baltimore Ravens, because of The Wire, because of the city of Baltimore, because of local son Joe Flacco, and most of all because Brendan Ayanbadejo is a real hero. Read more
Albert Einstein counts as a smart person, right? Elizabeth Drescher explains why Christians are angry with Mark Driscoll; Amy Mitchell explains why anger is necessary; Andrew Sullivan dismantles David French's "despicable" distortion of Jesus; and Alisa Harris recognizes a subculture tinged with violence. Read more
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