"I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me." Read more
"I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me." Read more
This statement surfaced yesterday in response to the recent controversy surrounding Simon Peter and the household of Cornelius, a Roman centurion and dirty Gentile from Caesarea, whom Peter embraced despite the clear teachings of scripture. It's a fascinating glimpse of how the early church defended the scriptures against Peter's dangerous, unbiblical ideas. 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: "The Lord struck the child." Read more
Watching the professional defenders of "traditional marriage" lecture Wendell Berry on that subject is like watching executives from Monsanto or Archer Daniels Midland attempting to lecture him on the subject of agriculture. Read more
I think what we're seeing from white evangelicals after the Giglio controversy, and what we saw earlier on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, is the struggle of a group poised between those two choices, those two possible responses: Adaptation or counter-revolution. This awkward moment between possibilities is characterized by what I'll call grievance envy. Read more
What Louie Giglio and his defenders perceive to be a "gracious, cordial tone" does not seem at all gracious or cordial to those on the receiving end of it -- not to people who understand the contemptuousness and vicious slanders invested in that phrase "homosexual lifestyle" or who understand the callous cruelty of the "ex-gay" ideology Giglio endorsed, which accuses LGBT people of having a moral, spiritual or psychological deficiency in need of a cure. 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: David & Bathsheba. Read more
“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred,” Berry said. “Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing with righteousness – as at the crucifixion and before and since." Read more
"[Steve Chalke's] statement represents the first time that a major evangelist and leader in the evangelical community has come out in support of same-sex relationships. Discussions about what he has done will reverberate from churches, youth groups, seminaries, Bible schools and denominations." Read more
We do not need prayers at inaugurations. We need to not have prayers at inaugurations. Those sentences are true whether the "we" refers to we Americans as a nation or to "we" Christians or "we" religious people. Mingling of church and state is not good for either church or state. Read more
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