“Basically, we pray for the community,” said Jose Rojas, pastor of the church. "This is the horror of the whole country. There are all these shootings. ... I think it’s too much, too much to see innocent people being killed.” Read more
“Basically, we pray for the community,” said Jose Rojas, pastor of the church. "This is the horror of the whole country. There are all these shootings. ... I think it’s too much, too much to see innocent people being killed.” Read more
I responded with a list of species that had become extinct in the 20th century. And invited Beisner to reconcile this list with his claim that "there is no good reason to believe that species extinctions are occurring much more rapidly than … perhaps one per century." 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: Mixed marriages. Read more
Do we need a "new" Christian sexual ethic? Well, yes. But not because the old one needs replacing. We need a new Christian sexual ethic because we haven't got an old one to replace. Read more
Leftover notes from the week that was, including: Chiune Sugihara, bureaucrat and hero; why we need Saturday and Sunday mail; Mary Lou Retton and the Mennonite menace; Lenny Kravitz sits in; charity produces a confused sports history; imaginary opposites; the trouble with "kids these days;" girls were a diamond's best friends; and proclaiming the Bible "dead, dead, dead." Read more
Didache 4.5-8: "Be not a stretcher forth of the hands to receive and a drawer of them back to give. If you have anything, through your hands you shall give ransom for your sins. Do not hesitate to give, nor complain when you give; for you shall know who is the good repayer of the hire. Do not turn away from him who is in want; rather, share all things with your brother, and do not say that they are your own. For if you are partakers in that which is immortal, how much more in things which are mortal?" Read more
Here are some brief highlights of a few examples of the Inquisition at work at evangelical colleges and seminaries, where gatekeepers have pursued their ends with fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to inerrancy. In part 1, we'll look at Shorter University, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read more
Here are a dozen more good reasons to be happy and hopeful, including: a vote for equality in the UK; the CFPB has got your back; no more Rapiscan at the airport; Chicago cracks down on wage theft; a big year for wind energy; Malala regaining strength, back to terrifying the Taliban; liberation for two more from Westboro Baptist; and a waiter makes the right call, twice. Read more
Pregnant women have advocates in feminist groups like the National Women's Law Center. In theory, "pro-life" groups should also be forceful advocates for the legal rights, legal protections, and social benefits that pregnant women need. But that help is not always forthcoming. Sadly, the pro-life movement seems more focused on imposing legal limits to the options facing pregnant women than on creating an environment in which such women have greater options, greater opportunities to thrive. Read more
Birds gotta sing. Fish gotta swim. And the tribal gatekeepers of white evangelicalism gotta be vindictive little jackwagons who try to get people fired. Owen Strachan won't be satisfied until he turns every evangelical college into Cedarville University. Read more
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