"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: Salvation by childbearing. 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: Salvation by childbearing. Read more
Here is something that no one, anywhere, has ever said: "Hey, wouldn't it be great if the lyrics to Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' were re-written by a right-wing Calvinist as a didactic lecture on divine wrath?" Read more
Hobby Lobby is not arguing that this supposedly onerous mandate should be illegal under the Hyde Amendment or under the executive order that expressly forbids the ACA from anything like an "abortion mandate." Instead, Hobby Lobby is arguing only that it should be granted a religious exception to the rules requiring gender equality in insurance coverage for employees. That's the tell. Read more
This is a radical act, the act of remembering when the powers that be are telling you not to. Merritt remembers what evangelicals taught about contraception when she was a teenager and she remembers that it was the opposite of what evangelicals are teaching and saying and fighting legal battles over today. 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: Jarha and Sheshan's daughter. Read more
Malala Yousufzai leaves the hospital; Episcopalians and teenagers spoil Westboro's plans; the "Sk8ter Grrls of Kabul;" a boom year for wind power; America's incarceration rate heads down; a bishop has a change of heart; and several more reasons to be happy. Read more
Rules are a lousy way to get people to follow rules. This is why our Christian Rules for Sex and our Rules for Christian Sex are a dead end. It's not so much that these rules are widely disobeyed, but that they are largely irrelevant. We don't bother explaining most of them. We aren't able to explain many of them. So it shouldn't be surprising that others don't understand them either. 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: Shaharaim and Hushim, Baara & Hodesh. Read more
Is the deadly sin named after the gentle, slow-moving creature, or is the creature named after the deadly sin? Read more
Survey respondents readily confessed to being tempted by over-eating, procrastination, laziness and worry, but they were far less inclined to admit to temptation to lie and cheat. This is ironic, given that responding to this survey is, itself, a tempting occasion for lying to make oneself seem less prone or susceptible to temptation. Read more
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