Finally, Buck Williams wants something. That gives this chapter a momentum and a life that’s usually lacking in these books. It’s the one big thing that Jerry Jenkins gets right in this chapter that allows readers to hurdle past all the other things here, large and small, that he gets horribly wrong. Read more
Mainstream evangelicals generally do not identify with the tone and emphasis of the religious right. When people like me criticize the religious right, these mainstream evangelicals often complain that such criticisms overemphasize the influence of a vocal, but marginal, minority that does not represent the views of most evangelicals. But the religious right is not at all marginal, and it is, in fact, representative of mainstream white evangelicalism. Read more
"Bible prophecy scholars" insist that the Rapture and the End of the World are prophesied to occur in our lifetime. That's what makes us special. It means that the Bible was written mainly for and about us -- for and about the special 21st-century white Americans in whose special lifetimes these prophecies were ordained by God to occur. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week it's a list of Christmas love songs. A bit of sentiment, liberal use of the word "home," sprinkle in some snow and add some bells (jingle, church, or both) and you've got a holiday hit on your hands. 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: Blessedness. Read more
Dan Savage says Christians are constantly reassuring him that "We're not all like that" -- meaning that not all Christians are hateful or opposed to LGBT civil rights. But Savage says these NALT Christians should stop apologizing to him and start talking to those other Christians who are like that. For them, "We're not all like that" might just be a revelation and an invitation to choose something better. Read more
He's upset about something on the Internet, so he had the church secretary print it out. The print out was then placed in a file folder, which was carefully labeled and tucked away in the proper drawer. This is how he handles information, how he keeps control of it. And this has been how he handles people and keeps control of them. That used to work. It doesn't any more. Read more
Hagar is another of the many women in the Bible who is misused, mistreated and disregarded by the righteous heroes of the story. But unlike with Dinah or those many nameless just-a-concubine women in those other stories, Hagar's experience is not wholly invisible. 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: Shechem and Dinah. Read more
I can't really believe that this fashion line is being produced by, or marketed to, evangelical youths when its promotional video wouldn't be permitted to be shown in any evangelical youth group. It's a pose, and a poe. A fairly well-executed one, but still just an attention-grabbing gimmick and not -- thank God -- an actual attempt at "ministry." Read more
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