Thank you, beyond words, to all the Christians out there who know the difference between God's love and man's hate. Read more
Thank you, beyond words, to all the Christians out there who know the difference between God's love and man's hate. Read more
An engaging blend of statistical analysis and on-the-scene reporting about the rapidly shifting demographics of American religious involvement. Read more
Not much that comes out of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) shocks me anymore. As a resident of the south for 15 years, I witnessed the enforced hegemony of the Southern Baptists, and on a number of occasions was … Read more
The degree to which Christianity will contribute to a more equitable and just world will depend largely upon the degree to which Christians can let go of their exclusive claims on God and deepen their actual commitment to the way of Jesus. Read more
We all know, after all, that demons are of course the fallen angels who rebelled with Lucifer, right? Yet this aspect of Christian mythology is in fact a latecomer, and prior to about the late second century and early third, such an automatic assumption did not exist. Read more
A poem about being there and moving here. Read more
Dr. Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, argues that Christians should support capital punishment. Read more
Christians would do well to humbly acknowledge that our sacred texts are also limited and fallible. Jesus did. Read more
Elizabeth Gerhardt’s new book “The Cross and Gendercide” offers a Christian response to the heart-wrenching plight of women across the globe by engaging with the cultural, religious, historical and political context of this violence and offering a proposal for how the church can work toward ending these heinous crimes. Read more
The new documentary "God Loves Uganda" offers a sobering exploration of the American evangelical mission to impose right-wing Christian values on Africa. Read more