The courage and clarity of President Trump’s executive orders on gender identity Last week, flanked by a small army of girls and young women, Presi...
Young men are turning to conservatism—in politics and in Christianity They didn’t see this coming. Liberals in America are scratching their heads t...
The meaning of the president’s second term in office Monday was one of those very few days that draw a line in the sands of history. Amer...
The life and legacy of Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga., at age ...
I had the privilege of addressing the New Attitude 2006 conference in Louisville Monday, leading a session on a Christian understanding of sexuality in light of contemporary challenges. It was a tremendous experience -- just seeing all those highly ...
The conviction of Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skillings is an historic development in the world of business and in the field of criminal prosecution, but the whole case raises more questions than these convictions can answer. Some immed ...
Should Christians seek cosmetic surgery? That is a pressing question that gets to the heart of our current cultural moment. As a society, we have corrupted the vision of beauty to the extent that some persons have procedure after procedure, entailing ...
Just count this as unlikely agreement week. Earlier, I found reason to agree with a statement by heretical retired Bishop John Shelby Spong [see here]. Now, I find basic agreement with and appreciation for an editorial published in The Christian Cent ...
Laurie Goodstein of The New York Times offers an audience-eye view of The Da Vinci Code movie, and her report is worthy of attention. She dismisses the movie as a bomb with film critics, and suggests that the movie will appeal mostly to diehard fans ...
Larry Hurtado, Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at the University of Edinburgh, offers an excellent scholarly rebuttal to The Da Vinci Code at Slate.com. Here are a few of his key arugments: The belief that Jesus is som ...
In an interview with Sojourners magazine, Brian McLaren says the popularity of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, is rooted in "an experience in shared frustration with status-quo, male-dominated, power-oriented, cover-up-prone organized Christian ...
The federal government is to require states to prepare evacuation plans for pets, as well as for humans, according to press reports. just take a look at this passage from coverage in The Washington Post: A television shot of a little boy losing his ...
Religion New Service reports that Chicago Theological Seminary is offering an "online self-defense course" for members of the United Church of Christ who face criticism when conservatives accuse them of "not believing the Bible." From RNS release, p ...
Don't get too excited, but I have found a basis for some agreement with John Shelby Spong, the liberal retired Episcopal bishop of Newark, New Jersey. It probably had to happen sooner or later. Bishop Spong's doctrinal system is, to state the obviou ...