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Jesus, Superman, and the Perils of Superficiality

Ruth Gledhill, religion correspondent for The Times [London] reports that religious educators in Great Britain plan to use Superman as a way of getting school children to think about Jesus. This is how Gledhill introduces her report: The comic book ...

February 20, 2006

Anne Lamott and Her Evangelical Audience

Writer Anne Lamott is known for being plain spoken (an understatement) and controversial, and yet she has a readership among many evangelicals. They may well be shocked to read her recent op-ed piece in The Los Angeles Times on abortion. She minces n ...

February 20, 2006

Homosexuality and Theological Method — A Pattern of Argument to Watch

Commonweal is a left-leaning Roman Catholic magazine that is often at odds with the Vatican. For an evangelical theologian, reading Commonweal offers insight into the thinking of the Catholic left -- a pattern amazingly similar to liberal Protestant ...

February 17, 2006

PCUSA Projects Big Membership Losses — Any Lessons?

The Presbyterian Church (USA), based in Louisville, Kentucky, now projects a loss of 85,000 members in 2006, after an estimated 65,000 loss in 2005. That adds up to a projected loss of over 2 million members since 1967. The Presbyterian Layman repor ...

February 16, 2006

“The Glove Affair” — Scared Yet?

The Los Angeles Times reports that teenagers are now attending "condom parties" known as "Glove Affair." At least some area schools -- including middle schools -- are hosting the parties. Writer Randye Hoder described the parties, with particular re ...

February 16, 2006

A Cultural Revelation — Willie Nelson and His Gay Cowboy Song

The fact that singer Willie Nelson has recorded his own "gay cowboy song" is not so revealing. After all, the Hollywood elites have gone agog over Brokeback Mountain. In one sense, Willie is just joining the bandwagon. He also has a song on the movie ...

February 16, 2006

Homosexuality and the Bible — One Very Wrong Way to Deal With the Text

Rabbi Steve Greenberg addressed students at Oberlin College on the issue of homosexuality recently. Author of Wrestling With God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition, Greenberg is an openly-homosexual rabbi on a mission to normalize homosex ...

February 15, 2006

The current issue of The Atlantic Monthly features Lori Gottlieb's fascinating report on the rise of online dating services. In "How Do I Love Thee?," Gottlieb traces the development of the online romance and match-making services and offers percepti ...

February 14, 2006

Newsweek On The New World of Sex and Love

Newsweek's current cover story, "Sex and the Single Boomer: The New World of Midlife Romance," offers further evidence that an embrace of deep sexual confusion has become something of a national passion. In the age of no-fault divorce laws, Viagra, a ...

February 14, 2006

Evolution Sunday? What’s Next?

Yesterday, the 197th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, was declared "Evolution Sunday" by a group of liberal Protestant ministers. According to The New York Times, it was observed in several hundred churches nationwide. The event grew out ...

February 13, 2006