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Alert the Media — A Pastor Believes in Hell

Hell just emerged as an issue in Election 2008, and the campaign now enters a zone where politics and theology collide. The catalyst for this emergence of eternal punishment as an issue is a "Belief Watch" column in this week's edition of Newsweek m ...

September 10, 2008

A Private Conviction About Murder?

Speaking Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Senator Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for Vice President, made headlines by stating that he accepts "as a matter of faith" that human life begins at conception, but he would not impose that view on other ...

September 8, 2008

The Church and the World — A Raging Debate at “On Faith”

Over at "On Faith," the project of The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine, a debate is raging over this question: Women are not allowed to become clergy in many conservative religious groups. Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a na ...

September 5, 2008

An Unexpected New Motherhood Debate

Labor Day 2008 came with a bang as Hurricane Gustav plowed into the Gulf Coast and as the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain revealed that the daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is five months pregnant, and yet unmarried.  The word spread ...

September 2, 2008

Welcome to the World, Trig Paxson Van Palin — Now the World Has Seen You

[This article was originally posted on May 6, 2008.  In it, I offer the remark that Gov. Sarah Palin "is often mentioned as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain."  What seemed merely a possibility in May has become reality in August, and the ...

August 30, 2008

The Culture of the Congregation — Celebrating Adoption

The concept of adoption is nearly universal.  In the classic sense it is the formal and legally recognized act of willingly receiving someone else's child as your own.  In contrast to temporary guardianship or foster arrangements, adoption is permane ...

August 29, 2008

When Conscience and Medical Practice Collide

Should physicians and other healthcare professionals be required to perform procedures that violate their conscience?  Most states have adopted so-called "conscience clauses" that shield doctors and others from being required to perform abortions, eu ...

August 28, 2008

From Mainline to Sideline — The Death of Protestant America

Joseph Bottum remembers a time when America was painted in bold Protestant hues.  "America was Methodist, once upon a time--Methodist, or Baptist, or Presbyterian, or Congregationalist, or Episcopalian," he explains.  But, that was then, and this is ...

August 26, 2008

New God or No God? The Peril of Making God Plausible

What kind of god would be plausible in this postmodern age?  Taken by itself, that question represents the great divide between those who believe in the God of the Bible and those who see the need to reinvent a deity more acceptable to the modern min ...

August 25, 2008

Greeting the Future of the Family — It’s in the Cards

The greeting card features two male torsos in tuxedos. The message is clear -- Hallmark is ready to join the celebration of same-sex marriage. According to the Associated Press, America's most prominent greeting card producer decided to roll out a ...

August 22, 2008

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