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Remembering Tim Keller
It’s hard to underestimate Tim Keller’s influence on American evangelicalism—even though he preferred to call himself a “conservative Protestant.” The Rev. Timothy J. Keller, who died this morning at...
The Rise of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
We recently passed the 100-year anniversary of Harry Emerson Fosdick’s famous sermon “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” Delivered on May 21, 1922, the sermon was a call to arms for...
The Future of United Methodism
The United Methodist Church is going to split. No one knows the exact contours of the split, but everyone seems confident that it is coming. There is a gulf...
Amy Coney Barrett and Charismatic Christianity
Amy Coney Barrett is the first charismatic Christian nominee for the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the significance of this event has been overshadowed by anti-charismatic sentiments. Many have made bigoted...
A Call To Conversion
When I first watched the video of the confrontation that ended Ahmaud Arbery’s life, I did not simply see a homicide. Instead, I saw two white men hunting down...
COVID-19 and the Spiritual Life
The coronavirus is altering social existence in ways that we can and cannot yet perceive. Even after a vaccine finally defangs the virus, society will feel the impact of...
Our Lenten Journey
Lent is a journey with the Lord, who takes us through the gates of death so we may pass into new life. Like the children of Israel, Christians follow...
A Failed Experiment in Methodist Unity
After just fifty years, the experiment in Methodist unity that is the United Methodist Church is coming to an end. The UMC was built on bureaucratic structures designed to...
Of Things Only God Can Do
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A Mercersburg Moment?
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The Demons of African Pentecostalism
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A Charismatic Invasion of Anglicanism?
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What’s in a Name? The Therapy of Emotion and Desire
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The Eight Kinds of Commenters in the Christian Blogosphere
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Therapeutic Christianity and the Wesleyan Tradition of Evangelicalism
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