Choosing a Path in the World
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
New Churches, Old Europe
Philip Jenkins, Christian Century
Formed by War
Annalaura Montgomery Chuang, Christianity Today
Love & Mercy: A Refreshing Biopic on Brian Wilson
Wes Jakacki, Books and Culture
In 1775, a group of American soldiers raided George Whitefield’s five-year-old grave in Newbury, Massachusetts. Hoping that his relics would secure their protection in battle, they extracted a clerical collar and wristbands from the celebrated preacher’s remains and divided the cloth among themselves. The staunchly Protestant Whitefield no doubt rolled in his grave when they returned him to his resting place. Continue Reading »
At the March for Life this past January, I saw a teenage girl holding a sign that read, “She could be the next Beyoncé!” the “she” referring, of course, to the baby inside the womb. Her sign reminded me of the quirky movie, Juno, in which the protagonist, a young teenager, decides not to . . . . Continue Reading »
Clues to the Encyclical II: A Long Tradition of Papal Teaching on Social, Economic, and Political Matters
Vincent J. Miller, America
God: She, He, or Gender Fluid?
Sean Curnyn, The Cinch Review
Rethinking Sex Ed in the Church
Cameron Cole, The Gospel Coalition
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead: A Pastor's Response to the Death of a Childhood Abuser
Mez McConnell, 20Schemes.com
Can we ever achieve consensus on divisive social issues? The just-concluded session of the Montana Legislature sent Governor Steve Bullock the “Montana Unborn Child Pain and Suffering Prevention Act” (HB 479), which would have set the anesthetization of any unborn child twenty weeks gestation or . . . . Continue Reading »
The Contemporary Christian Music industry has shrunk to a third of its former size. Is dissatisfaction with a Christian copy-cat culture to blame? And what is “good” Christian art anyway?
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At one time I strongly believed that every published Bible ought to contain the entire collection of books and not just, say, the New Testament. I still believe this to a very large extent, but I've moderated my views somewhat over the years. Continue Reading »
People Who Cut Off Their Own Limbs (And Their Enablers)
Ian Tuttle, National Review.
Smartphones, Tablets, and Christian Parenting
Russell Moore, russellmoore.com
The Campus Crusaders
David Brooks, the New York Times.
The Village Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in the Dallas area, recently disciplined a woman who had her marriage annulled when she found out that her husband had been looking at child porn. Why would the church do that? Isn’t she the wronged party?Jonathan Merritt attempts to . . . . Continue Reading »
The “Pastor Protection” bill just breezed through the Texas House and Senate with strong bipartisan support, and should soon be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. The purpose of the bill is to enshrine in law the ability of pastors to marry those couples whom their faith allows to be married, . . . . Continue Reading »
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