If the idea of “live and let live” is applied only to the right of Christians to privately believe in daft ideas, there will come a time when each of us is excluded from the protection of the human community. Continue Reading »
Reformation Day is a good time to reflect on my reasons for being Protestant. Continue Reading »
In a culture that has given itself over to extreme moral accountability, grace and mercy will never cease to be a scandal. Continue Reading »
A Christian and a Democrat gets off to an inauspicious start, with a foreword by former FBI director James Comey denouncing President Trump and his evangelical supporters. Comey, of course, mismanaged a spurious investigation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and was later fired for cause . . . . Continue Reading »
Jesus promises his followers that they will be hated in this world. “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates . . . . Continue Reading »
Joshua Harris was the product of, and a major player in, a wider movement that is proving increasingly problematic. Continue Reading »
Even an apparently simple Gospel such as Mark’s is extremely interesting intellectually, if one approaches it as true. Continue Reading »
John Wilson recommends the writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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The faith of the Albanian people is strong. Continue Reading »
The witness and work of the celibate supports a culture of life. Continue Reading »
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