Tim Walz, Progressive Lutheran
by Robert BenneWalz, the first Lutheran to run for vice president, is indeed as progressive as the church to which he belongs. Continue Reading »
Evangelicals for Sale
by Mark BauerleinMegan Basham joins in to discuss her new book Shepherds for Sale. Continue Reading »
What Protestants Can Learn From Catholics
by Carl R. TruemanFrom wisdom regarding philanthropy to the need for churches to do the hard things regarding discipline, there are important lessons here for us all. Continue Reading »
Do Protestants Believe in Present-Day Miracles?
by John WilsonDuring Sunday evening service we heard many miracle stories, some of them enormously powerful, others less so. Continue Reading »
The Plot to Queer Evangelical Churches
by Megan BashamShepherds must teach their sheep to understand what the Bible teaches about sexuality, or they leave them to the wolves. Continue Reading »
Theology of Immigration
by Brad LittlejohnSpeaking to a gymnasium full of high schoolers in 2015, Angela Merkel sought to explain why Germany needed to close its borders to the tide of Syrian refugees. She was brought up short by Reem Sahwil, a refugee girl facing deportation. The girl’s tears accomplished what no lobbyist or newspaper . . . . Continue Reading »
Criminal Omissions
by Josh Abbotoy and Daniel StrandMatthew Martens, a career attorney and an evangelical, believes that criminal justice needs a new ethic, specifically, a Christian one. Drawing on a range of theological and biblical texts, he argues that we should “conform such a system to Scripture”—that is, to “Christ’s love for . . . . Continue Reading »
Courage in the PCA
by Ben C. DunsonThe greatest challenge facing the Presbyterian Church in America is the temptation to adopt harmful therapeutic concepts. Continue Reading »
On the “Nation” of Christian Nationalism
by Peter J. LeithartIn the debate around Christian Nationalism, the term “nation” can be poorly defined. Continue Reading »
Nihilism—in Nazi Germany and Today
by Carl R. TruemanOurs is a time of anthropological crisis when we as a society cannot agree on what it means to be human. Thus, theologians who faced that issue in Nazi Germany are obvious dialogue partners upon whom we can draw. Continue Reading »
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