Sexuality and the UMC

by Dale M. Coulter

The progressive and traditionalist wings of the UMC cannot live together any longer. Continue Reading »

18 Feb 2019

Baptizing the Spirit of the Age

by Matthew Lee Anderson

The new “Affirmation of Baptismal Faith” erodes the Church of England’s claim to bear witness to the one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.  Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2019

The Death of Clear Thinking

by Carl R. Trueman

A recent New York Times article is worrying, though perhaps not so much for the content as for what it reveals about this present age. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2018

Heterodox Woman

by Elizabeth C. Corey

The Diversity Delusion:  How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture by heather mac donald st. martin’s, 288 pages, $28.99 There’s much talk about listening to women’s voices in the present moment, but I wonder if there is much room for heterodox . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye

by Abigail Rine Favale

Joshua Harris has officially denounced and discontinued publication of his bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018

Bringing Sex Back

by Emily Zinos

The Department of Health and Human Services is to be commended for taking steps to ensure that the law sees us as we are, no matter how we identify.   Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018

Sex, Fear, and Idolatry

by Angela Franks

R. Marie Griffith's work is well researched, but conceptually thin. Continue Reading »

14 Aug 2018

Monkeying with Monogamy

by Hal Boyd

Looking to bonobos as co-architects of modern systems of morality is a troubling trend. Continue Reading »

8 Jun 2018

#BillHybelsToo?

by Aimee Byrd

What do the #ChurchToo stories of sexual abuse reveal about the church’s message about men and women made in the image of God? Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2018

Permission to Kill

by R. R. Reno

Our first reaction is a benumbed sadness. Seventeen dead in a Florida school, shot by a disturbed young man. Then we search for explanations. The killer suffers from mental illness. Like so many others, he is from a broken home. Guns are too readily available. The media frenzy makes the shooter into . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018