Archive for the ‘Evangelicals’ Category
Reclaiming ‘Gay’ and Rainbows
Late last week, Pastor Ken Hutcherson spoke out and made a rather surprising claim: he wrote that he is the “gayest man [he] know[s].”
This, of course, brought on a bit of controversy. His closest friends, including his wife and kids, all knew this about him, apparently. What he meant, however,...
May 7th, 2012 | Culture, Evangelicals, Featured, Religion | Read More
Contraception, Encouragement, and Affirmation
Last week, Matthew Lee Anderson published an article through Christianity Today arguing that Churches Shouldn’t Push Contraceptives to Their Singles. I thought the post was thoughtful and interesting, and shared it with a few friends. It helped start a couple of helpful conversations, so there...
May 2nd, 2012 | Abortion, Bioethics, Church, Culture, Evangelicals, Family Issues, Featured, Religion, Reproductive Technologies | Read More
Bodies, Dating and Modesty: Misunderstood but Important
A friend of mine posted a link to this blog over at Christianity Today’s blog for women. The blog responds to the common phrase that “modest is hottest” which seems to run around in many Christian circles, particularly youth groups. The response is a good one, pointing out that the...
April 19th, 2012 | Culture, Evangelicals, Featured, Religion | Read More
Did John Write the Fourth Gospel? (Or, Should We Ask These Questions?)
Over at The Two Cities, John Dunne has written an interesting little article on whether or not John wrote the fourth gospel (the one we now call “John”). He posits, based on just a few pieces of evidence, that it was perhaps (and he does emphasize the word perhaps) Lazarus who wrote the gospel....
October 6th, 2011 | Education, Evangelicals, Featured, Protestant, Religion, The Gospel | Read More
US Support for Yousef Nadarkhani Grows as Iran Denies Its Own Apostasy Charges
In a move more reminiscent of a badly regulated nursery than of a foreign power, Iranian officials have now denied that Yousef Nadarkhani is to be executed on charges of apostasy.
Instead, the young Iranian Christian will be executed on charges of rape, treason, and Zionism. Maybe.
Or maybe not; a statement...
October 4th, 2011 | Culture, Evangelicals, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Other Religions, Politics, Religion, Religious Liberty, Social Justice, The Gospel | Read More
Social Justice, the Body of Christ, and the Reputation of Christians
Over at the Huffington Post, Zach Hunter has written a piece about his work in the area of human trafficking. At only 19–and having started his ministry when he was only 12–his track record likely puts many other believers to shame, so to speak. In this article, he speaks on the theological...
September 21st, 2011 | Evangelicals, Featured, Protestant, Religion, Social Justice | Read More
Bullying God
Over at Cogito Credo, a website I believe has content worth reading (and not just because I edit for them from time to time), C.E. Moore wrote a piece that is likely to cause some controversy, from the title alone.
September 12th, 2011 | Blogging, Evangelicals, Featured, Media, Protestant, Religion | Read More
Tim Tebow, Faith and Blasphemy
I won’t pretend to be an expert in the world of sports. I can tell you if a given team is at the professional or college level for most sports, and at one point I followed both baseball and basketball well enough to name specific players on my favorite teams, but aside from that I am not what anyone...
August 17th, 2011 | Culture, Evangelicals, Featured, Protestant, Religion, Sports | Read More
Scholarship, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, and the Use of Doubt
Before beginning, yes, that is an Oxford comma in the title. While some have done away with it, I find it still has merit. So sue me.
Today, a friend of mine brought this article to my attention. The title told me that I would likely disagree with the article. While I land decidedly not Roman Catholic...
August 16th, 2011 | Catholics, Evangelicals, Featured, Religion | Read More
Evangelicals: For Once, Not Lost in Translation
If you haven’t already read Molly Worthen’s illuminating piece on Evangelical ambivalence to the Arab Spring, you’re missing out. Evangelicals, it turns out, are a lot more like other people than the world tends to expect–and Worthen seeks to explain Evangelical motivations in...
August 10th, 2011 | Evangelicals, Foreign Affairs, Global War on Terrorism, Other Religions, Politics, Religion | Read More
