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…said, done, or taught by a Christian church is of equal importance or legitimacy to Christians as a doctrine. In the hierarchy of Christian thought, there have always been some…

…the bad guys, notes: I lived in Beirut during one of Bashar al-Assad’s anti-Christian campaigns, when his spies and allies assassinated Christian politicians and journalists and bombed Christian-majority regions of…

…five-part series, I address two of the most common, misguided efforts to dismiss the Christian view of marriage and the Christian approach to homosexuality as some sort of invidious pretext:…

…“I am a Christian and if you want to kill me because I am a Christian, do it.” Sister Carmel, one of the Christians in Damascus who assist Maalula’s many…

…a natural outgrowth of Christian ideas, since in Christianity, salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ—a faith that cannot be compelled by force. Accordingly, from the Christian perspective, there is…

…a Christian to do? This presidential campaign has brought a lot of pained and strained arguments for and against a Christian’s duty in the voting booth. Some have been dogmatic,…

…viral video. Note the absence of any mention of Jesus. Text: “BuzzFeed presents, I’m Christian but I’m not…” I’m Christian but I’m not homophobic; I’m Christian and I’m definitely not…

…is conducive to Christian flourishing. Christian Nationalism Explained Wolfe’s simplest definition of the controversial term “Christian nationalism” is a “Christian people acting for their own good in light of their…

…Christian, a believing Christian, faith is not just something you believe or do—it is why you exist. Why Gay Ideology Leads to Christian Extermination Christians can and do, of course,…

…to think Christian nationalists are “Christians who plan to take the country for Jesus,” while Amanda Tyler, writing in Religion News Service, describes the phenomenon as “Christianity wrapped in an…

…of politically progressive self-identified Christians to attack politically conservative Christians. This line of attack — that Christian nationalism makes bad Christians — has been pushed by leftists and corporate media…

…running out—Christianity may not survive in the Middle East. Israel, the Hope for Arab Christians Israel is the last hope for Arab Christians; it’s as simple as that. America is…

…drop in numbers of congregations and registered healers. Christian Scientists Versus Christianity While Christian Science was seen by converts as an American-style re-establishment and renovation of early Christianity, traditional Christians…

…Ross Douthat, also on the panel, suggested that it’s difficult for Christians to know exactly how to respond to the global persecution of Christians. “There is a slight tension in…

…“post-Christian.” Ezra Klein says as much in his latest column at Vox, “The post-Christian culture wars.” It seems Klein largely understands why many Christians voted for Trump. He pens: Whatever…

…but as essential components of personal identity, and why the nature of Christian theology would require Christians to renounce their own faith identities to do so. In this final part,…

…Christianity to avoid being implicated. Eventually, Christianity itself melts into the “Christian nationalist” label entirely. Step 5: Bludgeon believers and terrify them with the specter of “Christian nationalism” until all…

…public school treatment of Christianity, including ignoring Christianity, is anti-Christian. It telegraphs to students that whether Christianity is true does not matter. What matters are its tangential effects upon society….

…At its core, and under the guise of the pseudo-Christian virtues of progress and tolerance, the “liberal” Christian heresy entails the most destructive lie in the history of the church:…

…are Christians? Christians’ beliefs motivate them to peacefully and lovingly serve and protect their neighbors regardless of their neighbors’ faith. First, calling Islamists what they are and their Christian targets…

…marginalized and downtrodden: these were never self-evident truths.” Rather, “they are unmistakably Christian ideas that rely on specifically Christian doctrines, without which they are unintelligible.” Obviously, Christian societies were by…

…Christians’ proper priorities. What good will it do the cause of Christianity if Trump defeats Hillary, but in the process Christians undermine their most precious values? Perhaps Christians will still…

…mean that Christian musicians should play Christian music, Christian writers should write stories about conversion, and Christian businessmen and -women should work for companies that make Christian-themed products and services…

…liberty advocacy group Open Doors — began around Dec. 9, when Hindu mobs began attacking Christians in outrage over some locals converting to Christianity, a “foreign religion” (though its origins…

…the relationship between Christianity and Islam. Benedict argued that “the critically purified Greek heritage forms an integral part of Christian faith,” and defended the “Hellenization” of Christianity. (More on this…

…series of questions to “other” Christians. In other words, those rather close-minded, unloving, overzealous Christians. In more other words, “bad” Christians like Pat Robertson, the Duck Dynasty guys, or whichever…

…Christian church. Christians rejected narratives of cosmic struggle, of metaphysical dependence on temporal events. Christian thinkers like St. Augustine and St. Athanasius had inoculated Christianity against this view with a…

…the conservative Christian, in particular, this year’s choices are abysmal. The Democratic Party, topping off decades of hostility to conservative Christians, put forward Hillary Clinton—whom some conservative Christians consider a…

…Christian country. That in itself is interesting, because in other contexts they say it is not a Christian country and that it never was founded as a Christian country, so…

…years of Christianity. Bennett has been a trusted voice for a largely conservative Christian audience for more than 30 years. The former secretary of education under Ronald Reagan and host…

…the Christians of the East” He went on to explain that prioritizing Christians is not good because it invites harsher treatment from Muslims, increasing tensions and accusations that Christians communities…

…Nigeria’s middle belt region (which serves as a de facto border region between its Christian and Muslim populations) has seen a running campaign of murder and intimidation against the Christian…

…idiom goes. After all, my ancestors are from Mosul, and are a mixture of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians dating back to who knows when. The Arab-Christian immigrants in America are…

…capital next month. The three-day event sponsored by In Defense of Christians (IDC) will feature speakers from all over the globe. The IDC Summit for Middle East Christians, whose theme…

…traditional Christians view these matters. Christian Perspectives On Sexual Morality The Christian perspective distinguishes between, on one hand, same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria as psychological states experienced by individuals, and,…

…tired “Christian nationalist” slur in an article about a second Donald Trump term. It intended to shame conservatives who “believe that the country was founded as a Christian nation and…