How Christian Science Became A Dying Religion
Mainstream Christians can learn from Christian Science’s rise and steep decline, and see its new incarnation in ‘Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.’
I’m Fed Up With Christians Pretending God Sanctions Their Politics
Is there a place for us on Sunday mornings where the week’s headlines aren’t repeated or subtly inserted into the liturgy, where God is at the center of the conversation, not a politician?
Catholics Upset With Pope Francis’s Death Penalty Opposition Shouldn’t Jump To Condemn It
The speed, intensity, and content of criticism of the death penalty pronouncement suggest a fundamental disrespect for the office and person of the pope.
Why There Is Never A Flight 93 Election For Faithful Christians
For a Christian, there are no stakes in a cosmic sense for anything we observe in the news: Christ will come victorious. Our job is to endure in hope, and share that hope with others.
Why It’s Justified To Vote For A Morally Questionable Politician
God uses all kinds of ‘immoral’ men and women to bring about his purposes. He is actually rather pragmatic regarding the secular world.
To Win More Political Victories, Evangelicals Need To Stop Thinking Of America As ‘A Christian Nation’
Evangelical politics as an alliance between Roy Moore and Donald Trump illustrates a crisis of evangelical political activism and theology.
Why Are Progressives So Angry? Trump Defeated Their Messiah
The outrage and hysteria over Trump should confirm what should have been obvious during the Obama years: progressives have turned politics into a religion.
Does American Exceptionalism Mean Worshiping The State?
Can a belief in American exceptionalism and the Christian gospel coexist in harmony? A new book probes our history of civil religion.
No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn’t A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke
Does waterboarding deliver terrorists from the devil or give them salvation? What does it say about someone’s view of baptism if this is a joking matter?
What That Coca-Cola Ad Tells Us About Americanism
With no more westward land to conquer colonize settle, where is manifest destiny calling us? What is the next frontier?