Purity Culture Trauma Didn’t Push Me Away From My Faith
As we culturally deconstruct the dreadfully misguided marketing effort of purity culture, it’s important to recognize that isn’t the truth of Christianity. As happens too often, fallible humans completely garbled the message.
22 Years After Bestselling ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye,’ Joshua Harris Leaves His Wife And Faith
Joshua Harris’s journey would seem like whiplash if you don’t know much about legalism, the homeschooling and evangelical subcultures, or Harris’s trajectory since his bestseller.
Billy Graham Now Rides In A Chariot of Fire
This was a man who could fill a sports arena to get people to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ, a subject most of us would feel timidity about bringing up at the water cooler.
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 Millions Of Families Have Spent 30 Years With ‘Adventures In Odyssey’
‘Adventures in Odyssey,’ a faith-based audio drama with now 850 episodes, has influenced millions in America’s heartland—including Mike Pence and his family.
Why Theologian John Piper Is Defending Rap Artist Lecrae’s Forays Into Race Relations
Few of the rapper’s longtime Christian fans grasp why he now addresses race issues via social media and his songs.
Here’s The Answer Rob Bell Won’t Give Aaron Rodgers About Salvation For People ‘In A Remote Rainforest’
Aaron Rodgers and other millennials who struggle with questions about the ‘remote jungle’ conundrum should rest easy. There is a biblical answer rooted in ancient church teaching.
Everyone Who Knew Christian Ambassador Michael Cromartie Knew His Laugh
Fighting back, an almost elvish humor, and staying in the game—this was vintage Mike Cromartie, even in the first months of his nearly four-decade career in the nation’s capital.
9 Similarities Between Samantha Bee’s Megachurch And Evangelical Heretics
In no way should church be anything like a political television harangue, but for many Americans it can be a fair comparison.
How Denying Infant Baptism Leads To Leftist Politics
Modern progressivism is a species of Christian heresy arising out of a specific Christian culture that had the same taproot as modern non-sacramental—yes, even evangelical—Christianity.
Does Marco Rubio Have A Prayer?
Late-deciding South Carolina primary voters went for Marco Rubio over both Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Prayer could help explain why.
Evangelicals Don’t Love Trump
Contrary to the recent media meme, evangelicals are the GOP demographic most skeptical about Donald Trump’s appeal.
Creflo Dollar Embodies American Evangelicalism’s Excess
Televangelist Creflo Dollar’s demand for a new private jet may be the last we hear much of the prosperity gospel. At least, for a while.
How Bad Religion Has Bequeathed Us ‘An Anxious Age’
Joseph Bottum’s new book, ‘An Anxious Age,’ argues America’s mainline denominations collapsed under their own weight, leaving a moral void our society has yet to fill.
Evangelicalism’s Worldwide Explosion May Strengthen Progressivism
It is not at all clear that the global evangelicalism surge will be good for humanity or orthodox Christianity.