What if our struggles as aspiring minimalists, Millennials, middle-aged, and middle-class Christians are rooted not in the fact that we didn’t take the message of the Church seriously enough, but that we took the message we received too seriously.
‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school defends decision to deny pregnant teen graduation ‘walk’
Countering criticism even from conservative Christians, the principal of a Christian school in Maryland invoked its moral code in defense of a decision to forbid a pregnant student from crossing the graduation stage.
Martin Luther: Father of protest songs?
Music was crucial to his ideology, and encouraged radical singers long after his death. His popular musical style, meanwhile, is immediately comparable with some of the most well-known protest movements of the modern age, like “We Shall Overcome” and “Give…
In U.S, belief in creationist view of humans at new low
The percentage of U.S. adults who believe that God created humans in their present form at some time within the last 10,000 years or so — the strict creationist view — has reached a new low.
Shame, guilt and fear: What 1,000 Americans avoid most
Many Americans are more worried about their reputation than their conscience. They worry less about guilt and fear and more about avoiding shame, according to a new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.
Who is Jesus for Muslims? An interview with Zeki Saritoprak
“According to Islam, Jesus always speaks the truth. The question is how we understand it.”
What does repentance look like for the white church? A conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper
“White folks need to be de-centered. This world is not about them, and quite honestly, racial justice should not depend on them. Justice is authored by God, not white people.”
A religious revolution is taking place in Ireland
The growth of Irish Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, often hidden and largely undocumented, is significant and contributing to the kind of nation Ireland is becoming.
Texas lawmakers revive ‘bathroom bill,’ OK religious refusal of adoptions
Texas legislators have advanced a version of the divisive “bathroom bill” regulating transgender students’ restroom access and passed a law that would allow publicly funded adoption agencies to refuse to work with would-be parents based on religious objections.