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Men-only gyms seek to protect Christian men from lust

White conservative Christian men are rising up all over the nation to take their place at the top of their families, churches and communities. We’re witnessing their rise to power through the Rededicate 250 events where men like Mark Driscoll called on...

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Rick Warren’s conundrum: What’s the nature and extent of salvation?

What if more of us believed in and trusted in a more loving, gracious, inclusive God? What if more of us focused on this life rather than the afterlife and understood salvation in terms of healing, wholeness, reconciliation and liberation from the life diminishing forces that possess us and oppress us, so that we are free to truly love God and love others?

Eating burgers, sinning boldly

When Martin Luther wrote, “Love God and sin boldly,” he was not in a fast food restaurant, but he could have been. Luther was inviting us to recognize what is important and what is not. There are times when you should order the salad, but sinning a little without worrying about it too much may, on occasion, be good for your soul.

Letters to the Editor

The latest from our readers. • Baptists, speak out against violence toward LGBTQ people | Maurice Bojangles-Blanchard, Louisville Ky. • Dr. King in a truck | Karol Eubanks Vellines, Tucker, Ga. • Responding to Francis Schaeffer’s criticism of Trump | Myra Millard, Houston

Evangelicals: The single most important change for #MeToo

How do the petition’s signers propose to actually address the systemic injustices of sexual abuse cover-ups within evangelicalism itself? How would they go about creating “protected spaces” in evangelical churches for those who have been abused by evangelical pastors? And how exactly do they expect to fix the “systems, structures, and practices” of evangelicalism that have enabled abusive clergy?