By David Gushee We live in a time and culture in which genuine moral discourse is rapidly disappearing –swallowed up by partisanship, spin, politics and self-interest. By “moral discourse” I mean conversation between persons of good will about the rightness…
Developing ‘Conservative radicals’ in Christian higher education
By David Gushee In his recent book, The Great Awakening, Jim Wallis suggests that it is time to move beyond the conservative vs. liberal paradigm to a framework he calls conservative radicalism. This is true in American culture, in evangelicalism…
View scandal in light of private and public story
By Beth Newman The recent spectacle of John Edwards’ confession of adultery managed to be at once pathetic and instructive. While bearing in mind Lily Tomlin’s observation that no matter how cynical one becomes, it’s impossible to keep up, I…
Gay Christians can’t wait any longer
Editor’s note: The recent series of articles by David Gushee on homosexuality generated an unusual amount of response. ABP solicited these two representative responses — from Peggy Campolo, an advocate for gay Christians, and George Guthrie , a professor at…
No true compassion apart from revelation
Editor’s note: The recent series of articles by David Gushee on homosexuality generated an unusual amount of response. ABP solicited these two representative responses — from Peggy Campolo , an advocate for gay Christians, and George Guthrie, a professor at…
‘The Dark Knight’ of the free will
By Adam English Among those in the record-breaking crowd that appeared with money in hand to see The Dark Knight opening weekend were me and three of my friends. The second installment of the new Batman series from Warner Bros….
Reflections from BWA: Missing, and forgiving, Southern Baptists
By David Gushee I am just back from Prague, Czech Republic, having had the privilege of attending the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering and then a meeting of Baptist theological educators from around the world. It was good to be…
The path to discernment on homosexuality
By David Gushee I have sought to suggest in a handful of columns in recent months that a rethinking of the church’s stance on homosexuality is needed. Reading in the scholarly literature, one sees that some very fine Christian minds…
What the church can learn from tomatoes
By Beth Newman On a recent Sunday, the gospel lesson in our church was Matthew’s account of the parable of the sower and, more significantly, the different soils into which the seed is cast. A little reflection of the fate…