By R. Kevin Johnson On Ash Wednesday, Christians around the world seek out churches in order to have the ash from burned palm fronds (generally those used in the church on the previous Palm Sunday) pressed onto their foreheads in…
Heaven, hell and Rob Bell
By Christopher Robertson Rob Bell, pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church, is known by many for his NOOMA videos and progressive perspective, but recently some consider him a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His new book, Love Wins: Heaven, Hell, and…
Two more myths about the separation of church and state
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of commentaries is adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the Capital. Previous installments are here, here and here. By Brent Walker (ABP) — Myth No. 7:…
Kicking God out of the public square
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series of commentaries is adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the capital. Previous installments challenged myths that the separation of church and state is not implied in…
Religious freedom cuts two ways
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of commentaries adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the Capital. Yesterday’s installment challenged myths that the separation of church and state is not implied in the…
Sometimes integrity is who you are when everyone is looking
By Laura Rector “Integrity is who you are when no one’s looking,” I was told as a college student. As an ethicist earning her Ph.D. at Fuller Seminary, I agree only in part. Choices made in private do matter. In…
Myths about the separation of church and state
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of commentaries adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the Capital. By Brent Walker The United States of America is one of the most religious and certainly…
Christianity, Locke and gay marriage
By David Gushee Reading John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government this spring has had a huge and still developing impact on my approach to U.S. public policy. I have always known that the normative posture of the church on an…
God loves the un-handyman too
By David Wilkinson It was Wilkinson versus the Wiper (as in windshield wiper). Don’t laugh. This duel was a battle to the death, my own no-holds-barred version of Wrestle Mania, waged on a Saturday afternoon in the driveway. In…