Our Lord seemingly can’t catch the proverbial break from certain evangelical theologians these days, and it doesn’t seem he’ll be getting one anytime soon. Nearly a year after my initial piece on attempts to diminish Jesus Christ’s divinity, power and…
‘Pro-family’ groups hail Trump win as ‘time for the church to arise’
Conservative Christian “pro-family” groups affiliated with Focus on the Family hailed Donald Trump’s election victory and say they’re counting on his support to advance their agenda over the next four years. “I think evangelicals clearly identify more closely with the…
At 88, James Dobson still warning of doom if a Democrat is elected president
This year’s presidential election will forever change America, bringing an end to “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” James Dobson warned in his October letter: Tens of thousands of churches will have nowhere to meet…
George Barna and the Barna Group are no longer the same — and one has joined forces with political activists
The founder of a respected evangelical polling company now works as a senior fellow with one of the most partisan evangelical advocacy groups in Washington, D.C. Although the Barna Group, which he founded in 1984 as Barna Research, still bears…
Has God really ‘staked everything on men’?
If you want to understand how extreme the male-dominance wing of the Southern Baptist Convention has become, consider this March 30 social media post from Owen Strachan: “God has staked everything on men. Strong men are the foundation of a…
This is a tale of testicles, fertility, the length of men’s hair, and one bizarre tweet
Owen Strachan woke up on Martin Luther King Jr. Day with decades of injustice weighing heavily on his mind: Men with long hair. Strachan, who is former president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and is now provost…
Debate over women in Southern Baptist pulpits flares on social media
A Southern Baptist Convention seminary professor who teaches that males and females are created for distinct and complementary roles in the home and church criticized the denomination’s president and a popular Bible teacher for suggesting it can be OK for a woman to preach.
SBC leader says APA guidelines on ‘toxic masculinity’ do not square with Scripture
New American Psychological Association guidelines labeling “traditional masculinity ideology” bad for male health aren’t sitting well with religious leaders who hold a “complementarian” view of what the Bible teaches about gender.
UPDATED: Evangelical author’s support for marriage equality draws fire from opponents
Southern Baptist fans of Eugene Peterson are questioning his salvation after he said in an interview he thinks it is possible to be both Christian and gay and, if asked, he would be willing to officiate a same-sex wedding. The next day the author retracted his statement.