A teenager e-mailed me recently asking my opinion about a spoken word video that’s gone viral: Jefferson Bethke's “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” I’ll admit all the hubbub didn’t draw my interest. After all, the video’s title tells pretty much the whole story, as do the titles of… [more]
Theology & The Church
MLK and defying ‘the most segregated hour’
Two Athens, Ga., churches - one black, one white - came together yesterday morning to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and Milledge Avenue Baptist Church combined for a Sunday-morning service and luncheon as a way to celebrate the federal holiday that… [more]
Experiencing God’s creation with whatever He’s given us
I remember one day in my high-school psychology class, during a unit on sensory perception, my teacher asked the class a question: “If you had to make a choice between being blind or being deaf, what would you choose?” The question held little interest for me, but I was intrigued… [more]
Why Christians must not forget the Occupy movement
Although the Occupy movement appears to be losing steam, the issue of fiscal inequality is one that is going to fester and, make no mistake, the anger will erupt again. I know Christians of good will who hold strong opinions on both sides of this issue. But is it really… [more]
Witnessing transformation in the Dominican Republic
Over the last five years, an alliance of Christian missions groups in the Dominican Republic has offered theological and spiritual formation for about 1,500 leaders, helped a group of prostitutes start a jewelry-making business and translated books and articles into Spanish to be used by Christian schools. Known as the… [more]
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Siarlys Jenkins Music snobs who like things done decently and in good order are not limited to any one racial category, nor are experiments in integration the same thing as appeasing young people...
MLK and defying 'the most segregated hour'
Stephen Hale I'm concerned about the way ... romanticism has exaggerated the significance of this kind of talk in the church. It is hard to disagree with this way of talking, since the Bible talks this way on occasion. On the other hand, it too often comes at the expense of other ways the Bible also talks.
Yes, Levi, Christianity is a religion
Tanny Thank you for putting into words exactly why I'm uncomfortable with how much time I (and others) spend on the internet, watching TV, etc. It's not that we've lost the ability to have conversations, it's that it's become easier to see real people as just another image to consume.
Screen images as neighbors
Xioc1138 While it is true that some in science think that this will disprove God when we find the "god particle," others believe that this will simply further our knowledge on the building blocks that God created to create our universe.
How the Large Hadron Collider reveals the mind of God
Ed It looks to me like older, beautiful urban churches find themselves in problems as much for the lack of real vision on the part of the believers who attend them as anything else.
When historic churches suffer Esau congregations
Dianna I stopped using pseudonyms years ago because I felt that, if I can't be comfortable putting my name on what I'm writing, then why am I writing it?
Should Christians use online pseudonyms?