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
Childhood obesity and systemic sin
A pediatric hospital in my home state of Georgia has been running an advertising campaign about childhood obesity which has ignited some controversy. This NPR story summarizes both arguments: the ad producers point out that Georgia has the second-highest rate of childhood obesity and argue that the harsh tone is… [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]
Advent All Around: Is this an age of peace on earth?
This is the final installment in Advent All Around, a Think Christian series that sees reflections of Advent in the culture at large. Previous pieces appeared on the first, second and third Sundays of Advent. We light the fourth Advent candle today for the angels and their pronouncement of peace… [more]
An apology on behalf of the Florida Family Association
A group called the Florida Family Association wants to make sure I don’t watch a show on TLC called "All-American Muslim." They needn’t worry about me, because the show is on TLC. (Maybe if it were on ESPN, but TLC...?) They are so worried about me watching it that they’ve… [more]
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Lief What I'm arguing for is a true experience of various forms of popular culture by letting them "be" without always having to control the conversation. Let's meet "head bangers" on their terms... not ours.
Why I’m fine with Metallica coming to church
Luke Baker I think there are lots of subtle and not so subtle ways that one's view of the end times influences what they believe is their and the Church's mission...
Doomsday Preppers and virtue at the end of the world
Adam Shields 1 Religious freedom, only for those that are part of the majority religion, is not religious freedom...
Birth control, Catholicism and Sharia law
JKana The big challenge seems to lie in whether we will submit our intellectual curiosities and empirical investigations into the unseen spirit world to the explanatory paradigm of the Bible, instead of leaning on our own wishful thinking...
Rick Santorum, Satan and how we should talk about the devil
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
Erica One little itty bitty tiny thing, after working with children's ministries. We've got to stop bribing kids with nasty food to get them to come to things.
Childhood obesity and systemic sin