Christian Piatt

Southern Baptists, Women and the NIV Bible: This, Too, Shall Pass

September 25, 2011

The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) resolution in opposition to the most recent New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible is not surprising to many. By a more than a two-to-one margin, the c...

Is Postmodern Christianity Dead?

Christian Piatt

September 19, 2011

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Some people find great pleasure in being the first to claim the death of the latest thing to capture our collective imagination. You can see it everywhere in the worlds of fashion, art and technology, but thi...

System Failure: Raised Right

Christian Piatt

September 14, 2011

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There are plenty of criticisms offered against today’s American youth and young adults. And despite the fact that I turn forty in a few weeks, I still consider myself among them: a kindred spirit of cultural o...

"Grace"less Christianity

Christian Piatt

September 4, 2011

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A church called Point of Grace in Iowa that was renting off-site office space to a day care center has taken a rather radical turn. Ironically, it appears they're offering anything but grace to those who toe t...

Facing Jesus’ Doppelganger

Christian Piatt

August 29, 2011

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Hollywood has done a lot to tarnish the reputation of Jews in popular culture when it comes to Jesus. Yes, Mel Gibson, I’m looking at you. It was Hitler who, after seeing the famous passion play acted out ...

The Face of Privilege in Hard Times

Christian Piatt

August 24, 2011

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Every industry is getting hammered by the recession, but small nonprofits are getting hit especially hard. I’ve been working mostly by contract for nonprofits for the last eight years, and in three months las...

Jesus the Breadmaker

Christian Piatt

August 20, 2011

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“Look daddy, ” my two-year-old daughter said on Sunday, pointing to the communion table, “Jesus gave us more food again.” I don’t write nearly as much about little Zoe as I do about my boy, Mattias. First o...