Sexual Orientation: It’s Not a Sin
BY: KATHY VESTAL: The one obstacle to many Christians accepting what science knows to be true regarding...
Fear and Loathing in Fundamentalist Land
BY: TOM McCROSSAN -- As a life-long Republican and an evangelical minister, I have been appalled at the attitudes...
Kingdom Politics: Sewing the Great Commandment Back Together
BY: MORGAN GUYTON -- The challenge of Christians who want to see kingdom values reflected in our society’s politics...
What Can We Say? Theology for Murder and for Living
BY: KENT ANNAN --"Fred, " I ask in Creole last Friday in Port-au-Prince, "do you mind giving us...
Me Neither: Jesus Draws His Line in the Sand
It seemed no matter how they tried to trap Jesus, he always managed to weasel out of being embarrassed in front of the crowds.
Attempts by these students and teachers of the law to expose his heretical teachi...
Learning to Speak: Chick-fil-A & our Inability to Dialogue
The culture wars wage on. It seems just about everyone has an opinion on Chick-fil-A these days. The "Do you like their chicken sandwiches and waffle fries?" discussion has been traded for asking whether or n...
'Pray Away the Gay' No More?
Late last week, Paul Burkhart jumped into the fray of online conversation surrounding Alan Chambers and Exodus International’s recent significant change in philosophy regarding ‘reparative therapy.’ On my pers...
The Witness of the "Sons of Hell"
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The 23rd chapter of Matthew is probably the harshest speech that Jesus ever gave. We don’t hear many sermons about it because Jesus was skewering the celebrity past...
I’m Done Dating Jesus Online
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Maybe you’ve seen the commercials for the various online dating sites. The latest claim is that 1 in 5 relationships begin on an online...
Drive-Thru Prayers to Drive-In Church: Is Religion Lost?
Author and theologian Diana Butler Bass shared a video recently about where she saw for the future of the church. She shared an interesting story about a priest who went out onto a busy street corner on Ask W...