Am I a Christian Bigot?
BY: STEPHEN MATTSON -- As the Supreme Court tackles the issue of same-sex marriage, many Christians are being labeled as bigots...
Stay In or Stay Out! Is America Suspicious of Outsiders?
BY: ALEXIA SALVATIERRA -- Are we a country whose fundamental orientation is to welcome or are we predominantly suspicious...
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...
Daddy’s Top-Ten Childbirth Freak-Outs (Pt. 1 of 2)
BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- At one point, my wife, Amy, asked me what my biggest fears were about having another kid. So, like...
4th Anniversary of Dobson's "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America"
BY: JIMMY SPENCER JR. -- Today is the four year anniversary of the Focus on the Family Action’s release of a "Letter...
Healing Toxic Faith: Did Jesus die to save us from God?
Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God's demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever ...
A Theology of America's Zombie Apocalypse
Zombie. Image by Aaron Amat /shutterstock
First, Ronald Poppo had most of his face eaten off by Rudy Eugene, and now, Alexander Kinyua reportedly killed his roommate, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie and then a...
Loving Muslims in a Fear-Filled World
More and more we are going to have to deal with Muslims and it becomes increasingly difficult to know just what to do and what to think, given the ongoing war on terrorism. On the one hand, we must know that...
Actualizing the Kingdom on Earth
The church today is enthralled in a movement that believes in a commitment to create a just and loving society in which we can fully actualize the Kingdom of God before the Second Coming of Christ. The Kingdom...
Who Will Be Our Next Monster to Fear?
On the death of Osama bin Laden, theologian Miroslav Volf expresses my sentiments when he writes:
"We are right to feel a sense of relief that a major source of evil has been removed. But we should reflect al...