After Synagogue Shooting, Fresh Thoughts on Giving Thanks
"There has to be a place in your heart for the sadness and the joy."
America and the Loss of Collective Memory
Collective memory, even painful collective memory, can be a great force for binding together communities, faith groups, and even nations.
Don’t Mess Around with Jerusalem
Let us be clear. A declaration of Jerusalem’s status is not what Israel needs. It’s what evangelical Christians want.
The Comedian & the Christian: Narnia, Žižek, Zombies, Evolution & the Joke of Christianity
APRIL 3, 2014 | BY: JARROD MCKENNA -- This was fun. Cambridge Educated ex-lawyer turned Australia comedian, Alice Fraser...
No One Would Vote for Jesus
SEPT 6, 2013 | BY: JARROD MCKENNA -- Seriously. Firstly He's one of those boat people. Well, at least one of those "donkey people"...
Our Obsession With Violence & The Stories You’re Not Supposed to Hear
AUGUST 22, 2013 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- Upon my recent return from the Middle East, I was struck more than ever before at our Western...
New Testament Anti-smackdown
JUNE 22, 2013 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- If there’s anything Jesus, then or now, would NEVER be, it is the triumphant, swaggering...
Jesus and Baptists and Jews – Oy Vey!
May 26, 2013 | BY: BERT MONTGOMERY -- True friendship requires a lot of hard work, not to mention trust and respect. Sometimes it's just...
Hell and the Love of God (Pt. 2 of 2)
BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- Does hell exist? Perhaps. But the God of my understanding – the God revealed to me by the life and teachings of Jesus...
Religion and Good Intentions: Embarrassed by Jesus
BY: KATHY VESTAL -- Are we following the Church’s teachings more closely than we follow Jesus’ teachings...