Trump And The Christians
Christian pastors praying with Trump, 21 Sept, 2016 It’s time for Christians to get off the Trump Train. It is certainly time now, and it was time a long while […]
David Gushee On The Church Losing Its Stickiness
Baptist pastor and theologican David Gushee offers an interesting analysis of how Donald Trump’s supporters who self-identify as Christian evangelicals attend church less frequently than other evangelicals, particularly those […]
Jeffrey Toobin on ”Cafeteria Government”
Whatever one thinks of Ms. Davis, Jeffrey Toobin’s short essay on the New Yorker website raises some interesting points about whether religious accomodation amounts to “cafeteria citizenship” and even to […]
Deliver Us From … Hypocrisy: The US Senate Chaplain Speaks Truth To Power
He’s a clergyman who looks sharp in a bow tie. He’s a retired Rear Admiral US Navy chaplain with an impressive CV. He’s a Seventh Day Adventist preacher who […]
“Sourness And Shrugs”: Ross Douthat On The Waning Of Catholic Influence In America
In a Feb 16th essay in The New York Times, Ross Douthat writes on how the “Catholic moment”, but which he means a time when Roman Catholic thought still had […]
Rick Warren On The Most Countercultural Thing You Can Say
If you move in Christian circles today or have done so in the past ten years, you will be familiar with Rick Warren and his book, The Purpose Driven Life. […]
Notable Quotable: “You Christians Eat Your Own”
I came across this piece on Christopher Benson’s excellent blog, Bensonian, , in which a Christian pastor has occasion, thanks to a non-believing friend, to rethink grace and forgiveness. The […]
Notable Quotable: David Gushee on Being Faithful in Times of Election
I am a huge news junkie, and since I have (God help me) discovered Twitter (@madpadre1 if you care to follow me) I have more hot breaking news, especially election […]
“They Facilitated the Horror”: A New Study Of German Chaplains in Hitler’s Army
In the National Post today, Canadian professor Doris Bergen talks about her research on the paradoxical place of German chaplains in Hitler’s army, and how their presence did not stop […]
This IHOP Serves 24/7 Prayer, Not Pancakes
This article rom the New York Times, 9 July, 2011, describes a US church that combines a 24/7 cycle of continuous prayer with an eschatological focus on preparing for the […]