Presidential Politics in the New South
I am a southerner -- born, bred, educated, and domiciled. I have been in many other places, both in this country and others, but my accent and worldview betray a deep southern bent. I was raised in a segre...
Is That Any Way to Treat a Bible?
We are not Catholic, but for a variety of reasons we sent our daughter to Catholic schools.
In a high school religion class, the teacher approached my daughter during class, took her Bible and was horrified...
What Does Hip-Hop Tell Us About Faith and Society?
Last week, Rev. Michael Waters wrote a post entitled "An Odd Future for Faith In Hip-Hip." In the piece Rev. Waters asserts that "I am increasingly troubled by certain contemporary moves in hip-hop culture ...
The Great Church Search
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Pentecost: The Coming of the Wild Goose
Today is Pentecost. For 50 days, a group of 120 followers of Jesus waited. Their teacher, for whom they had left all they had, was now gone. Judas, one of their own, betrayed their master and then killed...
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...
When Good People Do Nothing
Cynicism says, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Faith says, “You’ll see it when you believe it.” In Obadiah, verse 11 (the book only has one chapter), we read that the prophet said that when evil takes pl...
Violence in the Name of Faith
I received a question from a reader recently that asked: You write a lot about the plight of the Palestinians. Do you have anything to say about the murder of the Fogel family in Israel this past month, an...
Dear Rob. . .An Open Letter to Rob Bell
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It was great being with you a couple of weeks ago – before the entire media stir. If it is not too presumptuous of me, I woul...
Losing Faith: Life's Questions
There are both honest reasons and dishonest reasons for young people giving up on God, and there are remedies for both.
The most common honest reason cited for losing faith is that it becomes impossible to be...