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Chris KrychoCulturevictimizationCulture Warconfidenceressentimentculture warsGod's sovereigntyEvangelicalism
The attitude of the permanent victim is toxic; Christians must reject it if we are to have the kinds of impact we desire.
Jeremy MannEvangelicalismTheology and Practicepastorsthe church
The evangelical church has a problem. Without more intentional development of bright young Christians, we are going to run out of pastors.
Chris KrychoEvangelicalism
The gospel is the way to the center, but it is not the center. Having put it there, we have misplaced many other genuine goods.
Chris KrychoArtMusicGüngörEvangelicalism
Evanglicals struggle with art. But Gungor's Ghosts upon the Earth points toward creation's goodness and so shows a way forward.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
It is no longer safe to assume that evangelicals oppose contraception for single people; we have to more clearly understand why they should.
Matthew Lee AndersonTheologyAnthropologynt wrightheavenEvangelicalismchristianity
N.T. Wright's works have had many good effects. Inspiring eager readers to police people's use of heaven is not one of them.
Matthew Lee Andersonmillennial evangelicalsculture warsEvangelicalismjonathan merrittBooks
Jonathan Merritt is a friend, someone who I think very highly of and who has been enormously kind to me. We don't always agree, as I outline in
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Andy Crouch cautions against generational analysis: Now America is suffused with generational consciousness, even though “generation” as usually defined is a hopelessly blunt instrument. Whole generations (defined as people sharing
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
David Sessions does yeoman’s work trying to disambiguate “culture wars” as a term: I think most of us loosely think of culture warring as a special class of ressentiment, combat driven by a mentality of besiegement, symbolic struggle, and supposed existential […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Jamie Smith, reflecting about the claims that millennial Christians are leaving the church because of her views on politics, evolution, and the rest of the standard litany of grievances: And what exactly are we supposed to do with these claims? […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Jenell Paris has responded to my essay on whether churches should advocate for contraception for single people. Or she linked to it anyway. Her reply gives little indication that she read beyond my first paragraph. I’ve more to say about […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Chuck Colson passed away this weekend, leaving a massive vacancy within the evangelical world. Colson’s work was remarkable for its diversity, a diversity that Sarah Pulliam Bailey astutely pointed