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Joseph MinichFeaturedBlogging
The internet gives us many examples of folly. Two in particular are especially dangerous: the prophetic performer and the authenticity act.
Matthew LoftusFamilyFeaturedCurrent Politics
“This is a pro-life issue.” By now you have probably heard this sentiment expressed about any number of issues that are not immediately related to abortion. Food stamps, taxes, healthcare—even immigration!—are designated as “pro-life” causes because they may in some […]
Jake MeadorFeatured
For the longest time one of my favorite year-end rituals has been combing through David Brooks’s Sydney Award winners for the year to find which ones I’d missed and to re-read favorites from earlier in the year.
Chris KrychoFeaturedEpistemologyAnthropology
The questions the church confronts most severely at present are questions of theological anthropology—so human origins and the doctrine of the Fall matter.
Guest WriterFeatured
By Brad Vermurlen Around this time each year, many of the pastors and seminary professors I’m connected to on social media post their top ten books of the year. Inevitably, most of the books they select are religiously committed books […]
Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism
One of the most frequent, annoying arguments in religious journalism concerns the definition of an "evangelical." To solve the problem, we created a quiz.
Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics
By Stephen Wolfe The Trump and Moore political campaigns raise an important question for Christians: does one endorse the moral life of the candidate he votes for? Surprisingly, there seems to be consensus on this, regardless of one’s willingness to […]
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
22,000 Alabamians opted not to vote for either candidate last night. It's quite plausible that principled pro-life voters cost the GOP a senate seat.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
It’s election day in Alabama. If recent electoral trends are a reliable metric, today’s election is probably a preview of what we can expect to see more and more often in the years to come: a wildly unqualified Republican candidate […]
Guest WriterFeaturedChurch
Steven Wedgeworth's close reading of "Joy to the World" argues that the hymn works as both an Advent hymn and a Christmas hymn.
Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics
A seminary professor living in Birmingham, AL discusses the differences between the offense of the Gospel and the many offenses of the Roy Moore candidacy.
Jeremiah WebsterFeatured
By Jeremiah Webster and Zach Boyd Lamenting modern cinema is easy. Optimus Prime never really dies. Second rate superheroes, revived against their will, become a name. CGI bristles, indulges in the excess of “because we can, that’s why.” Nothing explodes […]