Donald Trump is tapping into a fundamental human need to love something greater than oneself, and people are vulnerable to such “unhealthy expressions” if not given the opportunity to love good, true greater things, says First Things editor R.R. Reno. Source: Trump Phenomenon Related to ‘Human Need to Love Something Greater Than Oneself,’ R. R. […]
What became of the Christian intellectuals? Source: [Criticism] | The Watchmen, by Alan Jacobs | Harper’s Magazine
My friends are a model of religious pluralism. Put them all in a room, and they’d look like the Parliament of World Religions—Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, evangelical, and more, with plenty of atheists and agnostics in the mix. Source: The Moral Tribalism of Contemporary Politics | Religion & Politics
Especially in an election season, preaching the full Gospel prevents a congregation from putting the preacher in one ideological box. One may sound like a Republican one Sunday, a Democrat the next, and a dyed-in-the-wool Socialist the next. It all depends on the Sunday. Source: On politics in the pulpit, a preacher’s dance is always […]
The middle class is nowhere in the Bible. Source: To Clinton and Trump, it’s all about the middle class. To Jesus, it’s about the poor. – The Washington Post
This new book shows how, and why. Source: White Christian America is dying – The Washington Post
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive,” said Blaise Pascal. Indeed, attraction not reason is the engine of the LGBTQ movement. Source: 7 LGBTQ Contradictions
In an age where police are being murdered in the streets and biological sex is seen as an oppressive social construct, a renown writer is arguing America needs Christian renewal of our society or it will break down. Source: Society Will Break Down Unless There Is Christian Renewal in America, R.R. Reno Says (Interview, Part […]
Christ The Redeemer is the symbol of the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, watching over athletes as they compete. But the story of how the mountain-top statue was built is an amazing engineering tale. Source: How Christ the Redeemer was built in fascinating photos | Daily Mail Online
All American Christians need the Roman Catholic bishops to take a strong, public stand against politicians like Joe Biden who openly mock the teaching of the Church to which they claim to belong. Source: Hey, Joe! | Carl R. Trueman | First Things
