If the Southern Baptist church can’t be bigger, Russell Moore wants it to be better. Source: The New Evangelical Moral Minority – The New Yorker
The New Evangelical Moral Minority
Remembering Jack Chick: the Christian cartoonist who tried to save us from hell
The unapologetically fundamentalist artist, who died on Sunday, may be ‘the most widely read theologian in human history’ Source: Remembering Jack Chick: the Christian cartoonist who tried to save us from hell | Books | The Guardian
Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning
If one could conceive of a single elixir to improve the physical and mental health of millions of Americans — at no personal cost — what value would our society place on it? Going a step further, if research quite conclusively showed that when consumed just once a week, this concoction would reduce mortality by […]
Tim Keller Warns Christians About Being Divided by Politics: ‘You’re Christian First’
Timothy Keller, senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, warned Christians Thursday against allowing politics to divide the Church and said before anything else, “you’re Christian first.” Source: Tim Keller Warns Christians About Being Divided by Politics: ‘You’re Christian First’
One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes
Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Source: One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes | Pew Research Center
Because of Trump, Liberty Students and Evangelicals Want to Be Christians, Not Republicans
Evangelical students at Liberty University are tired of this election—and the party that let them down. Source: Because of Trump, Liberty Students and Evangelicals Want to Be Christians, Not Republicans – The Atlantic
Shrine to Jesus in Israel ‘robbed and vandalised’
A church in Israel built where Christians believe the transfiguration of Jesus took place has been vandalised, with chalices stolen, icons damaged and a donation box robbed, an official said Tuesday. Church officials believe the motive for Monday’s incident was robbery and not Jewish extremism, Source: Shrine to Jesus in Israel ‘robbed and vandalised’
The Religious Right: A Eulogy
Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore delivered one hell heck of a speech Monday night in New York. When First Things magazine tapped Moore to deliver its prestigious annual Erasmus Lecture, I wonder Source: The Religious Right: A Eulogy | The American Conservative
The Gift of God’s Judgment
The election of either candidate may be evidence of God’s judgment. But what if the fact that we’re faced with this horrible choice is already our call to repentance? Source: The Gift of God’s Judgment | Desiring God
How the last debate added to our hopelessly incoherent discourse on abortion
(RNS) It is way past time to reject the idea that the abortion debate is a ‘life vs. choice’ binary. Let’s allow some complexity and nuance to emerge. Source: How the last debate added to our hopelessly incoherent discourse on abortion | Religion News Service