How the ‘Jezebel Spirit’ Keeps Empowering Sin
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Early in our marriage, when my wife and I had just moved to a new city while I was starting doctoral work, we attended a worship service—knowing almost no one there but hoping to make friends. The preacher, who mumbled a bit, was trying to make a Read more…
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The Uneasy Conscience of Christian Nationalism
Too many of us assume that Christian nationalism promises a road map to a New Jerusalem or a New Rome or a New Constantinople. That’s understandable, given the triumphal and martial rhetoric of would-be theocrats. But what if the actual road map is to none of those places? What if the new Christian nationalism wants Read more…
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Will Your Presidential Vote Send You to Hell?
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Since by nature of my work I’ve had to weigh in on a lot of controversial issues over the years, I’ve been cussed out a time or two. Sometimes, I’ve been yelled at with, “God damn you!” When an unbeliever says that, it’s one thing. Christians, though, Read more…
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When to Respond to Slander (and When to Ignore It)
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Not long ago, a woman told me about a conflict she was having with a fellow member of her church. Conflict might be the wrong word, since it seemed mostly one-sided. The woman said that the other church member was telling falsehoods about her in hallway conversations Read more…
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How a TikTok Trad Wife Decodes Our Cultural Moment
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Sometimes, a viral video can explain a cultural moment better than a stack of sociology journals. This is one of those times. Standup comedian Josh Johnson expertly explained the ironies of the recent double-cancellation of a racist-talking TikTok “trad wife.” His larger point is one Read more…
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