The Bible Contains Discrepancies. That Doesn’t Make It Untrustworthy.
In 1983, biblical scholar Robert Gundry was ousted from the Evangelical Theological Society. Gundry, in his lengthy commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, had suggested that Matthew tailored stories about Jesus to his specific audience, sometimes in nonhistorical ways. Theologian Norman Geisler, who spearheaded the ouster, believed this “undermine[d] confidence in the complete truthfulness of Read more…
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An Evangelical’s Warning to Evangelical Christian Nationalists Aims Beyond the Easy Targets
Donald Trump’s manifold sins and acts of wickedness are so numerous that they are almost too tedious to repeat. He is a danger to democracy, a would-be fascist who has promised that voting for him means never needing to vote again, and he fomented the worst event in recent American history, the January 6, 2021, Read more…
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Parents Today Are Kinder and Gentler. They Can Still Take Sin Seriously.
My husband and I found out we were expecting our first child in the summer of 2020. Ongoing pandemic lockdowns in California gave me ample time to read parenting books and research baby products. I was raised in the shadow of fundamentalist evangelicalism at the turn of the 21st century, my parents and their peers Read more…
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God at the Bottom of the Glass
As a child I had no formal religious training. My parents were not opposed to faith, but they did not find it particularly relevant to daily life. At age five, I was sent to a local Episcopal church to sing in the boys’ choir so that I could learn music. I learned to love the Read more…
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A Pastor’s Wife Was Murdered. God Had Prepared Him for It.
When disaster strikes, it’s easy to comfort ourselves with empty phrases like “It was a freak accident” or “That’s so unlikely to happen.” Much easier, certainly, than acknowledging that none of us are immune to tragedy. We soothe ourselves with statistics of survival, but inside we know the path of our lives has already been determined. Read more…
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A Subtler Political Idolatry
As a college student, I never missed a State of the Union address. Feeling a sense of patriotic duty, I sat through the whole bloated spectacle: the obsequious handshakes, interminable applause, and extravagant promises to vanquish foes, blot out injustice, and kickstart a golden age of prosperity. But over time, I came to see all Read more…
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