Arguing the Pro-Life Case (Such as It Is)
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Let’s critique three points often made by pro-life Christians. This is a continuation of our analysis of the question, “Does Pro-life Logic Mean Women…
Pastor Steven Furtick and Evangelical Heresy: Is Almost True Good Enough For The Gospel?
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR I read recently an article from Life Way Research that said we now live in a day and age in the United States where…
Pat Robertson: Black Lives Matter Wants To Destroy Christianity For ‘Being Racist’
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Pat Robertson Lives: Televangelist Pat Robertson denounces the Black Lives Matter movement as being a lesbian-led “anti-family, anti-capitalist, Marxist revolution” that wants to destroy…
Candace Owens: Affirming Transgender Children “Is Actually Satanic”
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 During an interview over the weekend, conservative commentator Candace Owens claimed that Satan was behind the affirmation of transgender identities. Literally Satan. Owens and…
Christianese 101: ‘Conviction’
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! For a long time now, I’ve studied Christianese. That’s the jargon that Christians use among themselves — particularly the really…
JUST ENOUGH TIME TO SAY “I LOVE YOU”
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 BY KEITH GILES On September 11th, 2001, the victims of the attack had precious seconds to call one person they loved and say goodbye, or ask forgiveness,…
Netflix’s ‘American Gospel’ Grossly Misrepresents Catholic Teaching (PART ONE)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 BY RENÉ ALBERT The latest Christian documentary on Netflix has arrived to dismantle the blight of Prosperity Theology that has taken Evangelical culture by storm. American Gospel…
Survey: Parents Influence Their Teens’ Religious Views But It Won’t Last Forever
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 It’s no surprise that younger people in the U.S. are less religious than their parents’ generation. But a new study released today by the…
Trump, the Military, & Our Motives for Voting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 BY GENE VEITH As election day nears, a torrent of books, articles, and whistleblower accounts is telling us what a bad person President Donald Trump is. One…
Cancel Culture & the Gospel of Jesus Christ
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY JEFF HOOD Cancel Culture & the Gospel of Jesus Christ There once was a man named Matthew. The community hated him. Day and night he robbed…
Cuties is Everything Wrong With Our World
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 BY GRAYSON GILBERT There has been no shortage of uproar over the release of the movie Cuties on Netflix, and for good reason. The film is being…
Preacher Threatens To Sue School After Daughter Was Sent Home For Wearing Anti-Gay Shirt
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Teaching Children To Hate: A conservative Christian preacher in Tennessee is threatening to sue his daughter’s public high school after the girl was sent…
The Inspiring Story of the Man With 3 Months to Live
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY TOM RAPSAS At the age of 53, Eugene O’Kelly was on top of the world. He was a top executive at a major accounting firm, a…
Autopsy of a Deconstruction: Jon Steingard and the foundations of faith
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY ERIK STRANDNESS The former Hawk Nelson singer is gracious and vulnerable in talking about how his faith fell apart on Unbelievable?. He’s among a number of…
Teaching from Our Death Beds? The Tragedy of Paola De Simone
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY LEAH D. SCHADE The story of university professor Paola De Simone collapsing and dying of Covid-19 while in the middle of an online lecture to her…
The Jefferson Bible: An Interview with Peter Manseau
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY JOHNTURNER Peter Manseau is Curator of American Religious History at the Smithsonian. His most recent book is The Jefferson Bible: A Biography, a contribution to Princeton…
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Lowers The Barr
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY HENRY KARLSON The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will be awarding William Barr the “Christifideles Laici Award” this year at their virtual breakfast meeting (on Sept.…
American Atheists: Is Christianity being subtly fed to students online?
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER While American public-school children are hunched over their devices attending online virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, an evangelical Christian organization appears to be…
Pining for Monarchy: The Outlandish Worldview of Trad Catholics
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY ADAM LEE The Roman Catholic church is bleeding members throughout the developed world, and they’re wrestling with what to do about it. Should they move with…
‘Christian Love’ Flows As Jen Hatmaker Divorces
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! I know nobody’s surprised when we talk about evangelical hypocrisy. They’re soaking in it! However, today’s story might represent one…