I first wrote this as a long rambling Facebook status. After someone shared it, I decided that I should make it into a short post. I think with the elevated politicization of, well, everything, over …
I was eight years old when Ronald Reagan was shot. I have only a vague memory of it. Despite attending a Southern Baptist Church, my family were not Reagan fans. This was especially true of …
If you follow the Faith on View page on Facebook , you know that we post a lot of quote memes. We’ve been collecting the quotes for years, and we pair them with images of my …
It is a statistical fact that conspiracy theories engage more followers and see further reach in times when people feel helpless and out of control. This article does not attempt to respond to any one …
“Church has to be run like a business.” I said the above statement about five years ago, affirming the institutional model of a large church in my area. There was no thought of anything different. …
Stop it! Please, I am begging you. There has been a growing conflation of right-wing politics and right-wing Christianity almost my entire life. I was born 34 days before the Roe v. Wade ruling. Historians …
Recently, there have been disagreements within Christianity over the church’s role in the political sphere. Christians are wondering if Republicanism is wrapped too tightly into the fabric of American Evangelicalism. Most, however, say no. To …
The idea that America is increasingly hostile to the Christian faith is a common one in evangelical circles. I saw someone post the following on one of the social media groups I am in: “The …
America is not, nor has it ever been, nor should it ever be a “Christian nation.” We can’t baptize a nation, nor should we try. Christians are the last people on earth in need of …
The “Attractional Church,” according to Jared C. Wilson (from The Gospel-Driven Church), can be defined as “a way of doing church ministry whose primary purpose is to make Christianity appealing.” Now, there’s certainly nothing wrong with …