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Still Divided by Faith (plus, a hope that sustains)

Posted in Evangelicals, Family Matters, History, Music, Social Issues, The Church, Theology on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was buried in a writing project when the CNN special Black in America first aired a couple weeks back, so I missed writing about it then. I caught it in bits and pieces. If anyone out there has comments or reviews they’d like to share here, please do. Related to that special, CNN.com has [...]

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Is Obama Really a Christian?

Posted in Evangelicals, Politics, Religion, Theology on August 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Cathleen Falsani has a great column in today’s Chicago Sun-Times. The question at hand: “Is Barack Obama really a Christian?” Or better yet: “Who is a Christian?” We’ve covered some of this turf before, but it’s an endlessly fascinating topic.

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Did the Prosperity Gospel Win?

Posted in Articles, Diversity, History, Religion, The Church, Theology on April 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »

As part of its commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, CNN.com posted an interesting story about a shift in the “black church” since the days of King. The article, by John Blake, kicks off with this tantalizing lede:
The contemporary white church has largely accepted King as a religious hero. Yet [...]

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Rob Bell: We Have It Upside Down

Posted in Articles, Culture, Diversity, Evangelicals, Social Issues, The Church, Theology on March 31, 2008 | 11 Comments »

 On a plane recently, I had the chance to re-read the Jan/Feb cover story in Relevant magazine about Rob Bell. Bell, as many of you probably know, is the bespectacled pastor of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I read his first book, Velvet Elvis, a couple years ago and enjoyed it (haven’t gotten around to his latest yet, [...]

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A Hungry Farm Animal

Posted in Diversity, The Church, Theology on November 12, 2007 | 11 Comments »

Today I was reading a Media Bistro interview with Howard Polskin, the senior vice president of the Magazine Publishers of America, and one line jumped out at me. When asked about the blogging he does for the MPA website, he responded:
I wish there were more postings on my blog. But then again…what blogger doesn’t wish [...]

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“White Presumptive” Language

Posted in Diversity, Evangelicals, Theology on March 29, 2007 | 13 Comments »

I recently ran across the blog for Together for the Gospel, or T4G. I’ve since learned that T4G is a popular conference for Reformed clergy, theologians, and laity. I had not heard of them before, but then a friend told me my book was mentioned on the T4G blog. So, naturally, I was curious to learn more [...]

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