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Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

By Sarah Posner

…ead, the sources said, not because he favored the movement’s mission of proselytizing but because he thought backing out would be bad form. Although the piece goes on to quote Rabbi David Wolpe, who called Bush’s appearance at MJBI “infuriating,” the remainder of the piece is devoted to a rather uncritical look at the views of Messianic Jews themselves. It’s useful and necessary, of course, to report these views. But a little context is in order….

Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99

By Randall Balmer

…areer that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message—give your heart to Jesus, and you will be “born again”—to millions around the world. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, the organization he founded to facilitate his ministry, boasted that Graham preached to more people than anyone else in history, a claim that probably cannot be verified but is almost certainly true. Early Life Born November 7, 1918, ne…

Global LGBT Recap: “Lavender Fascism,” Rage in India, Pope Francis Ousts Culture Warrior

By Peter Montgomery

…policies. He decried “top-down destruction of traditional values” and “so-called tolerance,” which he described as “genderless and fruitless.” Putin proclaimed Russia’s role in “the defense of traditional values, which for ages have been a spiritual and moral basis of civilization and every nation: the traditional family values, true human life, including religious life…” Putin’s defiant homophobia continues to set a tone for others in the countr…

Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection

By Jacob J. Erickson

…ecause I know I am missing the worst of Minnesota’s frosty brunt of the so-called “polar vortex” (climate change in action). At this moment, instead of curling up with blankets and hot cocoa, I stand with nearly a hundred others outside in a large half-circle, leaning with anticipation against a waist-high rope. The crowd’s eyes are set on a dusty red trail emerging from a row of trees far on the other side. Cameras begin to click, small gasps and…

Thomas Nelson Addresses Driscoll Plagiarism Allegations

By Becky Garrison

…os, the Kindle edition of Mark and Grace Driscoll’s #1 New York Times best-selling book Real Marriage adds Allender’s name and book title to the Acknowledgments section. Other allegations of plagiarism contained within the book remain unaddressed. Throckmorton continued his reporting of Driscoll’s plagiarism by citing multiple instances where the author quoted from Justin and Lindsey Holcomb’s book Rid of my Disgrace (Re:Lit series, published by C…

No to Church, Yes to Jesus?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…unaffiliated cohort of such plainly religious (and, not for nothing, political) messaging might come as a surprise to some, according to the 2008 Pew “US Religious Landscape Survey,” seven-in-ten Nones emerge into Noneness from Christian backgrounds. So, it makes sense that the Christian idiom—its narratives, rituals, symbols, professed ethics, and so on—remains a significant resource for these folks, whether they’re arguing against it or adapting…

Bible Blockbusters and Christian Approval

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…acters’ quest apparently “mirrors the life of sacrifice and service we are called to live as Christians.” Heck, a Christian movie doesn’t even need to have a message, it just has to be not objectionable. (See: The Tree of Life.) Lately though, whether or not a movie could be “Christian-approved” seemed to rest more often not on the “message” but on the declared religious affiliation of the work’s creator. Thus, the Chronicles of Narnia was markete…

Mississippi Pastors Oppose Religious Freedom Bill

By Sarah Posner

…Mississippi largely they’re talking about Christians — and encoding animus, encoding hate, enshrining it in the law is antithetical to the message of Jesus.”…

#WeStandWithIsaac: A Movement for LGBT Inclusion in the Mennonite Church

By Scott Schomburg

…hecy is only brilliant memory.” When I think of his pastoral theology, I recall an image he’s often made use of in his preaching: I think of someone becoming all fire. Isaac ended a sermon in 2010 with a fourth-century story of two monks in the Egyptian desert—a crazy story about “someone who believes that God’s fire can be a reality in our lives, a tangible experience, that we too can be God’s fire made flesh.” In the desert, as the story goes, A…

Biden’s New ‘Restore the Soul of a Nation’ Ad Aimed at Black Voters Wary of the Frontrunner’s Dodgy History

By Peter Laarman

…e whites never got the academy’s memo announcing that all of this hierarchical thinking is totally bogus? 3. Given that he has such a very long record in public life (a history that includes his association with segregationist legislators, his attacks on school busing, his use of racist “tough on crime” rhetoric, his role in pushing through the 1994 crime bill, and his shameless treatment of Anita Hill), Joe Biden is just about the last person who…