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Is Accreditation of Religious Institutions a “Farce”?

…ges, Dayspring and its ilk lay claim to specious exemptions, hoping to overcome their inferiority complexes through special considerations. Intellectual distinction is a major concern for many Christian institutions, academic and otherwise. Particularly since the 1995 publication of (former Wheaton professor) Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, many in evangelical Christian circles have worked hard to improve their academic credential…

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An Evangelical (Millennial) on the Canterbury Trail

…ldhood religious group for the Anglican/Episcopal tradition), it is fairly common among evangelical writers and intellectuals. From the historian Randall Balmer and the author Ian Morgan Cron, to the poet Luci Shaw and even Bono of U2 — evangelicalism’s creative class is loaded with Anglicans.” This quest for wholeness leads her to the doors of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland, Tenn. Organizing her memoir around the sacraments of baptism,…

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3 Takeaways from #Easter2015

…nia megachurch, in a brief interview with RD. “You have a common phrase, a common idea.” The church put the hashtag on their website. Pastors pushed it on social media. It appeared in New Life’s local TV commercials. People use social media. Marketers use social media. Spreading the good news is, on some level, a form of marketing. As a simultaneous marker of identity and identity marketer, the hashtag plays a neat trick: it lets you affiliate you…

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Rand Paul’s Messianic Campaign Video Shouts “Yes I Can!”

…they know) that they can’t. And it’s too easy for the public to default to complicity in this circle of untruths. The echoes of Messianic movement-building in the Rand Paul video (and surely in many more to come from candidates of all political stripes) aren’t just clichéd. They’re disconnected from any idea of movement that would put into practice a vision of a new America. In a time when the Republican Party’s strategy has been to obstruct any b…

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2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back, 1 Step Sideways: The Chaotic Progression of LGBTQ Inclusion at Christian Colleges

…after the university granted official recognition to an LGBT student group comprised of same-sex attracted students committed to lifelong celibacy and “spiritual friendship.” (A pre-existing LGBT student group, which affirms marriage equality, is still not acknowledged officially by Biola.) Clearly, attitudes around LGBTQ inclusion are changing rapidly in the evangelical Christian community but they’re not following a linear path toward progress….

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Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

…before they managed to unfurl any banners or chant any slogans…. The LGBT community has come under increased pressure in Russia as President Vladimir Putin has charted a more conservative course since starting his third term in 2012. A 2013 law against gay “propaganda” sparked an outcry among Russian rights activists and in the West. But partly reflecting the influence of the Orthodox church, many Russians back the law or have negative feelings t…

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Swimming Against the Tide: Religious (Non) Affiliation Might Not Mean What You Think It Means

…four decades.” As Pew continues to release its data over the course of the coming year, it might well find more changes than Gallup has in these other measures of religiosity, but the relative stability of these other markers do not make a case for a sudden and swift collapse of Christianity in America. Ed Stetzer, who leads the Southern Baptist Convention-affiliated Lifeway Research has argued that these numbers indicate a redefining of Christian…

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Godly Game or Godless Satire? Countering Biblical Ignorance with Heretical Humor

…oaning at a bad joke. Many of the verses have been paraphrased to maximize comedic potential so that “Jesus had disappeared in the crowd” in the Bible becomes “Houdini Jesus” on its card. Double entendres abound and there are swear words. Lots of them. This a strange mix of sincerity and sarcasm prompts the question: at what, exactly, are players supposed to laugh?   PLAYERS AGES 8+ looking for interactive fun at the expense of organized religion…

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Why Tony Campolo’s LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism’s Tipping Point

…ccept into the Church those gay Christian couples who have made a lifetime commitment to one another? While I have always tried to communicate grace and understanding to people on both sides of the issue, my answer to that question has always been somewhat ambiguous. One reason for that ambiguity was that I felt I could do more good for my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters by serving as a bridge person, encouraging the rest of the Church to rea…

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Mexican Bishops Exorcism Against Equality; African Bishops Oppose ‘Enemy of Human Race’; Israeli Islamic Leader Anti-Gay Op-Ed

…ces!” he said. “What great richness this diversity is, a diversity which becomes complimentary, but also reciprocal. It binds them, one to the other.” “Children mature seeing their father and mother like this; their identity matures being confronted with the love their father and mother have, confronted with this difference,” he said. Italy: Large protest in Rome against marriage equality Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Rome on Sat…

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