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The Mysterious World of American Evangelicalism

One Catholic Church?

James Davison Hunter says that, “…Christianity in North America…is a weak culture; weak insofar as it is fragmented in it’s core beliefs …

Are Hymns Old or Preaching New?

Jared Wilson suggests that hymns aren’t outdated as much as the progression of preaching that has morphed into something that makes hymns sounds …

Adventures in Christian Unity

Like many Christians, I’ve wished that Christians could be more united even while I am a Protestant, a member of the most …

American Saints and Relics

No, I don’t just copy everything Peter Leithart writes and then post it on my blog.  But it wouldn’t be a terrible …

Peter Leithart on African Christian Theology

Leithart argues that African Christians’ freedom from what he calls Western “dualism” offers much to correct white Christians’ theology.  Leithart believes that …

Addressing Biblical Illiteracy

David Nienhuis, a professor at Seattle Pacific University (a Christian college) describes his students’ ignorance of the Bible and traces it to …

The Church as Cushion

Kevin DeYoung considers how churches can become cushions, focusing on comfort rather than on challenging their congregations to truly encounter God and …

Pray for Persecution???

Here is an excerpt from John Piper’s book, “Finally Alive” – What Will It Take Today? What will it take so that …

“Emerging Adults” and Religion

Christianity Today’s Katelyn Beaty interviewed sociologist Christian Smith for the current issue.  Smith’s new book, Souls in Transition,  looks at the religious …

Lincoln Bests the Theologians

The last major chapter of America’s God compares the subtlety and humility of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in March 1865 with the …

The Roots of American Theology

I’ve finally gotten a chance to begin, for at least the second time, Mark Noll’s America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham …

So, Who Are the "Young Evangelicals"?

There’s certainly been a lot of discussion about younger evangelicals and their differences with their parents’ generation.  Matthew Lee Anderson, a “young …

Evangelical Collapse

Well, I obviously missed this when it was posted in January, so perhaps linking to it now is kind of lame.  But …