Interpretweeting: An Experiment in Social Media
What can you say that is worth saying in 140 characters? I’ve always thought: not very much. With so few characters, what is tweeting good for except shouting our bumper-sticker ideologies and...
View ArticleThe Generalization of Outrage
The dawning awareness in the US about the barbarism of QSIS has provoked a new round of the same old anti-Muslim rhetoric from the usual sources. Frequently these denunciations follow a predictable...
View ArticleIdolatry and Islamophobia
Charisma magazine has taken down Gary Cass’ original call for Christians to take up arms against Islam in response to public outcry, but Cass remains unrepentant. Now he has renewed his defense of...
View ArticleProgressives, Prooftexts, and the Sermon on the Mount
It’s not easy to correct the errors of your tradition. The absolute ‘No!’ that seems like the most radical course too often ends up preserving the underlying logic of what you’re trying to correct. (No...
View ArticleThe Peace and Violence of Christmas
At church this Christmas Eve, we read one of my favorite passages. Isaiah 11:1-10 begins by prophesying the coming of the Messiah, the Rod of Jesse, and it ends with that unsurpassable vision of the...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage and Slippery Slopes
In his dissent to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts offers a familiar ‘slippery slope’ argument: “Although the majority randomly inserts the adjective...
View ArticleShould Civil and Church Marriage be Separated?
Some Christians have responded to the court’s recent ruling in favor of same-sex marriage by calling for Christians to totally separate ‘civil’ marriage from ‘church’ marriage. As Kris Norris and Sam...
View ArticleThe Folly of Donald Trump
Many conservative Christians support Donald Trump because they are sick of ‘political correctness.’ They feel that liberal elites in government, the media, and even many churches increasingly use their...
View ArticleSome Biblical Reflections on Refugees
The Biblical story of salvation begins with a community of refugees. The book of Genesis recounts how Jacob and his family sought refuge in Egypt from a severe famine. The book of Exodus begins–many...
View ArticleBeing Teachable in Polarized Times
Before the fall of the 2nd Temple, the Jewish community was riven by polarized debates between the schools of Hillel and Shammai. Though some traditions portray their disputes as harmonious (b.Yev....
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