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Slap an Arian Day, or the Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra
(Photo Credit: Drew Collins) Today we commemorate St. Nicholas of Myra, whose resume boasts enough miracles for him to be called the “Wonderworker” in some parts of Christendom. Even before he became...
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Thomas à Becket, We Have Need of Thee
Effigy of St. Thomas of Canterbury (Photo Credit: The Times) The initial outrage and fallout from the Church of England’s decision to reject women bishops seems to have reached its close. Newspapers on...
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Jedi Religion and the New Hubris
(Photo Credit: RT.com) According to a recent Telegraph article, “Jedi” is the largest alternative faith in England and Wales (trailing behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, and...
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Emergent Christianity Comes to Memphis
Writer Phyllis Tickle praised McLaren’s iconoclastic contributions to religious dialogue. (Photo Credit: Flickr) At a national gathering on emergence Christianity (their term, not ours), noted writer...
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Two Very Different Episcopalianisms Meet in Charleston
Sign outside the rump diocese meeting (Photo Credit: IRD/Bart Gingerich) By Bart Gingerich (@BJGingerich) Last week, orthodox Christians convened at the historical St. Philip’s Church to participate in...
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Shane Hipps’s Mystic Jesus
Although Shane Hipps, a former teaching pastor at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids calls himself a Christian, he is not convinced that makes him “any closer to Jesus than a Muslim.” He explained this...
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Post-Evangelical Blogging for Dummies: Harnessing the Zeitgeist for Fun and...
(Photo Credit: Hipster or Jesus) by Thomas Holgrave (@hipstercon) A lot of people come up to me at conferences, to which, as a very successful hipster-progressive post-evangelical blogger, I have been...
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Greg Boyd Finding an Anabaptist Home
(Credit: Crossroads.net) Either the Mennonite Church USA or the Brethren in Christ will soon receive an influx of about 2,500 members. Greg Boyd, co-founder and pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St....
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From the Brain of Bart, 2/26/13
(Photo Credit: Dead Philosophers in Heaven) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) The Southern Baptists aren’t the only ones facing in-house theological squabbles. Voices from the amorphous emergence...
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United Methodist Seminary Ponders Removing Cross from Chapel
Who needs the UMC cross and flame when you can have one big, fuzzy mix of everything? (Photo credit: Oklahoma Conference of Churches) By John Lomperis (@JohnLomperis) Officials at Claremont School of...
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Shaking Hands with the Devil: The Intersection of Terrorism and Theology
IRD President Mark Tooley with author and theologian William Abraham by Mark Tooley (@markdtooley) Shaking Hands with the Devil: The Intersection of Terrorism and Theology By William Abraham (Highland...
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Idiot Wind: A Response to Barnabas Piper
Evangelicals need a richer vocabulary of politics and better social values if we’re going to say anything worth hearing about “gay marriage”: a response to Barnabas Piper by Thomas Holgrave...
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IRD Exclusive: Dolan, George, and Metaxas Defend Marriage, Life, and Liberty
Cardinal Dolan receives the Wilberforce Award for 2013. (From left) Dr. Timothy George, Chairman of the Board, Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview; Alan Terwilleger, Colson Center President;...
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René Girard: Who Is This Guy, Anyway?
(Photo Credit: Films 7) By Caleb Nelson Though few in the church have heard his name, French literary theorist and anthropologist Rene Girard has strongly influenced the theology of both the emergent...
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Marcion Lives! René Girard’s Unoriginal Errors
(Photo Credit: Blogspot) by Caleb Nelson “Interpreters,” notes Rene Girard, “never notice that they are themselves invariably understood and explained by the text that they pride themselves on...
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Gender Roles: The Search for a Third Way
(Homemaking is important, but it shouldn’t define women. (Credit: Amerika.org) Kristin Rudolph (@Kristin_Rudolph) In light of recent discussions on a Christian perspective of gender roles in the Church...
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The Violence of God: a Final Response to Girard
Sacrifice of the Old Covenant by Peter Paul Rubens (Photo Credit: Wikipedia) by Caleb Nelson Rene Girard pretends to be a mere literary critic who dabbles in anthropology. Actually, he is a full-blown...
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Peter Storey to Florida Methodists: “No Americanism for You!”
Peter Storey with Nelson Mandela (Photo Credit: Duke Divinity School) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) During last week’s Florida United Methodist Annual Conference, the unofficial Methodist...
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Anglican Way Institute Continues to Thrive
The Council of Nicea (Photo Credit: Facebook) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Last week, young classical Anglicans gathered at the Church of the Holy Communion in Dallas to learn about “Creeds,...
View ArticleThe United Methodist Lobby Office and Pitting God Against Jesus
The Rev. Ryan Barnett is senior pastor of St. John's UMC in Corpus Christi, Texas and a member of the board of directors for the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church. This article...
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