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After Barack Obama pointed out in a televised address on the San Bernardino shootings that Muslim Americans occupy many familiar social roles including “sports heroes,” Donald Trump offered an…

What we search for may be instructive, but what we turn up may be just as important.

Is same-sex marriage the new evolution? I was prompted to think about this seemingly bizarre question by a conversation with Paul Miller, a very smart young alumnus of Gordon College, and a founder of…

If you’ve been following the story of Christianity in the United States with any degree of scrutiny, you’ll know that declension is not limited to liberal mainline denominations. The Catholic Church…

“I lit out from Reno I was trailed by 20 hounds, Didn’t get to sleep that night till the morning came around. Set out running but I take my time, A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine. If I get…

“God wept; but that mattered little to an unbelieving age; what mattered most was that the world wept and still is weeping and is blind with tears and blood” –W.E.B. Dubois, from Black Reconstruction…

It takes chutzpah to argue that most living humans navigate reality incorrectly. But this particular form of chutzpah has become familiar.

There were more than 70 proposals to name new state symbols in 2015, according to the AP. Intrepid citizens of Alaska spearheaded an effort to get Miss Alaska named as the state hostess. There was an…

When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he goes to church and knows his Bible. These reminders frequently come as Walker seeks to distinguish…

Last Sunday evening, December 7, a plump pastor named Lee Minemann interrupted services in the largest Protestant church in Guadalajara, Mexico. Taking the podium, Minemann announced that Samuel…