Should Churches “Keep the Cookies on the Lower Shelf”?
“I try to keep the cookies on the lower shelf.” I keep hearing pastors saying that. It bothers me. Oh, I get it to a certain extent …
September 3, 2017
Adam Hamilton’s ‘Reasons’ For Belief
Adam Hamilton’s reasons for belief in God, as presented in the first chapter of his book Creed, are inexcusably unaware, inexcusably thin.
September 2, 2017
Who’s Playing God Here? (5 Bad Reasons to Oppose the Sanctity of Human Life Bill)
From The Stream: Ken Burrows, writing for the very secular site TheHumanist, wants to warn us of dangers lurking in the proposed Sanctity of Human Life Act. He thinks...
September 1, 2017
Creed by Adam Hamilton: Blend of Truth and Error
Adam Hamilton pastors the largest mainline Protestant megachurch in America, the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. His recently released book Creed: What...
August 30, 2017
Change History Again by Outthinking Our Opponents
From The Stream: Does it feel strange to find Christianity under attack the way it is these days? We see history changing before our eyes, and...
August 28, 2017
Denouncing Evil by Standing for Good
From The Stream: We could take time to map out the racism and oppression we denounce, defining them with analytic precision. That wouldn’t make Balmer [at...
August 24, 2017
One Nation Looking Upward at God’s Glory
From The Stream: My wife said it well: “He probably thought it was cute.” Neither of us caught the NBC news reporter’s name, but we did hear how he...
August 22, 2017
We’re Accelerating Toward Persecution. Hold On To Joy!
With this post I will (at last) echo some of my own writing at The Stream here at Thinking Christian. If there’s a tipping point coming soon for Christians...
August 21, 2017
Talking About Critical Conversations!
I spent a day recently with the American Family Association in Tupelo, Mississippi. We filmed some shorts for their “Engage” Facebook page — plus this quick...
August 17, 2017
