(Editor’s Note: Chicago Tribune columnist Joan Beck annually penned a list of things for which she was grateful, letting lines from a few famous hymns to guide her prayer. With appreciation, we borrow her literary form for our own version again this year.) As we gather together to count the Lord’s blessings, 396 years after […]
Columns
Go Church Go!
I think I find Cubs fans so inspiring because I see in them a faint reflection of the same qualities I see in faithful Christians, and churches…a longsuffering group known as Cubs fans have reminded me of a more important group of people whose patient, faithful, hopeful perseverance will eventually be rewarded by victory. Read…
Restoring fractured evangelicalism
The need of the hour is for evangelicals, Southern Baptists in particular, to process this awkward election theologically-not practically, politically, or emotionally—and identify the kingdom-worthy reasons for future political involvement. What are the few things we will stand for-that will bring us together in the name of Jesus Christ? Read…
Two Americas: Election demonstrates deep divides and challenges ahead for the church
For Christians, the issue today is how do we live Christ-like, now that the nation has chosen a president after a divisive and nasty two-year contest. “The most important lesson we should learn is that the church must stand against the way politics has become a religion, and religion has become politics,” said Russell Moore. Read…
Scare quotes and scared folks
The US Commission on Civil Rights reported on nondiscrimination laws, civil liberties, and how the two are often at odds. Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler and others quickly pointed out that the Commission used “scare quotes” around “religious liberty” and “religious freedom.” Read…
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