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Christ’s description of the Samaritan’s conduct toward the half-dead traveler operates entirely at the level of universal human need. For all the parable tells us, the injured traveler was unconscious

If @MBTS is determined to give Owen a platform for his pronouncements on institutional ethics, its administration might consider granting him a teaching reduction that would afford him leisure to

Every word that public evangelicals uttered in the 90s about the importance of integrity in leadership now serves as an indictment of their own unfitness to lead. But more important

Because the courts offer the most eligible path to outlawing abortion, and because it takes years for cases to make their way to the Supreme Court, it’s plausible to suppose

Racially discriminatory zoning was outlawed in 1968; and racial discrimination in mortgage lending was outlawed in 1977. But by that time, the cost of real estate was prohibitive for all

Self-appointed spokesmen of the white evangelical church have no one to thank but themselves for the fragmentation of our political community. Instead of calling God’s people to do justice, they

It's been suggested that those who promote "wokeness" or "woke theology" should be regarded as false teachers. This claim reflects a kind of theological illiteracy that needs to be exposed.

I don’t presume to know how other Christians ought to vote. It’s complicated and messy. As believers, protecting the vulnerable should be our highest political objective, and there are none

What if America is just like all the other empires? What if America’s power and wealth aren’t a mark of divine favor, but merely a byproduct of empire-building? And what

I am dismayed by the number of evangelicals who publicly endorse a consequentialist approach to political participation—especially among pastors and those charged with supervising the theological training of pastors. Consequentialism

What do you think is going to happen when you tell three generations of Evangelicals that the scientists are lying to them? This is the painfully foreseeable outcome of internalizing

Hello Ben,Just noticed this in my feed. Apologies for the delay.Terms like 'systemic racism', 'institutional racism' and 'implicit bias' have straightforward definitions that are fairly well-established.https://twitt