On the Non-Trump Evangelicals
By Craig Keener
I have been saving for the right time my likely one good shot at the subject of non-Trump evangelicals, and it looks like now is a good moment. The publication of Stephen Mansfield’s Choosing Donald Trump, an attempt to explain why religious conservatives flocked to Donald Trump, seems like the right time.
The Millennial Exodus
By Carolyn Custis James
“Christianity has an image problem among American youth.”
–David Kinnaman, Barna Group
In his ominously-titled book, The End of White Christian America, Robert P. Jones (CEO, Public Religion Research Institute) chronicles the decline of the white American church.
Defend DACA: Seven Things You Can Do Today
By Kathy Khang
Instead of sitting and seething over yet another debacle initiated in the name of law and order, here are seven things you can DO:
A Church for Dreamers: DACA
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
I think I dropped a plate and almost broke it when I heard the news of President Trump’s plan to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
ESA Statement in Response to Charlottesville
From CSA
Because this is not a time for ambiguity, we reject the idol of white supremacy
Unauthorized Walls
By Russell Jeung
“I used to bus from work to UCLA and it would take two hours each way. That’s the whole day on the bus. And late at night, I’d be scared waiting at the bus stop alone.”
Four Reasons Why Jesus Should Captivate Your Mind More Than the President
By Michael Carlson
For those of us who profess to be Christians, it is a good question to ask ourselves these days: “What are we thinking about?”
Over the past year and a half, I have become increasingly interested in what’s going on in our nation.
Tension at the Table: Challenges and Opportunities in Diverse Worship
By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
One of the greatest challenges of our generation is that people make choices based almost exclusively on preferences. We have hundreds of restaurant choices, and if we want to stay home we order online or call.
Broken Open
By Deidra Riggs
It is true that we are broken. And that makes things messy. But brokenness is only part of the journey. The trap we often fall into is, as Bryan Stevenson puts it, our “comfort level with reducing people to their worst act and acting in very extreme, harsh, punitive ways.” We are not the worst thing we have ever done.
Life Is Not a Pro/Con Proposition: A Review of Kassi Underwood’s "May Cause Love"
By Melanie Springer Mock
Each semester at the evangelical college where I teach, I frame a composition assignment about argumentative essays with several significant caveats. First, I tell students that unless they have a personal experience or something new to say about issues like immigration, euthanasia, or gun control, they should pick another topic, because the world’s biggest problems cannot be solved in five double-spaced pages.