Christianity

We already know that Charisma, the Christian magazine, regularly publishes faith-based nonsense. Like when they warned readers about a “demonic squid” or an apocalyptic asteroid. The fact that just about all (if not all) of their writers are supporters of D…

The Jewish settlement of Dolev with the Palestinian city of Ramallah is in the background, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 26, 2020. Reuters President Donald Trump is set to release his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.But there are still deep divides between the two sides, and many no longer see…

“Liberal-Academic-Methodist-Midwestern-Public School Proud-Steel Mill Salary Educated-Lesbian Mom-Tell Me Again About My Bubble.” This was my sign at the 2017 Women’s March in Chicago. I grew up Methodist in a southern Illinois steel mill town, the kind where my wife and I still don’t really feel comfortable holding hands. Nonetheless, I was amazed…

Queen of the damned — It's all about power: Who gets to have it, and how to wield it responsibly Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 27, 2020 6:35 pm UTC Kiernan Shipka stars in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, back with another macabre season on Netflix.The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is back,…

Francis Chan has been a towering figure in evangelical Christianity for more than a decade now. I was a youth pastor in 2008, just a handful of years into vocational ministry, when I read his first book Crazy Love. This was my introduction to Chan and like so many, I…

Posted on January 23, 2020January 23, 20202 minute read As a pastor, author and activist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy continues to loom large over modern Christianity. The Bonhoeffer Society has done its level best to preserve and study that legacy, and the group of scholars is still making new discoveries about…

Stephen Malkmus has announced a new album, Traditional Techniques, out March 6th on Matador. This will be Malkmus’ third solo LP without the Jicks or Pavement, following 2001’s Stephen Malkmus and 2019’s Groove Denied. Malkmus recorded the record with Chris Funk of The Decemberists and Matt Sweeney, who’s worked with Bonnie “Prince”…

The white evangelical version of Christianity that takes up a good deal of air space and national publicity has done so much damage over the past few decades — especially the past few years — that more and more “ex-vangelicals” are speaking up and sharing their stories of exodus. Some…

Maybe this is why Jesus rode a donkey. Kanye West mounted a horse during a recent church service, but things went awry when the equine appeared to get spooked and the singer went tumbling to the floor. Watch:  Kanye was dressed in a white robe with with some sort…

For someone who never really fit in, Julius Kim is remarkably confident. Born in Los Angeles to Korean parents, Julius was 2 when his father moved the family back to Korea to restart a defunct electronics manufacturing company. Julius spent elementary schoo…