Schools opening in Haiti! Michael Spencer, the iMonk, passed away and I hope you visit his blog and read the comments. Karen reflects on her interview with Michael. We’re wondering here at the Jesus Creed blog if folks are listening to 24.7 and what they are thinking. Questions people are not asking. Questions people are…

Here’s the question “On Faith” at the Washington Post, and I wonder what you think: A senior Vatican priest last week compared outrage at Pope Benedict’s handling of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews. Church leaders disavowed the comments, but went on to complain about a “vile,” anti-Vatican…

What about abortion? Is there an atheist view on abortion? The seventh letter in Mary Eberstadt’s new book, The Loser Letters , examines this question among the new atheists, but it is chps 8 and 9 that pull this into a cohesive, searing story. Here’s the big picture. Chps 8 and 9 describe how it is that A.F. Christian…

I sketched how Brian understands the so-called “soul sort narrative” Wednesday, and today I want to offer one more thought: how the conventional narrative actually has framed those six elements (creation, fall, condemnation or life on earth, salvation and either heaven or hell). How do you describe the “conventional” narrative of Christianity? In brief: God,…

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