Analysts Discuss Iran While Methodists Tout Appeasement
From left: Holzer, Nephew, and Abdi. (Photo Credit: Ecumenical Advocacy Days) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) When religious leftists from multiple Christian traditions gathered near Capitol Hill at...
View ArticleSheepish News Outlets Finally Address Gosnell
Reserved seats for reporters at the Gosnell hearing. (Photo Credit: Get Religion) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) In case you missed it, the Twitter tag #Gosnell trended nationally for most of...
View ArticleGimme That Ole Time Liberation Theology
(Photo credit: ClaudioCarvalhaes.com) By Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Last week’s Ecumenical Advocacy Days featured a fine flashback to the heydays of the Religious Left: Liberation Theology, which...
View ArticleEvangelical Immigration Table Doesn’t “Need to Know the Details” of Reform
(Photo Credit: Tucson Sentinel) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Yesterday morning, Christians from many walks of life gathered to the Evangelical Immigration Table to advocate for comprehensive...
View ArticleNews Flash: Gene Robinson Opposes Church Discipline
The Last Supper by Peter Pourbus (Photo Credit: The Web Gallery of Art) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Bishop Gene Robinson took up his pen to give Pope Francis & Co. a few pointers on church...
View ArticleIRD Exclusive: Dolan, George, and Metaxas Defend Marriage, Life, and Liberty
Cardinal Dolan receives the Wilberforce Award for 2013. (From left) Dr. Timothy George, Chairman of the Board, Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview; Alan Terwilleger, Colson Center President;...
View ArticleSalvation Army Sponsors Religious Left Conference?
(Photo Credit: Multiview) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) As I was filing away papers and bulletins from past assignments, an item on my Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2013 folder caught my attention: the...
View ArticleHow Fornication Messes Up Marriage
Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck (Photo Credit: Wikipedia) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) The recent National Catholic Prayer Breakfast got me to thinking about the cultural co-belligerence of...
View ArticleFrom the Brain of Bart: Questioning Parachurch-ism
A Gentleman’s Debate by Benjamin Eugene Fichel (Photo Credit: Fine Art America) I’ve started reading Deconstructing Evangelicalism for my commute. I enjoy perusing D. G. Hart‘s works not necessarily...
View ArticleThe Georges Two Honor Colson’s Legacy
(Photo Credit: Union University) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Tennessee-based Union University and the Witherspoon Institute hosted a May 2-4 conference entitled “Salt and Light in the Public...
View ArticleNotable Protestants Defend Marriage
Russell Moore (Photo Credit: Union University) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) At the start of May, Union University was graced with the presence of notable evangelical theologians who commented on...
View ArticleThe Merits (and Demerits) of the “Radical” Movement
(Photo Credit: Patheos) The following was first appeared on the Patheos blog Philosophical Fragments and has been republished with permission. Many thanks to Tim Dalrymple for letting me hurl my sabot...
View ArticleBoy Scouts: a Lament and Prognosis, Part I
(Photo Credit: Flags Bay) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) A kick in the teeth. That’s what last week’s vote felt like to many Americans. I refer to the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) decision to...
View ArticleBoy Scouts: a Lament and Prognosis, Part II
(Photo Credit: Front Page Magazine) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Last week, I analyzed the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) National Council’s foolish decision to change membership standards, lifting...
View ArticleBoy Scouts: a Lament and Prognosis, Part III
The Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, DC. “[The Scout] is flanked by two much larger allegorical figures of a man and a woman representing American Manhood and Womanhood and the ideals of the past...
View ArticleStaunching Baptist Decline
(Photo Credit: Baptist Press/Adam Covington) by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Over at Religion News Service, Jonathan Merritt has taken up keyboard and monitor to advise the Southern Baptist...
View ArticleGay Marriage Meets Gallic Defiance in France
Jean-Michel Colo is the mayor of Arcangues. (Photo credit: Echo Republican) By Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) After the passage of same-sex marriage legislation in France, one mayor is refusing to...
View ArticleFrom the Brain of Bart: Calvinist Bedtime Stories
by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) Hi, I’m 12 and think this is funny. The comic falls within a rather unusual trend, but unlike this example, it’s not meant to give kids nightmares. H/t to Christian...
View ArticleThe Evangelical Immigration Table Continues to Perplex
by Barton Gingerich (@bjgingerich) In a Christian Post article today, a spokesperson for the Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT) fired off a defensive volley against a recent slew of critical reports...
View ArticleFrom the Brain of Bart: Top 4 Great Reads (in Case You Missed Them)
(Photo Credit: Musings of a Hardlining Moderate) by Barton Gingerich (@BJGingerich) Welcome to Friday. I don’t know about you all, but this past week has provided an excellent selection of good writing...
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