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What the Rob Bell Controversy Says About John Piper

By David Sessions On February 28, 2011 · 112 Comments · In Religion

By now you’ve no doubt heard that the Christian corner of the internet blew up over the weekend over Rob Bell’s upcoming book, Love Wins, a galley of which has been resting untouched on my desk for several weeks. If you’re just now tuning in, my friend Sarah Bailey at Christianity Today [...]

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Patrol on ABC News' "Focus on Faith"

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald On February 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Religion

Recently, I had the opportunity to appear as a guest on ABC News’ religion talk show “Focus on Faith.” We talked about the protests in Egypt, jumping off from my recent Patheos column, then on to the controversy over the Lara Logan criticism, and finally we [...]

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House of Theocons

By David Sessions On February 18, 2011 · 20 Comments · In Politics, Religion

Today, the undercovered story of the 2010 midterm elections became clear: Americans have elected the most politically and theologically fundamentalist House of Representatives in modern history. When Tea Partiers insisted their goal was attacking the deficit and government spending they weren’t lying. But when they submerged their long histories of social conservative [...]

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Justin Beiber Understands Biblical Sex Better than Focus on the Family

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald On February 18, 2011 · 14 Comments · In Culture, Religion

Focus on the Family’s community action affiliate Citizen Link issued a statement yesterday to “pray hard” for Justin Beiber, after he answered a question about sex before marriage from Rolling Stone in this [...]

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Charisma's Egypt Conspiracy Theory

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald On February 10, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Politics, Religion

I have fond memories of reading Charisma magazine with my mother when I was a child. I remember her reading me stories of miracles and revivals happening all around the world. Vaguely, those memories of reading the only magazine (besides Readers’ Digest) that my parents subscribed to are tied to my earliest hopes about being [...]

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Are We Talking About the Same Egypt?

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald On February 9, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Religion

Last week, Timothy Dalrymple, editor of the Evangelical Portal at Patheos.com invited me to join his team as a weekly columnist. I agreed, and this morning marks the launch of “In Progress,” my weekly column, which will be published every Wednesday.

This week I wrote about the tendency among [...]

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Let's Not Judge the Morality of Strangers

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald On February 7, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Religion

I really appreciate the response from readers and friends over the past week or so since I wrote my last piece, “Two Deaths, and an Unfortunate Connection.” There have been many passionate and intelligent reactions in the comment section, my email inbox, and at other websites. One such response came from my friend [...]

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Could Bromance Save the World?

By Paul Burkhart On February 2, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Culture

A recent post by Ann Friedman at The Atlantic argues that there is a dearth of social connections and supports available to men:

Anecdotally, this rings true. The women I know maintain much closer friendships with each other (more regular contact, more likely to share intimate details and ask for each other’s help, [...]

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