For good or ill—and I think it was almost exclusively good—I grew up in a small country church that was disconnected from the broader Christian culture. I did not grow up listening to Christian music. …
Protestant Christians observe two important anniversaries the last week of October. Protestants recognize October 31 as the anniversary of the formal beginning of the Protestant Reformation or Reformations in Europe. This annual observance commemorates the …
It was May of 2014, and I was staying Memorial Day weekend at All Saints of America Orthodox Church in De Queen, AR. I woke up early Saturday morning to take a day trip. I …
One hour, twenty minutes. That’s how long Hugo Tale-Yax lay on a sidewalk in New York, in front of shops and businesses, in the path of passersby. One hour, twenty minutes during which dozens of …
The text in the book of Esther may be rarely encountered and unfamiliar to our ears, but the relevance of this book to our modern world should not be overlooked. In the book, we are …
Dear Lee University and the Church of God, I remember once in my early twenties having a flashing suicidal thought while going through a rough time. That was the only time in my life, until …
I had an academic project where I looked at images of Jesus, specifically five evangelical Christs, and discussed how they reflect evangelical beliefs. This essay is an adaptation of that research. Evangelicalism is not a …
Rise of the Moral Majority I was youthful and apolitical in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and I listened to almost every gospel program on the radio. As a member of a heterodox Christian …
In 2016, then-future President Donald John Trump gave a speech in Sioux Center, Iowa, that would define not only his presidential campaign but the next four years of his time in office. He could shoot …
It’s not every day that one has an honest-to-goodness “white Jesus” sighting. During a recent visit to Boise, Idaho, I saw one walk into Chick-fil-A wearing Crocs. Some of my students and I were eating …