The Rev. Karmen Michael Smith, author of “Holy Queer: The Coming Out of Christ,” hopes that the title of the book will attract some attention. He aspires to generate a better understanding of queer Black …
My mother is fond of telling me, “Scot you’re David!” The David she has in mind is the biblical one. And when she conflates me and King David, I’m positive she is thinking of the …
One of my Facebook friends posted a rather bizarre photo a couple of years ago. He and his sons professed a fervent evangelical Christian faith and also a strong dedication to the “Tea Party” political …
A few years ago, I attended a birthday celebration for a loved one with family and friends. One of the women at the party was known to have been battling a serious case of breast …
I teach a class called Art and Christian Faith. We talk about a lot of issues in that class that live at the intersection of art, the church, and culture more broadly. The class is …
British adventurer and survivalist Bear Grylls has said that he thinks churches nowadays doesn’t represent what Jesus would want. “I think Jesus would really struggle with 99 percent of churches nowadays,” he said in an …
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8)” When this verse is presented in church, the skeptics in the room immediately wonder what happened between the God who commanded his people to …
As an Artist, Arts & Religion Scholar, Christian, and Hispanic who has been vocal about racial issues, I immediately started receiving messages and comments from friends about Shaun King‘s tweet that argued statues of white …
President Joe Biden was subject to criticism for not using the name of Jesus Christ in his Christmas address. The president did refer to the story concerning Jesus’ birth but did not use the name …
Jesse Bradley, who was formerly a soccer player and now a pastor at Auburn’s Grace Community Church, has embarked on a mission to share the Gospel with soccer fans. Over 18,000 soccer fans have already …