What Is Moderate Islam?
The controversy over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has spurred a wider debate about the nature of Islam. We asked six leading thinkers to answer the question: What is moderate Islam?
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Christian group issues guidelines for teaching Bible in public schools
A Christian ministry released recently a document to guide public schools on how to use Bible stories in classrooms. Gateways to Better Education, a national ministry that has focused its work on helping Christian parents and teachers in public schools, issued a single-page document, “School District Guidelines for the Use of Bible Stories in The…
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Stop Singing Solo
I have too often heard the modern refrain, “No creed but Christ, no law but love.” This relatively simple platitude is viewed by many as a spiritually deep proclamation of their commitment to the historic and profound battle cry of the Reformation, Sola Scriptura. Adherents to this catchphrase are not just those who would align…
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Christian Atheism
There has been a spate of ornery and evangelistic atheists who have appeared lately, ripping into religion in general and Christianity in particular. I have written much seeking to counter their ferocious attacks, and shall continue to do so. But there is another problem with atheism, and that is the Christian variety. Christian atheism? Yep.…
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God, the gospel, and Glenn Beck
A Mormon television star stands in front of the Lincoln Memorial and calls American Christians to revival. He assembles some evangelical celebrities to give testimonies, and then preaches a God and country revivalism that leaves the evangelicals cheering that they’ve heard the gospel, right there in the nation’s capital. The news media pronounces him the new…
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