Monthly Archives: April 2017

I pointed a few days ago to a piece by Molly Worthen that links conservative Christianity to the national disgraces of “post-truth” and Donald Trump’s presidency. Now comes a former New York Times religion editor to say the yahoos number … Continue reading →

That the publication of the “Origin of Species” marked an epoch in the development of the natural sciences is well known to the layman. That the combination of the very words origin and species embodied an intellectual revolt and introduced … Continue reading →

When depression hits, remember that God’s faithfulness is more real than the thoughts and feelings inside your head. https://t.co/B38qpFHAdf — Desiring God (@desiringGod) April 18, 2017 Top that one for irony.

Increasingly these days, I find myself thinking about the Detroit riots of 1967, that awful civil eruption when rioters burned-down their own neighborhoods and the stores at which they shopped. When the fires were out and the smoke had cleared, … Continue reading →

After all these years warning of the insane beliefs and malign effects of the Evangelical Right, it’s nice to see this piece in the New York Times: The Evangelical Roots of our Post-truth Society. I earned the first of two … Continue reading →