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What Amazon Is Priming Us For
Speed, convenience, and other values of our culture's gods, announced at Advent
The Church Is a Harlot, But I Love Her
Looking past the imperfections of the church and her leaders.
An Inconvenient Child
How a special needs boy taught one church to be a family.
You Can't Buy Your Way to Social Justice
Why the activism of some fellow Americans scares me.
Ignoring Worker Injustice Won't Make It Go Away
Taking the source of our shopping seriously.
Later is Lethal (Video)
Jeff Manion on the danger of putting off giving.
The New Televangelists
I had to look past celebrity ministry to learn how to really pastor.
The Problem with Christians Doing the 'Harlem Shake'
Some advice for the church: Think before you click.
In Defense of Church Hoppers
Some Christians' spiritual baggage makes it harder to find a church home
The Soul of Your Soles: Why Women Love Shoes
Celebrating those 'bursts of beauty that defy the mundane.'
Why Stuff Matters
We've been talking about this strange process of divvying up an estate, and whether or not material things should matter to us...
Risky Business (Part 2)
Pastors should be more focused on observing the culture than engaging it.
Risky Business (Part 1)
A business expert warns pastors not to emulate marketplace principles.
Chris Seay: Consumerism Is the Original Sin
We always want more.
Ur Video: Dave Kraft on Celebrity Pastors
We should be measuring community impact rather than the size of our audience.
Part 2: The Evangelical Industrial Complex & the Rise of Celebrity Pastors
It isn't simply followers who are creating celebrity pastors, it's the market.
The Evangelical Industrial Complex & the Rise of Celebrity Pastors (Pt. 1)
Behind the rise of today's pastoral pantheon is a systemic economic force.
Exorcise Wall Street
Can spiritual bondage apply to social institutions as well as people?
Cookie Cutter Community
Distressed by consumer Christianity, this church razed the ministries enjoyed by so many for so Iong—and started over.
My Top 5 Books on Consumerism
Picks from Tyler Wigg Stevenson, author of 'Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age.'

Top Story April 26, 2024

After Schism, United Methodists Vote to Restructure Denomination
After Schism, United Methodists Vote to Restructure Denomination
The plan would organize UMC churches in four global regions, with each given more leeway around same-sex marriage and other theological issues.

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