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“Did you know that Joe Biden’s priest can forgive parishioners’ sins but can’t keep them out of jail if they commit a crime? No, really, it’s crazy! It’s almost like we’re talking about two completely different things!”
– Mollie Hemingway of GetReligion.org, on news reports that “prominent Southern Baptists see nothing wrong with Sarah Palin serving as vice president” even as they believe women shouldn’t be pastors.
Public Theology Project
How Christmas upends everything that draws our culture to astrology.
News
University president praises the community’s “calm resilience” as students and staff shelter in place in fireproof buildings.
The Russell Moore Show
Ashley Hales, CT’s editorial director for print, and Russell discuss this year’s reads.
News
Seventeen years after the former Hindu kingdom became a secular state, Christians have a pathway to legal recognition.
The immorality of killing the old and ill has never been in question for Christians. Nor is our duty to care for those the world devalues.
In place of large evangelism outreaches, churches try to be more intentional in the face of religious restrictions and theological changes.
Nativity scenes show us the loving parents we all need—and remind me that my own parents estranged me over my faith.
Wire Story
Even if members are politically active and many leaders are often outspoken about issues and candidates they support, most congregations make great efforts to keep politics out of the church when they gather.