Our synagogue has several older Torah scrolls which are in need of repair and we never use. Someone recently approached us about buying one of […]
Many scholars have written about the history of secularization in American higher education. But most of their accounts focus on elite, mainline Protestant institutions. I have been waiting for a book like Religion and the American University, which looks at how God fared among religious groups and institutions on the margins. Author James W. Fraser, Read more…
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After a visit with her new in-laws the day after her wedding, 26-year-old Taara Ravupoodi left anxious and confused by a question her mother-in-law asked her and her husband. “After God comes who?” her mother-in-law asked angrily. “Your spouse,” she responded. Yet her new mother-in-law kept repeating the question until she heard the only acceptable Read more…
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. A reader of my newsletter asked me if he might be going to hell. Actually, the reader’s question was quite a bit more nuanced. He’s a Christian, a committed follower of Jesus. He’s also suffering from a debilitating, painful, and slowly terminal disease. Let’s call him Max. Read more…
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My husband and I moved into a low-ceilinged basement apartment on a snowy day in January. The landlord was related to a prominent Nigerian poet, which boded well for our literary future, I thought. Combining our books into a single collection was one of the first tasks of our young marriage. I was unpacking a Read more…
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I would just like to point out,” said Sara Jacobs, a California Democrat speaking from the House floor, “that I think it’s very interesting that my colleague from South Carolina [Rep. Nancy Mace] is so obsessed with the issue of trans people—using horrible slurs to talk about them—when many people in this body have received Read more…
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When I was in grad school eight years ago, YouTube’s algorithm recommended I watch pastor Mike Todd’s sermon series on relationships, aptly called Relationship Goals. I hadn’t heard of Todd before, and at that point not a lot of other people had either. He was a young pastor shepherding Transformation Church, which was then a Read more…
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When I teach evangelical college students about the practicalities of Communion, I’ll often begin with the Last Supper, with Jesus and the disciples, because it raises some straightforward questions. I’ll ask them: Should we obey Jesus? Should we celebrate the meal as he instituted it? Should we do what he said? Should we use what Read more…
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