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Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose Use of I.V.F. Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted
on Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. The vote was an indication that evangelicals are increasingly open to arguments that equate embryos with...
Beauty and faith
We live in a culture where creatives are flourishing—a society that cares about art, design, and making. So, we ask: how do we show the story of God as beautiful? Ultimately, we believe living
beautifully means participating in God’s Shalom—wholeness and peace—in our lives, communities, and world around us. In doing so, may we all experience God as beautiful together. Explore Alabaster!
Reflecting on
Lollipop Christian Movie Plots This is a subject I have thought about many times over the years. Sometimes, it will be because I just saw a sentimental Christian movie claiming profundity. Other times, it is because I saw
any myriad of Christian art forms that just seemed so...
The BIG Problem with Political Correctness
We seem to have a rather large problem with political correctness here in America. I mean, really, it’s gone completely overboard, become totally out of hand. It’s ridiculous, really. Or … is it? As I have followed recent events and national
news...
The Chosen: Navigating the portrayal of Jesus in modern media
In the 1970s and ’80s, young Catholics encountered a different version of Jesus in their religious classes, a friendly, approachable figure more akin to a buddy than the solemn, mysterious figure of tradition. This portrayal aimed to adapt to
a...
What are the Seven Deadly Sins?
Sin is
a varied and intricate concept within the Christian faith. In Hebrew, the word we know of as “sin” is translated from “chattâ’âh.” “Chattâ’âh” means “offense” and usually also includes that offense’s accompanying penalty. In Greek, “hamartia”...
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Rondall is co-leading this tour with Dr. Scott Culpepper, Professor of History at Dordt College. London and Paris both have long religious and artistic traditions along with fabulous museums. Take
advantage of Rondall's artistic and Scott's historic expertise while visiting these amazing cities. |
Bono's Theological Reflections You might find it odd that I think about the theological musings of a rock star, but ever since I've heard Bono's reflections on grace and karma I've kept coming back to his insights, the contrast he makes between grace and karma. Bono has... Reading the Exvangelicals In the aftermath of the Trumpist takeover of the Republican Party, evangelicals of all sorts have reevaluated their political commitments and the relationship of politics to the church and religion broadly. Perhaps one of the most
interesting... Joanna & Chuza In ‘The Chosen’: A Bad Marriage In The Bible? If you follow Dallas Jenkins’s film series, The Chosen, you will notice Joanna, a wealthy and
prominent woman, is a follower of John the Baptist and Jesus (played by Amy Bailey). Now in season four it clear that she has a rocky marriage with... The Zone of Interest, Auschwitz, and Ark Encounter The Zone of Interest will be on my mind for a long, long time. This powerfully disturbing film about the Holocaust (perhaps the best I have seen) vividly evokes Hannah Arendt’s phrase “the banality of evil” (which she coined in Eichmann in... Unnecessary suffering Many of us suffer unnecessarily because we ignore the implications of one truth: there’s nothing new under the sun [Ecclesiastes 1:9]. Whatever we go through in our lifetime has already been experienced by others who either navigated it...
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