Are We Talking About the Same Egypt?
Last week, Timothy Dalrymple, editor of the Evangelical Portal at Patheos.com invited me to join his team as a weekly columnist. I agreed, and this morning marks the launch of “In Progress,” my weekly...
View ArticleWednesday Reading: Patrol at Patheos
David Sessions and I are the newest columnists at the religion website Patheos, a wonderful resource that Newsweek calls “Smarter Religion.” I write every Wednesday on the various manifestations of...
View ArticleCelebrating Osama bin Laden’s Death in a Black and White World (Preview)
I’ve continued to reflect on the various implications and meanings of the locating and killing of Osama bin Laden. Here’s a preview of my column for Patheos, which will appear in full tomorrow morning:...
View ArticleI’d Take Nick Hornby Over Marvin Olasky Any Day
I’m particularly excited about this week’s Patheos column. I begin by talking about my favorite book/movie, High Fidelity (I like the book only slightly more than the movie). In particular, I quote the...
View ArticleThere’s Nothing New About “New Evangelicals”
My next column at Patheos is a response, in part to an essay at the New York Times website entitled “The New Evangelicals” by Marcia Pally. Pally has apparently written a book of the same name, which...
View ArticleHipsters and Hamster Balls
I’m just going to come right out and say it: when it comes to arts and culture, evangelicals don’t know their Adele’s from their Elmo’s. This is the point — well, mostly — that Daniel Siedell makes in...
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