evangelicals

Growing up as a Christian in America, whenever politics came up in conversation, my response was typically, “I hate politics,” and then the conversation would move on to something more important, like football. Like me, many American…

The following is an excerpt from Shepherds for Sale. When Maureen Maloney saw the tagline for the Evangelical Immigration Table, “Welcoming the Stranger,” she couldn’t help but feel a wave of bitterness. The same went when she saw…

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Abington School District v. Schempp decision that ruled state-sponsored Bible reading was unconstitutional. In recent research, we show that when public schools lost the…

The most uneducated but wildly popular critique of Christianity in America — especially on social media — is that Christianity has been a bastion of oppression and intolerance. So much so that the advancements made in liberty and…

This past Thursday morning, with Kathy, his partner in ministry and wife of 48 years by his side, Timothy James Keller, 72, the most influential evangelical of that last quarter century, died at his home on Roosevelt Island in New York…

Whenever a giant of the faith passes into glory, there are two equal and opposite temptations: to deny his strengths, or deny his weaknesses. The passing of Tim Keller is no exception. In life, perhaps no single little “o” orthodox…

Yes, the church is the bride of Christ, and Christ will be united to His bride. Consequently, Christian marriage, including its physical consummation, is an image of Christ and the church. But proclaiming these beautiful and profound…

“The historical Christian positions on social issues do not fit into contemporary political alignments,” wrote superstar Presbyterian pastor Tim Keller in a September 2018 op-ed for The New York Times titled “How Do Christians Fit Into the…

Nicholas Kristof is being hunted by the hound of heaven, but The New York Times columnist is still too stuck on his sexual hangups to become a Christian. In this way, he represents many in our culture who want Christianity without the cost…

The weekend before the 2016 election, my mother called and asked, “Well? Who’s gonna win? Trump or Hillary?” I said, “Depends. If you think it’s a conventional election where the electorate is mostly people who normally vote, then Hillary…