Thousands of people today broke into a church compound in Pakistan, burnt down the church, and destroyed the homes of two priests and the school headteacher. The motivation behind the attack near Peshawar, is not yet clear, but the school was looted with newly installed computers being stolen and the building was set alight.
Online bettors think the Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, will likely be chosen to succeed the Most Rev. Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury.
If there were no rich and poor, and everyone had an equal share of the world’s total pay packet, how much would they earn?
Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy spoke with Mike Huckabee on Friday to assure him that nothing has changed about his restaurant chain’s antigay ways.
Newly discovered papyrus fragment is not historical evidence of Jesus’ marital status—but it reminds us that the status of women in the church has been subject to a lot of flim-flammery. That’s right: film-flammery.
Like so many of you, I woke up this morning wanting to discuss the age-old question of why God permits evil. (I’m right about this, aren’t I? I mean, the Emmys are so last night.)
“What are we supposed to do about all those groups like the Masons and the military or others who want to do their services at graveside the same time as the church?”
Francis Spufford’s book has helped me to see that Christian apologetics needs to be more honest, and also more confrontational. It should be honest that faith arises through a traumatic sense of moral inadequacy, and of despair. And it should be confrontational: you ought to feel this.
Throughout their lifespan they have divided society, including religion. It’s no accident that all Protestant religious denominations are rapidly splitting, led by a mostly Boomer leadership.
Daily Office readings for Sunday, Sept. 23: Psalm 93, 96 (Morning) Psalm 34 (Evening) Esther 3:1-4.3 or Judith 5:22-6:4, 10-21 James 1:19-27 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18