To relieve the misfortunes of our fellow creatures is concurring with the deity; it is godlike. [But, he added,] if we provide encouragement for laziness, and support for folly, may we not be found fighting against the order of God and Nature, which perhaps has appointed want and misery as the proper punishments for, and […]
As a working mother who lives in the Washington-metro area, I admit that I’m dreading Bravo’s new programThe Real Housewives of D.C. (begins August 5). I took some comfort in the Washington Post‘s scathing advance review of it: Every word of the title is wrong, except “the” and “of.” Real: What can that even mean anymore? Housewives: […]
A free concert promoting “PTL,” or praise the lord, took place near where the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore enjoy “GTL,” or the gym, tan and laundry lifestyle. The Move the Earth ministry organized a “Jesus Shore” event Monday on the Seaside Heights boardwalk as an alternative to the “fighting and fornicating” organizers say the […]
After the church service, after a fun dinner at a great restaurant, after driving home alone, it’s never fun walking into an empty house by yourself, is it? Your pastor throws in token references to singles in his sermon, the singles Sunday School class gets yet another teacher, and almost every week some kindhearted grandmother […]
Matthew Lee Anderson, author of the forthcoming Earthen Vessels: Breathing New Life into a Broken Faith and blogger at Mere Orthodoxy: Within the happy confident hope we have in Christ (Jesus is still Lord, and nothing can undo that), evangelicals need to expand their intellectual horizons. While this is a landmark decision, it comes amid […]
Christian activists from the National Organization for Marriage rallied nearly 50 people Tuesday afternoon in a Sioux City church’s parking lot to join a “growing army” in support of traditional marriage and voice their beliefs to judges, legislators and neighbors that marriage is between one man and one woman. “It’s important that we get together […]
I am a Christian. I come from a Christian family and live in the Bible Belt. I’ve been a member of the same Southern Baptist church since I learned the words to “Jesus Loves Me” in preschool. I write for Christian magazines, my books get assigned to Amazon’s Religion & Spirituality > Christianity category, and […]
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Could the so-called death of traditional Christian America in fact be a good thing ... for Christians? Young Christian activists who are calling for a renewal of their faith seem to think so. "There's a new generation of Christians who are engaging the world in a different way, largely driven by the fact that we're in a different context than many Christians have had to live in, in quite some time," said Gabe Lyons, founder of Q. The website acts as a forum for people to come together and explore ideas about Christianity's role in a modern cultural context.
Could the so-called death of traditional Christian America in fact be a good thing ... for Christians? Young Christian activists who are calling for a renewal of their faith seem to think so. "There's a new generation of Christians who are engaging the world in a different way, largely driven by the fact that we're in a different context than many Christians have had to live in, in quite some time," said Gabe Lyons, founder of Q. The website acts as a forum for people to come together and explore ideas about Christianity's role in a modern cultural context.
When I’m looking over the statistics for the people who visit this blog, I can also see the search terms that bring people to my site. Many of them are interesting. One that seems to keep popping is, “Do I have to go to church to be saved,” or “can I be a Christian and not go to church” or some kind of variation of that. I thought I would touch on this today and try to answer this question to the best of my ability. Let’s just remember that my Bible knowledge is led by the Holy Spirit and not a degree or deep theological study, so if you have anything to add, please, please do so.
