On the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart speaks with Ericka Andersen, author of author of Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected from the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma, and Mental Illness.
Institute for Religion & Democracy’s Top 10 Church News Stories in 2016
A lesbian pastor elected to be a United Methodist bishop, growing Evangelical seminaries and shrinking Oldline Protestant church staff made news in 2016.
Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 1-16-16 (Guest: William Jacobson)
This week on CT Radio on the Truth Network 99.3 FM: the GOP Debate and William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection discusses natural born citizenship.
Does God Demand a $10.10 Minimum Wage?
As the U.S. Senate considers legislation to raise the minimum wage, Religious Left groups including the lobby offices of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) have advocated an increased wage level, with the Director for Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) J. Herbert Nelson stating that it is “a moral […]
How to Kill a Church According to The New York Times
Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times, asked on Sunday “Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?” In it he looks at the Episcopal Church as they adapted the changes that John Shelby Spong, the Bishop of Newark, advocated in the 90s. Douthat writes: As a result, today the Episcopal Church looks roughly how Roman […]
Faux Unity Trumps Orthodoxy
This is an example of why different denominations begin, and they typically involve a call to unity where true unity can’t exist. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Wednesday adopted a new social statement on human sexuality yesterday with exactly the two thirds votes it needed to pass in their 2009 Churchwide Assembly. The […]
Abortion a Blessing?
It is according to the Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, the new President and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She said so in a speech she gave in Alabama back in 2007. She is also on the board of NARAL. There is so much that is wrong with this speech, but I […]
Twenty Items of Interest (v. 23)
1. Last week over 1,000 Anglican leaders met in Jerusalem to discuss the future of the Anglican Communion. They specifically addressed decisions made (in particular) by the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.) and the Anglican Church of Canada that have abandoned scripture. Their response can be read in this document. HT: Matt Proctor 2. Is this an […]