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Tag: american christianity

The Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart

Christians must reclaim Jesus from his church. The election of the elders of an evangelical church is usually an uncontroversial, even unifying event. But this summer, at an influential megachurch in Northern Virginia, something went badly wrong.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings May 1, 2023 1 Minute

Can patriotism be redeemed?

Theologian Richard Mouw calls for a God-chastened love of country.

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Nowadays, many readers are likely to look down their noses at any book that appeals to patriotism. Loyalty to some corner of humanity seems parochial, a betrayal of morality’s commitment to all people.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings February 17, 2023February 18, 2023 1 Minute

Christians Don’t Have to Agree All the Time

I often hear Christians say, “Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship.” And I’m never entirely sure what they mean.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings February 3, 2023 1 Minute

Christian nationalism in the neighborhood

I’d tried to dodge this one for a while.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings January 30, 2023 1 Minute

Historians Behaving Badly

In certain regions of the Western Christian world, the opinion prevails that historians have been behaving badly of late. This opinion, in fact, extends to academics at large.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings December 1, 2022 1 Minute

Forgetting How To Be A Civilization

The political scientist Eric Kaufmann is no bringer of good news for us conservatives. In his latest CSPI research, there’s a lot of handwriting on the wall for our kind. I tell you this not to discourage you, but to help you understand the immensity of the task in front of us.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings October 7, 2022 1 Minute

Little churches still matter, says Martha’s Vineyard pastor of church that took in migrants

(RNS) — The Rev. Vincent “Chip” Seadale was at a denominational meeting in North Carolina when he got a call that something was brewing on Martha’s Vineyard. The call was from a counselor who sometimes attends St.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings September 17, 2022 1 Minute

Bad History

When I reached into a box of books that had been stored, I pulled out a paperback from graduate school. A bit dusty, its pages yellowed with age, with the distinctive smell of old ink and paper, my copy of The Search for Christian America made me wince a little.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings September 8, 2022 1 Minute

Trump should fill Christians with rage. How come he doesn’t?

The MAGA faithful’s resentments, malevolence and violence are a form of moral ruin. So why have so many American evangelicals signed on?

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Allen Bingham Meanderings September 2, 2022 1 Minute

Christian Political Ethics Are Upside Down

Supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake pray at an election-night gathering on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.) Three things are true at once. First, the United States is the most Christian advanced democracy in the world.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings August 21, 2022 1 Minute

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