What Matters More—Belief or Behavior?
It may startle you, but throughout the Bible, God seems surprisingly disinterested in doctrinal beliefs.
Tag Archive for: faith
Leaving Church?
Legions of people are disgusted with the sorry state of institutional religion in twenty-first century America—for many good reasons.
God Is No Longer a Working Number
For millions of people across the globe, God (as we have historically known God) is no longer a working number. Neither is traditional theology or the institutional church.
If Faith Were a Movie
Today’s religious environment offers Americans a wide variety of faith options. In the spirit of the recent Academy Awards season, this column will focus on five of them, each one illustrated by a movie.
The Gospel According to Don Draper
Authentic faith requires less certainty and more ambiguity.
The Decade of Doubt
2011–2020 could easily be designated “the decade of doubt.”
Jesus-less Christianity
American Christians, far too often, jettison Jesus from our lives.
Church on Fire
Notre Dame on fire is an apt metaphor for the twenty-first century church.