Where is God in the Storm?

Somewhere a preacher is preaching. He shakes his fist at the ceiling as he describes the wrath of God. That wrath has come, he tells his attentive congregation, on the crest of a terrible storm named Katrina. God has shown his power and his might by smashing a wall of...

The Politics of Evolution

President Bush announced recently that he believed “intelligent design” should be taught alongside evolution in public schools. With school districts in many parts of the country embroiled in legal battles relating to the teaching of evolution versus some...

The Quest for a Manlier Church

David Murrow, an award winning television producer and devoted Christian, is worried about men not coming to church. Not just any men—but real men. “Tough, earthy working guys rarely come to church,” Murrow told a Cox News Service reporter. “These...

A Christian Nation

If America is a Christian nation, as many claim, what does that mean? How do we go about equating a particular religion to a particular political arrangement? One way is to simply do a head count. In 2000 over 77 percent of Americans claimed connection to some form of...

Called To A Higher Standard

There is hypocrisy and then there is hypocrisy–and then there is this. Two conservative Christian groups are warning the U.S. Senate that Supreme Court Justice nominee John Roberts should not be subjected to any sort of religious litmus test. Rev. Patrick J....