Simply Gospel

Huckabee and the Heresy of Americanism The problem with this view, though, is that it’s actually a heresy, or at least a seriously false teaching. Leithart again: “Americanism is a heresy; in certain respects it is simply idolatrous. Jesus, not James Madison, brought in the ‘new order of the ages.’” Indeed. To set our ultimate Continue reading

The Church and its Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence Monica Taffinder, a Christian counselor who specializes in trauma recovery, depression, anxiety, and sexual abuse recovery, argues that many pastors tend to be somewhat naïve when it comes to the probability that both victims and perpetrators exist within their church. “I really think people don’t Continue reading

The Staying Power of Emotional Abuse “At least he didn’t take your virginity,” the leader of my Bible study group murmurs sympathetically, handing me a tissue to wipe away the tears brought on by my choked confession of a previous abusive relationship. I tense, mutter “that’s true,” and escape the conversation feeling just as broken Continue reading

American Idols In a recent Facebook discussion, someone asserted that as long as we consider being Christians more important than being Americans, then our nationalism isn’t idolatrous. But it’s not that simple. In the Bible, we find that the Israelites struggled with polytheism throughout the Old Testament. It wasn’t so much an outright rejection of Continue reading

Will White Evangelicals Ever Acknowledge Systemic Injustice? “I’m sorry for being white!” His comment glowed from the computer screen with such weight that for a moment it was as if it was etched there permanently. What, you may wonder, was the context of this comment? It was written on the Facebook wall of one of Continue reading

How To Completely Misuse The Bible In 5 Easy Steps Just start quoting Old Testament rules when you want to govern someone’s behavior. Assume the Bible is all about YOU. Attempt to arrive at meaning without first understanding the culture it was written to. Discount the fact that it wasn’t originally written in English. Let Continue reading

She Reads Truth She Reads Truth is a beautiful website full of devotions, studies, and meditations on God’s word. It’s focused on women and authored by women, but I’ve already found a share of encouragement there. Perhaps you will as well. Continue reading

How to Date Jesus’ Wife I like that the title of this post sounds like an advice column. Anyway: In the Gospel of Philip, there are intimations of Jesus being married, or at least having a partner. The Coptic term is a little ambiguous, at least regarding Mary. It’s a mysterious text, but what’s going Continue reading

‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ likely isn’t a modern forgery, scientists claim Lead researcher Karen King acknowledges that her findings don’t prove that Jesus had a wife, though she believes it does indicate that early Christians were discussing issues related to sex and marriage. In her view, the document proves that “women who are mothers and Continue reading