NPR's Sarah McCammon spoke to Eric Costanzo (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Malachi O'Brien (Kansas City, Missouri), both evangelical pastors, about political attitudes among evangelicals after two opposing op-eds in popular Christian publications.
Veteran Baptist editor-turned-Episcopal priest Robert Dilday, 64, died unexpectedly during the weekend, his family and church announced Sunday. A medical examiner’s report said Dilday died of cardiac arrest, the family said.
Some would say the megachurch is saving Southern religion. Others say it’s helping to kill it, or that it’s at least watering down traditional theology and tradition.
As we look toward new year’s resolutions, my hope is that the Christian church might be able to utter just three simple words in 2019 that would change the course of history, foster civil dialogue and perhaps even bring skeptics back into the church: "We
A humanist doesn’t see any hypocrisy in celebrating a festival which predated Christianity, and which reflects a real, celestial rhythm to mark midwinter and celebrate the days growing longer.
Frankincense has been prized since ancient times as a potential panacea, and today it’s being used in everything from skin-care products to cancer treatments. But the frankincense tree is in peril.
In a new report released Monday (Dec. 16), the Pew Research Center analyzed nearly 50,000 sermons posted online by 6,431 churches this year to find out how long Christian clergy preach and the words they use that distinguish them from one another.
Leaders of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests criticized a Southern Baptist Convention entity’s fund-raising appeal that touts the denomination’s response to the scourge of sexual abuse in the church as “misleading and insensitive” to victims.
The Interfaith Calendar organization lists 15 religious holidays in December. Here is an explanation behind some of those holidays and why they are significant.
To understand what the first followers of Jesus believed about what happens after death, we need to read the New Testament in its own world — the world of Jewish hope, of Roman imperialism and of Greek thought.
