“Give me a bit of your orange, I gave you a bit of mine!” As C.S. Lewis points out in Mere Christianity life is full of little quarrels such as these…
Published December 15, 2016 by Matt Nelson
Published December 6, 2016 by Matt Nelson
The Christian crucifix draws the eyes, mind, and heart to the death of Jesus of Nazareth two thousand years ago. To many an atheist the crucifix is too much – for it…
Published November 8, 2016 by Matt Nelson
One of the great heresies of our modern age is the belief that religion is an insignificant “extra.” On this view, the significance of one’s choice to be “religious” is reduced to…
Published October 26, 2016 by Matt Nelson
Karlo Broussard and I met for the first time in person last year while he was visiting the Great White North on a short speaking tour. We had been in…
Published October 17, 2016 by Matt Nelson
This weekend in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, evangelical pastor Carl Lentz of Hillsong New York explained why he believes Christianity has no place for priests: “I believe our church is a conversation…
Published October 13, 2016 by Matt Nelson
Perhaps one of the most bizarre yet common bits of anti-religious rhetoric that has foamed to the surface in recent years is the accusation that to raise—or “indoctrinate”—one’s children in a…
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