fear
What was the president really saying last night?
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 9, 2019
It's about fear. The worship of fear. It is idolatry.
Do not be afraid
By John H. Vaughn — April 9, 2018
(RNS) — As we face relentless attacks on our rights and our lives, what role does fear play in our lives today?
Moving beyond a fear-based faith
By Jonathan Merritt — January 19, 2018
Fear is largely seen as a psychological issue. But it is also a spiritual issue, according to author Benjamin Corey.
Catholic cardinal condemns ‘forces of division’ and fear
By Rachel Zoll — November 13, 2017
(AP) — 'The forces of division prey on our fear of the unfamiliar, the different. But fear is not of God,' said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, in an address to the bishops' fall meeting in Baltimore.
Fear, resolve and more security at Charlottesville synagogue
By Ben Finley — August 20, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — White supremacists carrying semi-automatic rifles were streaming past the synagogue, taunting congregants with phony Brooklyn accents and mocking Yiddish expressions.
Eugene Peterson on Donald Trump and the state of American Christianity
By Jonathan Merritt — July 11, 2017
The 84-year-old bestselling author says, "Donald Trump is the enemy" and "megachurches are not churches."
Evangelicals can no longer speak as one voice
By John Fea — February 21, 2017
(RNS) The fact that so many mainstream evangelical leaders opposed Trump's order, while 76 percent of their followers supported it, is further evidence of the way politics — particularly the Trump candidacy — divided American evangelicalism.
Trey Pearson: Why evangelicals should vote their beliefs, not their fears
By guest — October 27, 2016
(RNS) This world of fear is the world in which too many evangelical voters live. I know what it is like. For most of my life, I lived in fear of what God would think of me if I were gay.
Krista Tippett on the secret to overcoming the fear we feel
By Jonathan Merritt — July 12, 2016
A moment of exceptional violence is a time of exceptional fear. But according to Krista Tippett, the way to overcome our fear might be a pursuit of wisdom.
Bangladesh’s deadly attacks terrify its religious minorities
By Akhtar Ali — June 13, 2016
(RNS) Separate targeted attacks on Hindus, Christians, Buddhists and atheists have left the country reeling.
5 ways churches can help stop the Ebola hysteria (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — October 21, 2014
(RNS) God isn't causing Ebola to spread through western Africa as some sort of punishment for the people there, or to come to these shores as some punishment of us. Diseases happen.
COMMENTARY: Phelps touched on fears and anger many feel
By Tom Ehrich — March 25, 2014
(RNS) In his anti-gay message, Phelps touched on fears and angers that many people feel.
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