idolatry
Conservative cardinals have five questions or ‘dubia.’ I have six.
By Thomas Reese — October 10, 2023
(RNS) — Traditionalists don't like Pope Francis because he is the first truly post-Counter-Reformation pope, with perhaps the exception of John XXIII.
Passover reminds us why a nation needs to remember its ‘bad old times’
By Avi Shafran — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — The holiday is about recalling uncomfortable truths, an exercise every American can benefit from.
When Mormons make an idol of the church
By Jana Riess — June 18, 2020
In Sunday School lessons at church, if we talk about idolatry, the expected answers to the question of “what are our idols today?” are things like celebrities, money, power and sex. But the most powerful and consistent idol is the church itself.
Pope’s Christmas message urges end to war, terrorism and ‘idolatry of money’
By Josephine McKenna — December 25, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff delivered his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (To the City and to the World) blessing before an estimated 40,000 worshippers who gathered at the Vatican.
Some say Apostle Paul was sexist, but this mainline mega-pastor calls him ‘an exemplar’
By Jonathan Merritt — July 21, 2015
Pastor of America's most influential mainline Protestant church wants Christians to give the Apostle Paul a second look. "Paul gives us an exemplar for the way in which God calls all believers to live," he says.
Afraid of doubt? John Piper’s son says he fears for your faith
By Jonathan Merritt — June 24, 2015
"I refuse to answer questions about God or the Bible with neat constructs or nicely buttoned up answers," Barnabas Piper says. "My aim is to cause a certain amount of discomfort for Christians who've never questioned."
Pope Francis craze may be idolatry, says Catholic writer Elizabeth Scalia
By Jonathan Merritt — December 27, 2013
Pope Francis receives an 88% approval rating from American Catholics; Popular Catholic writer wonders if we're guilty of idolatry.
Finding fulfillment in a self-centered world: An interview with Shane Hipps
By Jonathan Merritt — December 25, 2013
Author Shane Hipps talks about faith, fulfillment and the danger of religion.
The audacity to question God: An interview with Greg Boyd
By Jonathan Merritt — September 19, 2013
Bestselling author Greg Boyd rejects the idea that faith is rooted in certainty and the opposite of doubt.
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