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Will Trump ruin Thanksgiving? What surveys say about our faith-and-family holiday
By Jonathan Merritt — November 25, 2015
Polls say cranberry sauce is surprisingly divisive, side dishes vary by region, and gratitude for God's blessings is still most important.
Jesus is never mentioned in Psalms, but best-selling author Tim Keller sees him there
By Jonathan Merritt — November 19, 2015
The New York Times best-selling author finds Jesus in book compiled centuries before Christ's birth. "There are two ways to read the Bible," Keller says. "The one way to read the Bible is that it’s basically about you. ... Or you can read it as all about Jesus."
I’m radically pro-life, and not only when it’s on the cheap (COMMENTARY)
By Marcia Pally — November 17, 2015
(RNS) Laws limiting abortion don’t pay for sonograms or day care, and they don’t feed or educate children.
3 facts about the Syrian refugee crisis many Christians overlook
By Jonathan Merritt — November 17, 2015
In the refugee debate, many Christians are opting for facts over Bible verses. Here are three that some may have overlooked.
Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis – report
By Reuters — November 12, 2015
UNITED NATIONS -- The crimes were committed against Christian, Yazidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Sabaean-Mandaean, and Kaka'i people in Nineveh province between June and August 2014, found a report by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Christians are clueless on transgender issues: Here’s some food for thought
By Jonathan Merritt — November 11, 2015
When trying to understand transgender issues, Christians should start with the personal, not political. Here's a primer for believers to think about these matters more deeply.
Pope Francis: Put away technology, enjoy family dinners
By Rosie Scammell — November 11, 2015
(RNS) Sitting around the table helps measure the health of relationships, the pontiff said: “If in a family there’s something that doesn’t work, or a hidden wound, at the table it's understood immediately.”
‘War on Christmas’ turns into hashtag wars: now #ItsJustACup
By Mary Bowerman — November 11, 2015
People on social media are responding to criticism that Starbucks is waging a war on Christmas with this year's plain red holiday cup. The latest hot hashtag: #ItsJustACup.
Starbucks’ red cups, and the Internet outrage machine (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — November 9, 2015
(RNS) The latest missives in the culture wars have come from different sides of Christianity over, of all things, the new design of the Starbucks red cup.
Henri Nouwen’s unpublished works to release 20 years after death
By Jonathan Merritt — November 5, 2015
The Catholic writer’s books have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. Here's what fans can expect from his unpublished letters and partial manuscripts.
Leah Remini on Scientology: What we learned from ’20/20′
By USA Today — November 3, 2015
Former King of Queens star Leah Remini is one of Scientology's most famous defectors. On the TV show 20/20, she explained what drove her to give up the only religion she's known since she was 5.
Even most Christians agree that Halloween is fun, not pagan
By Jonathan Merritt — October 29, 2015
Less than a quarter of Americans -- and Christians -- avoid Halloween due to its pagan roots. This is good news.
Finding grace, from Cary Grant to Barack Obama to the NFL
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 28, 2015
(RNS) A dance critic finds the animating spirit of grace in athletes, entertainers, rock show roadies and politicians.
Okla. library revises book-signing policy after Satanist asks to read from book
By Greg Horton — October 20, 2015
LAWTON, Okla. (RNS) Adam Daniels wanted to read and sign copies of “Ahrimani Enlightenment,” a book that explains the basics of the church’s nontraditional form of Satanism.
Thank God: Evangelicals shrink back from support of death penalty
By Jonathan Merritt — October 19, 2015
The National Association of Evangelicals has officially supported capital punishment for more than 40 years. They are now backing away.