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Analysis: The rise of the nonreligious raises questions for the faithful in a new era of pluralism and diversity. Remember those math puzzles you used to do as a kid? What’s the next number in this sequence: 2, 5, 11, 23, … ? Or maybe try this one: 2, 4, 10, 28, … ? Well, I’ve got another one for you: 71, 59, … ? I’ll admit this one is trickier as you’ve got only two numbers to get going, but if you said “47,” you’d be on the right track. The true answer is, in fact, 46—that being the percentage of people in England and Wales who, in the 2021 census , ticked the Christian box. Having been 71 percent in 2001 and 59 percent in 2011, it’s now 46 percent. Anyone want to take any guesses for 2031? The decline in the proportion of adults in England and Wales (and in Scotland and Northern Ireland too) calling themselves Christian should shock no one who hasn’t been on Mars these last two decades. Nor should the rise of the nonreligious category, reaching 37 percent this time and set to...

Our culture values self-protection. But true love demands that we move toward each other. One particular argument will figure in our family lore for generations: the adults upstairs, lancing one another with loud accusations, while the children downstairs slowly realized the holiday movie, planned for the afternoon, would not be. Years later, I can’t remember the reasons for our conflict among extended family members. I only know the conditions were right. The “most wonderful time of the year” was upon us, and expectations were at a fever pitch. It’s a risky business, this thing we call love. Unfortunately, in our cultural environment today—when personal safety is prized so highly—I fear we grow less and less tolerant for the normal bruising that happens in the contact sport of human relationships. We will love insofar as we are never hurt. A quick swipe through social media reveals a lot of relationship advice centered on self-protection. We are taught to be vigilant against inju...

David Sills admitted to misconduct but claims he has been “falsely attacked” by Southern Baptists and their investigative firm. A former seminary professor and missionary who admitted sexual misconduct has sued a group of Southern Baptist Convention leaders and entities, claiming they conspired with an abuse survivor to ruin his reputation. In a complaint filed November 21 in the Circuit Court of Mobile, Alabama, David Sills, a former professor of missions and cultural anthropology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, admits he lost his job in 2018 due to what he called “morally inappropriate consensual intimate” conduct with a student. Sills claims the situation was consensual and alleges that SBC leaders, including Southern’s president, Albert Mohler, turned his confession against him, labeling him as an abuser. They did so, according to the complaint, as a public relations stunt, aimed at improving the SBC’s reputation during a national sexual abuse scandal. That public re...

He trusted in God's strength because “Jesus didn’t tap.” Jesus didn’t tap. It wasn’t a joke to Jason David Frank. It wasn’t just a T-shirt or the first Christian line of mixed martial arts apparel or just the cool, multicolored tattoo he bore prominently on his forearm. It was a statement of faith: We are weak, but he is strong; people are frail and fail and succumb to sin, but Christ bore all human weakness and conquered sin; dying he destroyed death. His love never fails. Jesus doesn’t tap. “To me, he’s the true champion, he’s the only champion,” Frank told the Houston Chronicle in 2010. “There’s really only one true champion who’s been through, like, enduring pain, and that’s Jesus.” Frank—who became famous for playing the Green Ranger and the White Ranger on the kids’ TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , developed and taught his own form of martial arts called Toso Kune Do, and launched the Jesus Didn’t Tap line of apparel—died on Saturday, November 19. He was 49. It ...

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Rev. Dan Safarik: What’s The Good Word For Today? Did you hear about the man who was trying to impress his girlfriend? He hired a helicopter to dump 2,000 carnations on her front lawn. On top of that he dumped 10,000 love letters. Later he found out she had married someone else the week before. He was being charged with littering! Though he failed, we have to admire the man because he spared no expense to try to get his message across. In a similar way God was willing to go all out to bring His message to earth. God didn’t just shower us with gifts or send notes. God gave us a real live messenger. God sent his own son to us. The gospel of John put the whole message in a very interesting way. John called Jesus the ‘Word’ of God. I especially like the way John put it when he wrote, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) A lot of people are asking the question, “Is there a word from the Lord for me?” People are asking that question wh...

தலைப்பு: இயேசு கிறிஸ்து இயேசு (கி.மு. 4 - கி.பி. 30 அல்லது 33), இயேசு கிறிஸ்து அல்லது நாசரேத்தின் இயேசு (மற்ற பெயர்கள் மற்றும் தலைப்புகளில்) என்றும் குறிப்பிடப்படுகிறார், முதல் நூற்றாண்டு யூத போதகர் மற்றும் மதத் தலைவர். அவர் உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய மதமான கிறிஸ்தவத்தின் மைய நபர். பெரும்பாலான கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் அவர் கடவுளின் குமாரனின் அவதாரம் என்றும், ஹீப்ரு பைபிளில் தீர்க்கதரிசனமாக எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்ட மேசியா (கிறிஸ்து) என்றும் நம்புகிறார்கள். ஏறக்குறைய பழங்காலத்தின் அனைத்து நவீன அறிஞர்களும் இயேசு வரலாற்று ரீதியாக இருந்தார் என்பதை ஒப்புக்கொள்கிறார்கள். வரலாற்று இயேசு பற்றிய ஆராய்ச்சி நற்செய்திகளின் வரலாற்று நம்பகத்தன்மை மற்றும் புதிய ஏற்பாட்டில் இயேசு எவ்வளவு நெருக்கமாக வரலாற்று இயேசுவைப் பிரதிபலிக்கிறார் என்பதில் சில நிச்சயமற்ற தன்மையை அளித்துள்ளது, ஏனெனில் இயேசுவின் வாழ்க்கை பற்றிய விரிவான பதிவுகள் நற்செய்திகளில் மட்டுமே உள்ளன. இயேசு ஒரு கலிலியன் யூதராக இருந்தார், அவர் விருத்தசேதனம் செய்து, ஜான் பாப்டிஸ்டால் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற்றார், மேலும் தனது சொந்த ஊழியத்தைத் தொடங்கினார். அவரது போதனைகள் ஆரம்...