Religion and the Olympics—and the Olympics as Religion
Christopher Gehrz As I’ve been updating my knowledge of water polo, team handball, and competitive ping-pong, it’s struck me that I have a lot to learn about another complicated Olympic topic—the role of Christianity and other religions in a sporting event whose founder intended it to inspire a kind of secular faith for modern times...
The Reformation Gave Us a Seat at the Table
Kevin DeYoung Next to justification, there was no issue more fiercely debated during the Reformation than the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Although the Reformers did not always agree among themselves as to the meaning of the Supper, they were unified in their opposition to the Roman Catholic notion of transubstantiation...
Muslims, Christians and the Zombie Apocalypse
Howard and Trevor We want to offer a new narrative about the intersection of Muslims and Christians without making everyone feel like we are on the verge of a Zombie Apocalypse...
9 Things You Should Know About Jehovah’s Witnesses
Joe Carter When he died last week at the age of 57, pop singer Prince was arguably the most famous Jehovah’s Witness in the world. Here are nine things you should know about the obscure religious group...
If All Religions are True, Then God is Cruel
Paul Rezkalla Religious pluralists often reject exclusivist positions for positing a cruel God who only made one way to reach him. But if all religions are true, then God is cruel. And not just cruel—God is an incompetent, cosmic child-abuser...
9 Things You Should Know About Jehovah’s Witnesses
Here are nine things you should know about the obscure religious group that emerged from the Bible Student movement in the late 1870s...