Did you hear the one about the divorced, female, Baptist bishop who secretly married her lesbian lover? No, that isn’t the set-up line for a warped joke. Instead, this is the summary of a news story coming out of Detroit in the past few weeks. “Detroit Baptist leader resigns after announcing she married a woman”…
I admit that I have a specific overpriced caffeine favorite: grande nonfat 2 Equal latte. While standing in line waiting for the barista at your favorite java joint you can overhear a wide variety of conversations. Here’s a sampling from two teens. “They’re so ubiquitous now,” says the first pair of skinny jeans. “I don’t…
What do repurposed words mean? Last week I spoke at the Truth for a New Generation Conference, hosted by Alex McFarland and North Greenville University. I talked about “Perilous Parallels,” looking at the parallel dots in the experience of liberal mainline Christianity in America and the culture at large. I connected a few of those…