Category Archives: Religion

Marriage Equality and Presidential Character

As you’ve probably heard by now, yesterday President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. There has been a lot of reaction to this in less than 24 hours. This was to be expected. Most of the reaction I have … Continue reading

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NC Pastor Advocates Punching Possibly Gay Children, Church Laughs

By now many of you have heard at least a snippet of the sermon preached last Sunday by Sean Harris, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC. As part of an initiative by voteformarriagenc.com, pastors were encouraged to preach … Continue reading

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On Opposition to the [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant

The Associated Baptist Press has run an opinion piece by Luke Smith (pastor of Linden Heights Baptist Church in Staunton, VA) today in which he tells why he thinks the [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant is misguided. Smith is … Continue reading

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FSU Graduate Religion Symposium

The Florida State University Religion Department is hosting our 11th annual Graduate Student Religion Symposium this weekend. This is my first symposium with FSU and am quite excited. The symposium has a national reach with graduate students from as far … Continue reading

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Is There a “Christian Worldview”?

Always the instigator, my good friend Trevar drew me into a discussion that he knew I could not ignore. The link leads to this post by Rachel Held Evans, “Is there a difference between a ‘Christian worldview’ and a ‘biblical … Continue reading

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