. . . what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Mic 6:8 (NKJV) In a 1977 …
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Progressive Pentecostalism?
Pentecostalism and Trump’s America: Part 3
So how does any of that translate into the political stance of Pentecostals for Trump? Cox explains part of that transition this way: In the beginning Pentecostals were totally focused …
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Pentecostalism and Trump’s America: Part 2
…The church is a place where women and children speak and are loved and valued, where young people are given a chance to lead, and where people from across unimaginable …
Pentecostalism and Trump’s America: Part 1
I (Joel) had the privilege of hearing Dr. Carolyn Dirksen present this paper at the Society for Pentecostal Studies 2018 conference in March, and I was so moved by it that …
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April 6, 1968: Fifty Years On
Memphis, Tennessee, April 4, 1968, 6:01pm. 50 year ago today, one of the world’s foremost leaders of civil rights and non-violence was stolen from the human community. Dr. Martin Luther …
“Christ on the Psych Ward”: A Life Raft
David Finnegan-Hosey’s new book, Christ on the Psych Ward, breathes life into a space often confined to isolation and despair: mental health. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 43.8 million …
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Hollywood’s Hypocritical Sexual Ethic: 50 Shades, Call Me by Your Name, and #MeToo
Philosopher and ethicist Martha C. Nussbaum explains that there is one form of anger––”Transition-Anger”––that is appropriate; it’s an anger that declares, in no uncertain terms, “How outrageous! Something should be …
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Artificial Intelligence: Are we too late?
Physicist Stephen Hawking has sounded the alarm: if humanity isn’t careful, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will destroy us. That’s just what we all need, yet another thing to be concerned about! …
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Violence and the Sinful Nature of “Masculinity”
As our country continues to mourn yet another tragic and senseless school shooting, a question confronts us all: How does this continue to happen? Regardless of political affiliation, we are …
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What if the foundational beliefs that your entire worldview is based upon are proven wrong?
Recently I wrote an article about the intersection of Pentecostalism and science to which the illustrious Joel Daniels wrote an interesting response article which hypothesized that the dynamic nature of …