The much-discussed Evangelical Manifesto, “an open declaration of who Evangelicals are and what they stand for,” has been released. Several high-profile evangelicals (perhaps most notably Os Guiness) helped to bring it into being, and it’s already been heavily debated on blogs and in the news.
It’s a blunt and ambitious document; its statements about the relationship [...]

Here’s your inspirational story for the day. Julio Diaz responded in an unexpected way when a mugger demanded his wallet:
He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.
As the teen [...]

Larry Norman passed away yesterday at age 60. In his farewell message on his website, he said, “I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God’s hand reaching down to pick me up…I am ready to fly home.”
“Dubbed by the media as ‘the father of Christian rock,’ Norman recorded three albums [...]

In talking about the upcoming Ben Stein movie, John Derbyshire made a provocative comment yesterday about creationists, intelligent design, and the theory that intelligent design is a backhanded way of promoting creationism without playing the religion card:
[It’s something] I’ve said before here, and repeated as politely as I could in panel discussions with creationists: they’re [...]

John Seel has a good article at Provocations asking how Christians can—and should—go about the task of influencing the culture around us. He starts out with a critique of the legislation-focused, “moral majority”-style strategy that Christians have employed throughout the last several decades:
...by focusing on mobilizing majorities and legislative coercion, these faith communities have alienated [...]

I’ve seen a lot of interesting online discussion this week about Child-Man in the Promised Land, an article by Kay Hymowitz that argues that single young men today are trapped in a state of endless adolescence, failing to mature into productive members of society. The evidence is pretty damning. From Hymowitz’ essay:
...the new SYM [single [...]

Some in the religious press are pointing out an obvious trend of major motion pictures with a decidedly pro-life bent. I certainly saw that in the ribald Knocked Up (nominated for the dirtiest movie with a good, final message), but hadn’t considered it in other movies, like Children of Men. Of course, the incredible success [...]

Normally, I don’t repost what I put on my personal blog here on Think Christian but this video really intrigued me.
First of all, I want to say thanks to Bill over at Modern-Day Thomas for pointing this video out on his blog.
I love the way this was put together and if you look at the [...]

(Edit: I totally forgot to provide links to Josh’s blog, sorry)
Josh Brown is running a series on the consumptive church that has generated some fantastic discussion. The latest post deals specifically with consumptive patterns in U.S. churches.
Here’s part of his premise to give you some background:
1. There are two types of [...]

Found an article this morning on Ethics Daily about the Advent Conspiracy.
Sounds mysterious.“We celebrate Jesus’ birthday by giving ourselves presents,” McKinley says. “We don’t give him anything.” McKinley is pastor of the Imago Dei Community…
[Last year] McKinley and a few pastor friends from around the country hatched what they called the Advent Conspiracy. [...]