So a man named John Stott died last week. Sure, he was no Amy Winehouse, but the English pastor, theologian, intellectual and author was kind of a big deal for global evangelicalism.
Breaking discoveries from third century?
Bachmann's vague faith appeal
I’m not a huge fan of news stories about advertisements because it seems a little lazy on the media end for not finding more original stories and it often just fuels the ad even more. Some outlets do a nice job of fact checking the ads to make sure the claims are accurate, but there’s a lot of wasted energy on “X releases ad targeting opponent.”
Crystal Cathedral confusion
You might remember some reports earlier this month that the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in California had ousted the Rev. Robert H. Schuller from its board and before the reports seemed to backtrack. We have a new report today from the Associated Press that the Crystal Cathedral has restored the voting rights of its founder on the church’s governing board. Unfortunately, the early report tells us very little about the decision, offering us about this much:
Thanking God for that smokin' hot wife
Stop the presses. A pastor has prayed for his “smokin’ hot wife.” Truly this is a story made for YouTube, Twitter, blogs, Google+, Facebook, you name it.
Shameless self-promotion: Bachmann and the pope
On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I talked about nothing other than the media coverage of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s former church body. Ever since the first piece on Bachmann’s former Lutheran affiliation came out last week, I’ve been asked to speak and write about it for various media outlets. (I’m Lutheran.) My favorite radio interview included the host kindly suggesting that Lutherans didn’t really believe anything negative about the Papacy and me responding, “No! We totally do!”
Schools biased against non-Christians?
In the fast-growing Bible Belt community where I live, it’s not uncommon to see portable church signs outside public school buildings on Sundays.
How not to report on religion
A GetReligion reader submitted an interesting link to “Fox & Friendsâ co-host Ainsley Earhardt making a statement that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is “obviously” not a Christian.
Got news? Gamers motivated by faith
For any successful popular culture venture, you can probably find a Christian version. GodTube anyone? Firm Believer exercise tapes?
