Jonathan Merritt

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A Helpful Tip for Understanding Difficult Bible Passages

A Helpful Tip for Understanding Difficult Bible Passages

Theology, CultureJonathan MerrittSeptember 5, 2024

Why Conservative Christians are Gravitating Toward 50-Year-Old Ideas

Why Conservative Christians are Gravitating Toward 50-Year-Old Ideas

A recent article at The Atlantic explores this phenomenon

Church, Current Events, TheologyJonathan MerrittAugust 20, 2024

Announcing 'The Stories God Tells' Tour

Announcing 'The Stories God Tells' Tour

Why is inclusive storytelling so urgent? Join Jonathan and #1 NYT bestselling author Matthew Paul Turner on this exciting tour in cities across America.

Church, CultureJonathan MerrittMay 29, 2024Matthew Paul Turner, Children, Writing

Aliens, AI and the Future of Christianity

Aliens, AI and the Future of Christianity

Church, Theology, TrendsJonathan MerrittApril 19, 2024

Conservative Christians just lost their scholarly trump card on same-sex relationships

Conservative Christians just lost their scholarly trump card on same-sex relationships

Maegan SchwindlingApril 16, 2024

20 Underrated Christmas Songs You Need to Hear This Holiday Season

20 Underrated Christmas Songs You Need to Hear This Holiday Season

Photos by Michael Schmelling & Chantal Anderson

Arts + EntertainmentJonathan MerrittDecember 20, 2023Christmas, Christmas Music, Music

Steve Martin Lost His Virginity to a Bestselling Christian Author (And Other Things I Learned from His Memoir)

Steve Martin Lost His Virginity to a Bestselling Christian Author (And Other Things I Learned from His Memoir)

Arts + EntertainmentJonathan MerrittDecember 8, 2023Steve Martin, Stormie Omartian, Comedy

Faith Does Not Live by Answers Alone

Faith Does Not Live by Answers Alone

Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Theology, ChurchJonathan MerrittNovember 14, 2023

How a Warby Parker Optometrist Saved My Eyesight (Or, Some Thoughts About Miracles)

How a Warby Parker Optometrist Saved My Eyesight (Or, Some Thoughts About Miracles)

CultureJonathan MerrittMay 31, 2023

Can evangelicalism survive its white, straight, conservative victory?

Can evangelicalism survive its white, straight, conservative victory?

Maegan SchwindlingMay 2, 2023

Southern governors sending migrants north face a crisis of faith

Southern governors sending migrants north face a crisis of faith

Maegan SchwindlingSeptember 22, 2022

Southern Baptists’ abuse report is no call for reform. It’s a repudiation of the past 40 years.

Southern Baptists’ abuse report is no call for reform. It’s a repudiation of the past 40 years.

Maegan SchwindlingMay 24, 2022

The Difference Between Change and Transformation

The Difference Between Change and Transformation

The two seeming synonyms are, in a sense, opposites. And the difference matters more than you may think.

Theology, CultureJonathan MerrittFebruary 2, 2022

10 Commandments for Reading and Interpreting the Bible

10 Commandments for Reading and Interpreting the Bible

Rethinking your approach to Bible reading and interpretation? Consider these 10 guidelines from a religion scholar.

TheologyJonathan MerrittDecember 6, 2021Bible, books, Theology

The Redemption of a Televangelist

The Redemption of a Televangelist

Maegan SchwindlingSeptember 27, 2021

My own personal Jesus: Can he be trusted?

My own personal Jesus: Can he be trusted?

Maegan SchwindlingJuly 1, 2021

Albert Mohler’s darkest hour

Albert Mohler’s darkest hour

Maegan SchwindlingJuly 1, 2021

Eugene Peterson authorized biography backs up that ‘yes’ on LGBTQ inclusion

Eugene Peterson authorized biography backs up that ‘yes’ on LGBTQ inclusion

Maegan SchwindlingMarch 16, 2021

These Preachers Say God Promised a 2nd Trump Term. What Now?

These Preachers Say God Promised a 2nd Trump Term. What Now?

Maegan SchwindlingJanuary 29, 2021

Biden's first 100 days: What's not for evangelicals to like?

Biden's first 100 days: What's not for evangelicals to like?

Maegan SchwindlingJanuary 25, 2021