God — Articles — Jonathan Merritt

Is God Boosting Stephen Colbert's Ratings?

CultureJonathanSeptember 17, 2017God, ratings, religion, stephen colbert, talk show

Brian Zahnd: No, God Didn’t Command Genocide In The Old Testament

ChurchJonathanSeptember 4, 2017genocide, God, Old Testament

Is God Boosting Stephen Colbert's Ratings?

Church, CultureJonathanSeptember 4, 2017God, ratings, stephen colbert

Tim Keller finds Jesus in the Psalms

"There are two ways to read the Bible," Keller says.

TheologyJonathanNovember 21, 2015Bible, Devotional, Evangelical, evangelicalism, God, gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, justice, Kathy Keller, King David, Music, New Testament, Old Testament, Psalms, sin, theology, Tim Keller, Timothy Keller, violence

Is "God" becoming a trigger word?

The divine descriptor has negative associations, and some are swearing it off.

TheologyJonathanOctober 22, 2015Barbara Brown Taylor, church, Episcopalian, God, James Martin, language, liberalism, Princeton, Rob Bell, theology, twitter

Tony Jones: God "learned" something on the cross

The controversial theologian explains himself in this bonus interview.

CultureJonathanApril 30, 2015atonement, Bible, emergent church, God, Jesus, Jonathan Merritt, omniscience, theology, Tony Jones

God as a wild dog…and other surprising divine metaphors

Lauren Winner explores the Bible's often overlooked images for God.

CultureJonathanMarch 25, 2015Bible, Gender, God, HarperOne, History, Jesus, Jonathan Merritt, Lauren Winner, metaphor, theology, Wearing God

Religious extremists like ISIS carve bloody path through history

"America was founded by folks who thought like this," the Yale professor says.

CultureJonathanFebruary 17, 2015Boko Haram, Christianity, Egypt, ethics, extremism, God, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamist, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Merritt, justice, media, Miroslav Volf, Muslims, news, Nigeria, peace, reporting, terrorism, theology, Trinity, violence, War, Yale Divinity School

Tim Keller's Practical Prayer Advice

The bestselling author calls prayer "the key to everything we need to do and be in life."

Dismantling the “Old White Guy” God-Myth

Margot Starbuck seeks to expose false images of God and help people see God's true face instead.

CultureJonathanMarch 23, 2014Baker Books, Christianity, Controversy, faith, God, identity, Jesus, Jonathan Merritt, Margot Starbuck, Not Who I Imagined, Scandal, The Shack, theology

How Can We Discover the True God?

Is the God who created us better than the God we've created?

CultureJonathanMarch 17, 2014book, God, Jesus, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, Jonathan Merritt, theology, videos

The Audacity to Question God: An Interview with Greg Boyd

Bestselling author rejects the idea that faith is rooted in certainty.

CultureJonathanSeptember 23, 2013Baker Books, Bethel University, Bible, certainty, Christianity, doubt, evangelicalism, faith, God, Greg Boyd, honesty, idolatry, idols, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Merritt, questions, ReKnew, Scripture, theology, truth, Woodland Hills Church

God's Favorite Place on Earth: An Interview with Frank Viola

Viola talks about his book, women in the church, and accusations that he's unorthodox.

CultureJonathanMay 3, 2013Bethany, Bible, book, books, Christianity, christians, Controversy, evangelicalism, Frank Viola, God, heaven, Jesus, Jonathan Merritt, Scandal

Will God be left behind? An Interview with Rob Bell (part two)

Will God be left behind? An interview with Rob Bell (part one)

The provocative author has released his first book since inciting controversy with his views on the afterlife.