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Why Oprah's 'Belief' is a must see for Christians

Why Oprah's 'Belief' is a must see for Christians

The miniseries seeks to render the complexities of various faiths honestly.

Arts + EntertainmentJonathanOctober 20, 2015Belief, interfaith, Jesus, Oprah, salvation, television, theology

Confucius for Christians?

Confucius for Christians?

An Christian college professor has an unlikely message.

TheologyJonathanSeptember 21, 2015apologetics, Bible, Biola University, Christianity, Confucianism, Confucius, Gregg Ten Elshof, interfaith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Merritt, philosophy, theology

Post-traumatic church syndrome? Yep, it’s a thing.

Post-traumatic church syndrome? Yep, it’s a thing.

How does one heal from wounds inflicted by institutional Christianity?

TheologyJonathanAugust 31, 2015Barna Group, Buddhism, Christianity, church, empty nest, health, interfaith, Jesus, meditation, mental health, mid-life crisis, Orthodox, post-traumatic church syndrome, Reba Riley, religion, Spirituality

Brian McLaren Reflects on 25 Years of Emergence

Brian McLaren Reflects on 25 Years of Emergence

A quarter-century after its start, an Emergent Church leader reflects on what it was really about.

CultureJonathanAugust 8, 2014Brian McLaren, Buddhism, emergent church, Emerging Church, evangelicalism, Homosexuality, interfaith, Islam, Jonathan Merritt, Mainline Protestantism, theology

Can atheists & Christians cooperate? An interview with Chris Stedman

Can atheists & Christians cooperate? An interview with Chris Stedman

The "humanist chaplain" at Harvard shares how Christians and atheists might work together.