by jstewardfree | Aug 19, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Larry Alex Taunton | The Atlantic | “Church became all about ceremony, handholding, and kumbaya,” Phil said with a look of disgust. “I missed my old youth pastor. He actually knew the Bible.” I have known a lot of atheists. The late...
by jstewardfree | Jul 29, 2013 | Grey Matter
By John Stonestreet | Threats against religious liberty and freedom of conscience are no longer theoretical—they’re real, and they’re growing. Just ask Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver, who declined to make a wedding cake for two men who...
by jstewardfree | Jul 26, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Nathan Harden | An atheist group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation is suing Ball State University. Apparently the group is arguing that it was unconstitutional for a physics professor to suggest there might be a God. Peter Wood, of the National...
by jstewardfree | Jul 18, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Andrea Palpant Dilley Photo by Jessamyn Rubio When I came back to church after a faith crisis in my early 20s, the first one I attended regularly was a place called Praxis. It was the kind of church where the young, hip pastor hoisted an infant into his arms and...
by jstewardfree | Jun 28, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Mark Movsesian | Law has an outsized influence on American culture. And, according to University of Michigan Law Professor Dan Crane, religious skeptics have an outsized influence on the legal profession. He refers to a recent survey of students at an elite law...