Letters with the Mosque Next Door

WHERE WE STAND

In the Battle Between LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom, Both Can Win
Why we needn't fear the worst-case scenario.
Mark Galli
Last summer, even before the Supreme Court decision legitimizing same-sex marriage, conservative Christians were already anxious about the consequences for religious freedom. It is not an irrational fear. Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California—Los Angeles, was quoted in The New York Times as saying: "If I were a conservative Christian (which I most certainly am not), I would be very reasonably fearful... continue reading >>

Speaking Out How Urban Christians Failed President Obama The transgender bathroom directive is the latest sign that we shouldn't have given him a pass. Justin Giboney

Gleanings Evangelicals Cheer Pro-Life Vote at Methodist Conference (UPDATE) On the last day of the General Conference, Methodists repeal four decades of Roe v Wade support. Kate Shellnutt

Re-Word Why God Gives Us Weakness How I've come to identify with Gideon the wimp. Sarah Lebhar Hall

Quick to Listen Transgender Confusion Goes Beyond Elementary School Bathrooms Researcher Mark Yarhouse on why mixing politics and gender identity has only left us more confused. CT Staff

Gleanings Baylor to Fire Head Coach Art Briles, Demote President Ken Starr UPDATE: Briles, Starr, and athletic director Ian McCaw to face punishment after football player scandal. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra and Kate Shellnutt

People Died: Kenneth Bailey, the Scholar Who Made Jesus Middle Eastern Again The late scholar helped Western Christians see the Bible through a cultural lens. Kate Shellnutt

Just a Vessel: Actor Malachi Kirby on 'Roots,' Kunta Kinte, and God The star of the History Channel's "Roots" talks about his faith, his strange route toward his iconic role, and what he learned from playing Kunta Kinte. Alissa Wilkinson

The Exchange The Christian Struggle with Mental Illness Mental illness is not a subject Christians should run from. Ed Stetzer

Her.meneutics Why Adult Coloring Works for Christians I mocked the coloring book trend, until I discovered it for myself. Alicia Cohn

How Is This Even True? Is the O.J. Simpson trial really worth another 18 hours of TV? It sure is - now more than ever. Alissa Wilkinson

The Local Church Letters with the Mosque Next Door How a budding friendship between a pastor and an imam brought a community together. Jim Powell and Kamil Mufti