Drilling for Oil, Contending for Truth
A
historian shows how the pursuit of God and “black gold” went hand in
hand—and how it changed the shape of American Christianity.
Heath W. Carter
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Editor’s note: CT’s June cover story considers the use and abuse of oil from a Christian lens.
In
the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus frames a stark choice between God and
money, declaring, “You cannot serve both” (Matt. 6:24). His warning has
not exactly fallen on deaf ears in the modern United States, but it
hasn’t kept many awake at night either. American believers have for
generations possessed a buoyant confidence—one might call it a faith—in
their ability ...
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Friday, July 5, 2019
Drilling for Oil, Contending for Truth
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