5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1213+ words) The key takeaway from Pew's 2025 Religious Landscape Study was that the downward spiral in church attendance has been flattening over the past five years. From 2019 to 2024, the Christian share of the adult population has been relatively stable, hovering between 60% and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (516+ words) I critiqued it in my article, "History of Required Celibacy Disproves Catholicism?" (3-11-26). He quickly counter-replied with a Substack article entitled, The History of Clerical Celibacy Still Refutes Roman Catholicism: A Reply to David Armstrong" (3-12-26). I in turn replied again in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (964+ words) Image created with DALL-E American Christianity didn't accidentally become obsessed with escape. The fixation on rapture timelines, prophetic spectacle, and the quiet relief that comes with imagining the world finally getting what it deserves didn't emerge organically from the teachings…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (471+ words) The Execution of Ren'e Good In Chicago, the clash between religious resistance and federal enforcement took on a uniquely public form'drawing in one of the nation's most visible Catholic leaders, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich. Instead of confining his response to abstract…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (695+ words) Our national survey examined ministry, preaching and social issues, revealing the importance of addressing critical contemporary topics for clergy. This is part three in a series on the top ten social issues in mainline Protestant sermons for 2024-25. [Read part one…...