Persuasion
The Other Religion
The ongoing disaffection of educated church members in North America can’t be understood apart from the recent emergence of an appealing alternative religion.
Tom Stringham
April 5, 2022
The ongoing disaffection of educated church members in North America can’t be understood apart from the recent emergence of an appealing alternative religion.
Beware those who would use your good heart to deceive you into accepting bad arguments.
Are all refugees welcome, or only the ones who look like us?
To truly think critically requires more than rhetorical skill. It begins by cultivating the right feelings.
Our discussion of Brad Wilcox’s firesides has been a hard and valuable one, and Dan Ellsworth closes with this plea for more forthrightness about the uncomfortable challenges Zion requires of us all.
The understandable tribal response to controversial moments like Brother Wilcox’s talk is to put up walls. However, if we pause the impulse, there is much we stand to gain.
While freedom of expression will always be important, perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to provide defensive cover for those making serious errors—especially if that forecloses opportunities to learn and grow.
In the increasingly dystopian landscape around us, raining down fire on someone for misspeaking or advocating an unpopular view is held up as faux righteousness. Let’s not pretend this is anything other than the danger that it is.
Part three of a series exploring differences in conservative and liberal approaches to faith – with a focus on the “social gospel.”
The first in a series of articles on unity, belonging, and striving toward the just society–known in restorationist doctrine as “Zion.”
Part two of a series exploring differences in conservative and liberal approaches to faith – with a focus on competing ways conservative and liberal-leaning believers tend to approach authority and belonging.
A modern-day parable for a world of competing interpretations, and very little patience for attempting to understand these differences.