If you read only one article this week, read Marriage and Mating Rites by Karen Swallow Prior.
If you’ve got time for a bit more reading, check out the suggested reading links below, which I found to be informative, insightful, and challenging while perusing the internet this week.
Theology and Religion
Round Table: Christian Warfare by Conciliar Post
Evangelical Identity and the Clarity of Scripture by Barney Aspray
Evangelical Superstars and Why They Fall by Roger Olson
Prison, Purgatory, and Heaven by Stephen Webb
Hard Questions We Are Not Asking Francis by John L. Allen Jr.
Biblical Studies and the History of Christianity
Does Mark Balance Out Matthew? A Canonical Consideration by Nijay Gupta
Thoughts from Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God… by Jeremy Cushman
Did Jesus Christ Actually Exist? by Ben Cabe
Why so many Christians won’t back down on gay marriage by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
The Genre of the Gospels by Phillip Long
Worldviews and Culture
The Conservative Humanist by Bradley J. Birzer
Irresponsible Choices by Thomas Sowell
Jeremiah and the Enlightened Racist by David Mills
Pursuing Veritas 