The latest edition of Christianity Today carries a cover story on `Marketing Jesus' by Tyler Wigg-Stevens (who sounds as if he should be a Ref21 character). The article makes some good points about the unavoidability of having to market the gospel in a consumer culture, but also of the need to...

Rachel Maddow reported on her show last night that Rick Warren's church has removed the statement on its website that indicates that unrepentant homosexuals cannot join as members. I cannot verify this, as I had never visited the website prior to the apparent removal of the statement. Rachel Maddow...

The hoo-hah over President Elect Obama's choice of Rick Warren continues unabated, with most of the critics focusing mainly on Warren 's attitude to homosexuality and gay marriage. Only Christopher Hitchens seems more disturbed by his eschatology (individual and general) and lack of culture and...

I was fascinated last night to listen to the language used about Rick Warren on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. For the record, I'm a huge fan of the show: she is intelligent, witty, thought-provoking, and offers commentary on each day's events that often breaks with orthodoxies on all sides. Last...