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🌎 Love in Enemy Territory, Lawlessness, Hope, Megachurch decline, Dear MTG, Shaping, Autism, GCU, Francis Bacon
Did you know FoV's owners are both creatives? Our artwork will rotate here. Saturday HighlightsAugust 31, 2025 First time reading? Sign up here. Faith on View's weekly Top 10 #1 A Legalist Encounters Love in Enemy Territory (Essay) Late in my teenage years, I sought a change in my life, moving from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Mile High City. I had been a nominal Christian for five years, with one foot planted half-heartedly in the church but feeling.... #2 Legal proceedings begin for...
🌎 Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire
August 31, 2025 Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul First time reading? Sign up here IN THE NEWS Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year. “For you darkness itself is not dark, and night shines as the.... FBI raids ministry’s properties in four states,...
🌐 A Legalist Encounters Love in Enemy Territory
August 31, 2025 Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith First time reading? Sign up here Essay A Legalist Encounters Love in Enemy Territory Late in my teenage years I sought a change in my life, moving from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Mile High City. I had been a nominal Christian for five years, with one foot planted half-heartedly in the church but feeling powerless and condemned by my behaviors. Completely alone and two thousand miles removed from familiar friends and family, I became...
🌎 Gallup poll reveals Americans’ views on moral issues
August 31, 2025 Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul First time reading? Sign up here IN THE NEWS Gallup poll reveals Americans’ views on moral issues Americans don’t see much wrong with using birth control or getting a divorce, but few support extramarital affairs or human cloning. The latest poll results from Gallup spell out what activities U.S. adults view as morally acceptable and which ones.... What happened after Jemar Tisby started a network for Black Christians? In 2013, Jemar...
🌎 Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
August 31, 2025 Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul First time reading? Sign up here IN THE NEWS Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian." It calls out some of the institution's artwork, exhibitions, programs and online articles that focus on race, slavery.... Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to ICE...
🌐 Dear Marjorie Taylor Greene
August 31, 2025 Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith First time reading? Sign up here Essay Opinion: Dear Marjorie Taylor Greene Dear U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, I’ve enjoyed reading your tweets and posts as well as articles and comments in response to your views and service. And while I’m pleased to finally be checking in, I apologize for taking so long to do so. And I also apologize that various religious entities from Rome to several Baptist denominations aren’t...
🌎 Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers
August 31, 2025 Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul First time reading? Sign up here IN THE NEWS Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers said. It was among.... AME clergy recoup $60 million of mishandled...
🌐 Is Beauty Objective? Poll
August 31, 2025 Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith First time reading? Sign up here Essay Is Beauty Objective? Or in the Eye of the Beholder? Is beauty objective or subjective? There are extremely different opinions about the ontology of beauty. For many today, beauty is subjective, merely in the eye of the beholder. For others, beauty is an objective reality. I’ve thought a lot about this over the last several years, and honestly, I’m still not 100% persuaded either way. I’ve interacted...
🌎 10 Christian Leaders Reflect on James Dobson’s Impact on Families and the Church
August 31, 2025 Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul First time reading? Sign up here IN THE NEWS 10 Christian leaders reflect on James Dobson’s impact on families and the church Christian leaders are remembering Focus on the Family founder James Dobson not only as a staunch defender of biblical values but also as a friend whose ministry touched millions of families worldwide. Dobson died Aug. 21 at the age of 89 following a life that saw him become one of the most influential evangelical...
🌐 Hate, Faith, Religion + FOV Resources
August 31, 2025 Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith First time reading? Sign up here Weekly Essay Digest These essays were shared this week from Faith on View.Don't miss a single one! Why I Hate Evangelicals If you follow this website or know me personally, that may seem like a weird question. I’ve spent the vast majority of my life as a Baptist and am now teaching at my third evangelical college. When I got the message, I was sitting in the dining hall of the evangelical college where I...
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