We should have known that 12 playoff teams was a mistake because even Jesus couldn’t have a group of 12 without one of them sucking

Everytime some mega-church gains attention for a lavish Christmas (or Easter) spectacle, I’m reminded of something a mentor told me once: *What you convert people WITH you convert people TO.* chron.com/culture/religi…

God’s ministers are meant to be God’s messengers not God’s marketers.

🔥Eugene Peterson: “The pastors of America have metamorphosed into a company of shopkeepers…preoccupied with how to keep the customers happy, how to lure customers away from competitors down the street, how to package the goods so that the customers will lay out more money.”

You can’t convince someone in the Matrix that they are in the Matrix.

Happy #JFKfiles Day to all who celebrate

‘As God is my witness,’ Mohler has changed his tune on ERLC – 💥 from The Baptist Blogger at Baptist News Global baptistnews.com/article/as-god…

🚨Some Personal News - "Simon & Schuster Taps Jonathan Merritt to Build a Religion List" via Publishers Weekly Simon & Schuster | publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

Looks like I’m not the only one who got a new job this week

Walter Brueggemann, one of the most influential Bible scholars of the modern era, has died at 92. In a 2014 interview with RNS columnist Jonathan Merritt, he challenged Christians to offer a "sneaky whisper" in the face of power. religionnews.com/2014/06/26/the…