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• In DFW, Political Endorsements Are Meaningless

  

  By Alan BeanThe Dallas Morning News has endorsed Greg Abbott, a right wing zealot who makes Rick Perry look like Bill Clinton, for governor. You’ll never guess... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gupta Cut Her Legal Teeth in Tulia, Texas

  

  Vanita GuptaBy Alan BeanPresident Obama has tapped Vanita Gupta, currently deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, as his nominee the lead... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Annise Parker Needs a White Evangelical Czar

  

  Houston Mayor Annise ParkerBy Alan BeanLawyers asking preachers for copies of their sermons.  The optics here are really bad or, as we used to say, it just... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Instant Hate: Jack Shuler Unravels the American Noose

  

  Jack ShulerBy Alan BeanJack Shuler called me up a few years ago to talk about Jena.  In September of 2007, 50,000 people rode buses to this little town in... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ignoring Jon and Oscar: Explaining a Curious Endorsement by the Fort Worth...

  

  Michael Che on Saturday Night LiveBy Alan BeanThe Texas State Board of Education just took another hit from the late night comedians, this time on Saturday Nigh... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Michael Che of Saturday Night LiveBy Alan BeanThe Texas S...

  

  Michael Che of Saturday Night LiveBy Alan BeanThe Texas State Board of Education just took another hit from the late night comedians, this time on Saturday Nigh... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Are You Willing That God Be Damned for the Glory of the Bible?

  

  Samuel Hopkins“Young man,” a grizzled Presbyterian cleric asked a harried candidate for ordination, “would you be willing to be damned for the greater glory of... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “Losing Our Religion”: a Review of “The Bible Tells Me So” by Peter Enns

  

  By Alan BeanPeter Enns wants to work with the Bible God gave us instead of the Bible we think God should have given us.  He wants a messy Bible that refuses to... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Republican Lite Or Moral Vision, Texas Democrats Must Choose

  

  Nobody is excited by Republican Lite (especially Republicans)By Alan BeanTexas Democrats are confused.  For generations we were the party of Dixiecrat populists... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Canadian Evangelicals Are Different: A Review of Lydia Bean’s “The Politics...

  

  By Alan BeanSince the presidential election of 2004, when the Christian Right was widely credited for handing George W. Bush a narrow victory, moderate and... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Gungor Heresy (don’t Say Al Mohler Didn’t Warn You)

  

  Michael GungorBy Alan BeanAl Mohler has adapted nicely to our twenty-first century media revolution.  He even does podcasts.Al isn’t hip.  Not even a little bit... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Day Fannie Lou Hamer Shocked America

  

  By Alan BeanI am re-posting this piece in honor of the 50th anniversary of Ms. Hamer’s celebrated speech to the credentials committee of the Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “Jesus is My Savior, but I’m a Killer”

  

  Dan Page addresses the Oath KeepersBy Alan BeanDan Page, the St. Louis police officer who famously pushed CNN anchor Don Lemon, has been relieved of duty. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Did Mike Brown Die for Being Black?

  

  By Alan BeanPolice officers in America don’t think it’s okay to gun down unarmed people, regardless of race.  If that’s so (and I believe it is) why are so... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Healing the Cop-community Divide in Ferguson, Missouri

  

  By Alan BeanMichael Brown was unarmed when Darren Wilson gunned him down. Now the  police chief of Ferguson, Missouri is suggesting that Brown was died because... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Russell Moore’s Critique of Ann Coulter Crosses the Line

  

  Ann CoulterBy Alan BeanAnn Coulter wrote an offensive column suggesting that Christian missionaries who work in third world countries like Liberia are driven... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jesus and Brain Science Agree: Money Kills Empathy

  

  By Alan BeanAlthough you would never know it from listening to American preaching, Jesus linked poverty with the kingdom of God and affluence with sin. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• . . . and We Stand with Palestine Too

  

  Charles LaffiteauAmerica can’t be an honest broker in the Middle East until we celebrate the full humanity of all God’s children. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No One is Persecuted for Keeping the Rules

  

  Nicholas WolterstorffBy Alan BeanA few years ago,Michelle Alexander reminded me of a curious fact.  English translations of the Bible almost always translate th... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “They Are Children”: Preachers and Politicians Part Ways at the Border

  

  By Alan BeanWhile politicians apportion blame for the thousands of unaccompanied Central American children arriving at our border, the faith community looks... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY