by Kimberly Stover | Feb 22, 2017 | Archives
If you grew up in Fundamental American Christianity, chances are you sang the song “Jesus Loves the Little Children,” countless times throughout your childhood in the church. It was written by preacher Clarence Herbert Woolston in the late 1800’s and...
by Kimberly Stover | Feb 15, 2017 | Deconstruction, Politics and Activism, Theological Debates
In his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America, Randall Balmer cites Billy Graham’s concern about a marriage between the political right and religious fundamentalism. Billy Graham warned, “I don’t want to see religious...
by Kimberly Stover | Feb 9, 2017 | Archives
Like millions of human beings around the world, I am struggling to understand the political and spiritual climate in the United States and globally. The world seems to be very polarized, divided, and many completely lack empathy. We can pretend that the divide...
by Kimberly Stover | Feb 5, 2017 | Archives
I was taught at a very young age, as long as I can remember, what the “good news” was. In fundamental Christianity, it is a central concept in which all others branch from. This “good news” is indoctrinated in us, and we are told to go out into...