sin
‘Sinning in the Rain’: New study finds crimes go up when it rains on Sundays
By Bob Smietana — December 2, 2021
(RNS) — A new study shows rain can interrupt church-going and may lead to more of certain kinds of crime.
‘More than individual sin’ — Black pastors urge evangelicals to admit systemic racism
By Yonat Shimron — July 2, 2020
(RNS) — While liberal Christians have embraced the idea of social or collective sin, especially when it comes to racism, white evangelicals have typically resisted such notions as unbiblical. A Black Southern Baptist pastor is now calling them out on it.
I’ll cry if I want to: Positive thinking, prosperity gospel and the vulnerability of faith
By Tara Isabella Burton — August 16, 2019
(RNS) — To be vulnerable, to be too much, feels like a failure in today's wellness culture. But we cannot positive-think our way out of the human condition.
Why Rev. Amy Butler is talking politics, sin and loss this Lent
By Jack Jenkins — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — 'We’re going to take the season of Lent ... and see if we can’t reclaim some of the language for sin,' the Rev. Amy Butler said.
The evolution of sin
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 7, 2019
(RNS) — Virtue and vice have long been inextricably linked to self-control. But lately we've been asking, what's it all for?
Government: Does size matter?
By Richard Mouw — April 5, 2017
I find myself quickly going beyond the limits set by those who speak most loudly about “getting the government out of our lives.”
Thou shalt not speak alternative facts: religion and lying
By Kimberly Winston — February 16, 2017
(RNS) The three Abrahamic religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- weigh in on the spiritual and moral consequences of telling a whopper.
What changes when Pope Francis grants priests the authority to forgive abortions?
By Mathew Schmalz — December 5, 2016
Francis’ decision in relation to abortion is part of an overall approach to Catholic teaching and practice that seeks to make it more humane, more merciful and more easily adaptable to the vicissitudes of everyday human life.
Gluttony and the Seven Deadly Sins
By Kimberly Winston — November 22, 2016
(RNS) On Thanksgiving, Americans will try not to make total gluttons of themselves. But why? Why is gluttony considered a danger not only to the body, but the soul?
Billy Graham’s grandson on his near suicide and whether he’s planning a comeback
By Jonathan Merritt — September 29, 2016
Tullian Tchividjian tells RNS he spent hours researching the best way to commit suicide during this period of despair.
Presbyterian Church in America repents of ‘racial sins’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 27, 2016
(RNS) The legislation acknowledged segregation of members by race and defense of white supremacist organizations.
How outdated Mormon teachings may be abetting ‘rape culture’
By guest — May 10, 2016
Mormon women, especially at LDS-owned schools, continue to be bombarded with the notion that they are at least partially responsible for sexual assaults.
From polygamy to incest, confronting the Old Testament’s strange sexual standards
By Jonathan Merritt — April 8, 2016
Some of the Bible's passages are deeply troubling, and despite the wishful thinking of some Christians, are difficult to reason away.
3 Untrue Christian cliches you’ve probably used (but shouldn’t)
By Jonathan Merritt — March 21, 2016
A new book by a leading mega-church pastor exposes popular Christian cliches as unbiblical and damaging.
On Ash Wednesday, I remember: I am a sinner. I will die (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — February 10, 2016
(RNS) Ash Wednesday reminds us we are dead in our sins and, soon enough, dead in fact. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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