It's true, and I make no effort to hide the fact. Through the first half of the 2010s, I was involved, at least peripherally, in the New Atheism movement.

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One evening several months ago, I was preparing to host a Bible study with my host mom – a woman with whom I lived with over the past nine months as part of my…

Recently I joined Matt Waters of the Against the Current podcast to discuss the shifting role of Christianity in America, the quiet decline of institutions, and what that means for culture, policy, and the country’s future, including:

• Why denominations are fading—and what’s replacing them
• The rise of hyper-individualism and its consequences
• The real story behind the Christian Zionism…