Mark D. Tooley

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  • Opposing Tim Keller at Princeton Seminary

    Opposing Tim Keller at Princeton Seminary

    There is some opposition to New York pastor Tim Keller speaking at Princeton Seminary on April 6 because his denomination doesn't ordain women or LGBTQ people.

  • 'Queering John Wesley'

    'Queering John Wesley'

    On March 3-4 I attended the Wesleyan Theological Society's annual meeting, featuring scores of distinguished scholars, and gathered this year at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. It was a wonderful experience that highlighted the ongoing vitality of orthodox Wesleyan thought.

  • Why James Dobson and American Christians Should Stop Being So Pessimistic

    Why James Dobson and American Christians Should Stop Being So Pessimistic

    Recently longtime evangelical leader James Dobson, now venerably age 80, warned of irreversible consequences if Hillary Clinton is elected.

  • Don't Blame United Methodists for the Terror in Orlando

    Don't Blame United Methodists for the Terror in Orlando

    United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcano of the California-Pacific Conference responded to the Orlando gay nightclub mass murders by a reported pro-ISIS Islamist with the suggestion that her denomination's traditional marriage teaching is to blame:

  • Declaration of Independence Is Racist, Evangelical Speaker Says; Here's Why He's Wrong

    Declaration of Independence Is Racist, Evangelical Speaker Says; Here's Why He's Wrong

    Native American activist Mark Charles, as the opening plenary speaker at the evangelical Justice Conference in Chicago, denounced the Declaration of Independence as "systemically racist."

  • Harriet Tubman's Methodist Faith

    Harriet Tubman's Methodist Faith

    Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who rose to become a famous abolitionist, Underground Railroad leader, and social reformer, will soon appear on the $20 bill. Deeply and charismatically religious, she was shaped all her life by Methodism.

  • Worse Than Hillary: Why I Will Never Vote for Donald Trump

    Worse Than Hillary: Why I Will Never Vote for Donald Trump

    After 33 years, since age 18, of consistently and unhesitatingly voting Republican, locally and nationally, this year will be the exception, if Donald Trump is the nominee.

  • Falwell, Trump, Christianity & Nationalism

    Falwell, Trump, Christianity & Nationalism

    Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr's endorsement of Donald Trump has provoked important questions about Evangelicals in retail politics.

  • Christmas, Starbucks and Crazy Christian Evangelists

    Christmas, Starbucks and Crazy Christian Evangelists

    It's an old storyline. A purported Evangelical ignoramus makes outrageous public claims to universal ridicule, often led by other Evangelicals.

  • Kirsten Powers and Protestants Becoming Catholics

    Kirsten Powers and Protestants Becoming Catholics

    No, I'm not converting, although I enjoyed my 1983 visit to the Vatican. But yesterday, columnist Kirsten Powers announced on Fox News that she was joining the Catholic Church today. Not many years ago she moved from non belief to Evangelical Christianity, and she has been attending an Anglican church with friends of mine.