Tuesday's News & Ideas - 12/17/2019
- Christian editors on impeachment
- Shootings at places of worship
- NT Wright on heaven
- Fleming Rutledge on Advent
- Activism forces clergy to resign
- Who survives scandal?
If Trump is impeached, it will be hard for Senate Republicans to vote to convict him
The Christian Century: “They need to do it anyway,” the editors at The Christian Century write.
America: The editors on the question of impeachment
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
Associated Press: Hundreds of worshippers and many clergy were killed at churches, mosques, synagogues and temples this year.
The New Testament doesn’t say what most people think it does about heaven
TIME: To understand what the first followers of Jesus believed about what happens after death, we need to read the New Testament in its own world, N.T. Wright says.
Fleming Rutledge: Advent begins where human potential ends
Christianity Today: This season invites us to turn our face toward the future of God, not man.
Catholic activism, not repentance for sexual abuse, is what forces clergy to resign
The Conversation: The increase in bishop accountability is due not to an improvement in the Vatican’s protocols, but rather to the activism of local Catholic reform groups.
The Spark
Who survives a political scandal?
For a public figure, a scandal is a predictable hazard of the trade, JSTOR says. What’s less predictable, however, is who survives one.
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