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The Enlightenment Improved the World—But Not without Christianity
This review was written for The Gospel Coalition. see here. Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker is convinced that humanity’s lot...
Rebecca McLaughlin
May 30, 20185 min read


How breastfeeding changed my view of God
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget...
Rebecca McLaughlin
May 24, 20184 min read


CT podcast and gospel hospitality
Where does hospitality begin and end? How far does family stretch? Does the second commandment implicate where we sit in church? Last...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Apr 30, 20182 min read


Extrovert bias or biblical imperative?
Last Thursday, Christianity Today Women published a version of an article from this blog : 5 reasons I don’t always sit with my husband...
chad9467
Apr 23, 20184 min read


A Wrinkle In Time is surprisingly flat
Last week, I reviewed the film A Wrinkle In Time for The Gospel Coalition. While there was much to appreciate about the film...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Mar 18, 20181 min read


Closing the character gap
I had the pleasure last week of reviewing my friend Christian Miller's excellent book The Character Gap: How good are we? for The Gospel...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Mar 10, 20181 min read


How #MeToo killed post-truth
There are many unknowns about tonight’s Oscars, but one thing is for sure: some attempt will be made to express public support for the...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Mar 4, 20183 min read


Confessions of a reluctant complementarian
I was an undergraduate at Cambridge when I first encountered Ephesians 5:22. I’d come from an academically driven, equality-oriented,...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Feb 25, 20185 min read


5 reasons why I don’t always sit with my husband in church.
“Are you and Bryan OK?” asked a friend. “Yes, why?” “I noticed you weren’t sitting together in church.” I’ve answered this question...
chad9467
Feb 18, 20185 min read


50 Shades of Love
As the third installment of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy hits the screens, I wanted to share a little poem I wrote when the first film...
chad9467
Feb 8, 20181 min read


6 Cracks in a Secular Worldview
This article was published by The Gospel Coalition . Read it there or below. “You think what I believe is crazy, right?” I said to a...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Jan 5, 20186 min read


The true heartbreak of reading the Bible
Have you ever had your heart broken? I have. I could tell you what happened. But instead I’m going to tell you what didn’t happen. No...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Jan 1, 20184 min read


Imagine no religion? It's harder than you think
30 years ago, sociologists of religion believed that global modernization would lead to secularization. They were wrong. I wrote an...
Rebecca McLaughlin
Dec 7, 20171 min read


Truth, love, and persuasion
When is persuasion an act of love and when it is coercion? When it comes to faith, what role should persuasion play? These questions...
chad9467
Nov 9, 20171 min read


Jesus, Freedom and The Handmaid's Tale
Sunday night's Emmys celebrated the dramatic re-presentation for a new generation of Margaret Atwood's 1980s dystopian masterpiece, The...
chad9467
Sep 22, 20171 min read


A female Doctor? That’s nothing. Let’s talk about the real controversy in Doctor Who
On Christmas Day, the British sci-fi series Doctor Who will break new ground as the Doctor regenerates into a female body. After 12 male...
chad9467
Jul 22, 20173 min read


Jane Austen's answer to Atheism 2.0
200 years after her death, how would Jane Austen respond to the new, new atheism? In his TED talk, “Atheism 2.0,” School of Life...
chad9467
Jul 17, 20174 min read
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