Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

I do not understand the support Donald J. Trump enjoys among my people, the evangelicals. I appreciate that we are willing to forgive and forget, but that all-important element, “repentance,” appears to be missing in the Republican candidate. This is judge-y of me, I know, but I’m not alone in my dismay. This, from one of …

What would you call Christians these days?

A pastor named Brian Zahnd went on Twitter last night and said that the concept of “evangelical” has been turned into something ugly, and though I don’t usually get into a lot of conversations on The Twitters, I agreed with him. So the conversation progressed: If “evangelical” now carries with it the stench of ugly, what should …

S*@# Christians say

Or, more genteelly, 10 Cliches Christians Should Avoid by Christian Piatt. I checked, and I’ve said precisely two of these cliches, and one of them, back when I was knocking doors for Jesus in Joplin, Mo., I said quite a lot. I regretted it at the time because where someone was going to spend eternity …