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2012 Pew Research Report on Religious Affiliation—“Nones” on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture

This morning it was reported that the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released their latest report on religious affiliation and trends in America. It is a disturbing report for anyone in ministry, not to mention any Christian who cares about the spiritual...

No, Rachel Held Evans, You Win a Generation Through the Unashamed, Prophetic Proclamation of the Gospel

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Church Culture, Theology

Rachel Held Evans, author and blogger of her eponymous blog, has become something of a torchbearer for a generation of angsty young adults fed-up with traditional, conservative evangelicalism. Her asserting, insisting voice typically comes hot on the heals of a...

“The Book of Eli,” Christianity, and Relgious Pluralism: An Appeal to Grand Rapids Christians

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture

Spoiler Alert! Throughout this post I give away some of the movie themes and toward the end of this post I give away the ending. If you don’t want to know what happens, read no further 🙂 A week ago my wife and I watched the engrossing movie The Book of Eli. It...

White Flight, Minority Growth: The Changing Face of American and Grand Rapids Christianity

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Church Culture

A week ago my wife, Melinda, and I attended a lecture at Calvin College by Shoon-Chan Rah entitled “The Next evangelicalism and the Changing Face of American Christians.” It was based on his similarly titled book by IVP, The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing...

Is It Even Possible to Identify False Teachers in 21st Century America?

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Christian Spirituality, Church Culture

A few weeks ago in my New Testament 3 class we studied the books of 2 Peter and Jude. One of the major topics of these two books is false teachers. Each book makes it clear that these men and women came from “among the people” and “among you,”...

LIVE BLOGGING: “Religion and Homophobia: Spiritual Violence in our Community” Grand Rapids Event

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Christian Spirituality

This a running account and commentary of the Grand Valley State University’s LGBT Center event “Religion and Homophobia: Spiritual Violence in our Community” that I promised to live blog. It started at 7pm, so later entries are at the bottom with the...
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