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Author: Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnist

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Message to evangelicals: Impeachment is about Donald Trump. It’s not an attack on you.

October 11, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on Message to evangelicals: Impeachment is about Donald Trump. It’s not an attack on you.

When a human object of devotion violates law and moral standards, it’s time to break away and recommit to our faith, our principles, our conscience.

Life

‘Game of Thrones’ finale: The profound message of Bran the Broken’s wooden wheelchair

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on ‘Game of Thrones’ finale: The profound message of Bran the Broken’s wooden wheelchair

‘Game of Thrones’ values wisdom over strength, cooperation over power, and peace over violence. Its wheelchair-throne is a perfect symbolic finale.

News

I’m not swooning over ‘Breakthrough.’ It avoids hard questions about miracles and God.

April 28, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on I’m not swooning over ‘Breakthrough.’ It avoids hard questions about miracles and God.

If a child’s cancer is evidence that God works in mysterious ways, so is a house that survived a tornado. Neither proves God favors some over others.

News

March Madness revenue is insane. So is soaring student debt. Time for March sanity?

March 18, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on March Madness revenue is insane. So is soaring student debt. Time for March sanity?

Our cultural and economic priorities are misaligned. Enjoy the games, but remember that colleges have a mission higher and broader than basketball.

News

Jesus doesn’t need Christianity. His example is powerful without any religion at all.

December 23, 2018December 23, 2018Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on Jesus doesn’t need Christianity. His example is powerful without any religion at all.

Will there be room at the inn for Jesus in our setting as we become more of a post-Christian society in the years and decades ahead? We can hope so.

News

White progressives shouldn’t be smug about racism. We could be doing much more to end it.

November 29, 2018Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on White progressives shouldn’t be smug about racism. We could be doing much more to end it.

Our mouths, hearts and votes are generally in the right place. But our money often isn’t. What are we willing to risk to undo systemic racism?

Headlines

Jerome Cohen, Lawyer Who Saw a Future in China, Dies at 95

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025CHRIS BUCKLEY

Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025Farnaz Fassihi

Stampede at Actor’s Political Rally Kills at Least 36 in India

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025Pragati K.B.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Is Expected to Make Rare Visit to Egypt

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025Natan Odenheimer

Doctors Without Borders Closes in Gaza City as Israel Intensifies Offensive

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025LIAM STACK

Banner Year

September 27, 2025Melissa Kirsch

India Detains Popular Leader of Protest Movement

September 27, 2025Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar

Government Sets the Stage for a Labor Showdown at Canada Post

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025IAN AUSTEN

Netanyahu’s Defiant U.N. Speech Aimed at Home as Well as the World

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025DAVID M. HALBFINGER

For Want of a Ferryman, a Two-Century U.S.-Canada Link Is Severed

September 27, 2025IAN AUSTEN
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