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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

Russian Court Sentences 4 Soldiers to Prison for Killing Texan

December 8, 2025NEIL MacFARQUHAR

The Second ‘China Shock’

December 8, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

Jerusalem Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound and Raise Israeli Flag

December 8, 2025Ephrat Livni

Collector Surrenders ‘Nude Emperor’ Statue Identified as Looted

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Tom Mashberg and Graham Bowley

Attacks on Kindergarten and Hospital Kill 114 in Sudan, W.H.O. Says

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Nick Cumming-Bruce and Declan Walsh

One Hundred Schoolchildren Released After Kidnapping in Nigeria

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Saikou Jammeh and Ismail Alfa

Why Russian Spies Are Using Mexico to Target the U.S.

December 8, 2025MARIA ABI-HABIB

The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.

December 8, 2025MARIA ABI-HABIB

7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Christine Hauser and Hisako Ueno

Why Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting

December 8, 2025Amelia Nierenberg
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