Mary and her family just moved into town. It is her first day of work at her new job. She is going around introducing herself and meeting all her new co-workers. As she does, one of the women, named Allison, asks, “Have you and your family found a local church…

Special thanks to my friend, Dr. Don Moore, who, for years, was a seminary professor and the Interfaith Witness Leader for the Caribbean Baptist Convention (Puerto Rico). His in-depth research into Afro-Caribbean religions forms the basis for this article. I attended one of his seminars years ago on this subject,…

Below is a conversation I had with a person who self-identifies as a Christian, but who follows what is commonly labeled “Liberal (or Progressive) Christianity.” This theology looks at salvation as a social/material state, rather than a spiritual transformation. I would never put myself in the position to judge another…