He spoke on campus in advance of the Mississippi-Florida game at Florida Field on Saturday. “The allegations are extremely, extremely serious, and it’s something that we take very serious,” Tebow said. “So, for us, we’re having our team do an investigation, but also pausing our relationship ‘til we can learn more about the facts to be able to understand more.” (Long, AP News)
Read MoreAccording to our new report, published today by the Institute for Family Studies, no group of Americans seems to be having more sex—and more satisfying sex—than married men and women who regularly attend a place of worship. (This group is made up mostly of Christians, but also includes Jews and Muslims.) (Wilcox & Bailey, The Atlantic)
Read MoreEven with the surge in converts — and the massive crowds predicted for the visit of the first U.S.-born pope — the French church is facing an uphill battle. The world’s largest Christian faith collapsed in France in recent decades — with less than half of the country’s 69 million people describing themselves as Catholic, compared with more than 90 percent in 1960s. (Faiola, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men. Its audience is small but growing, and their movement has ties to powerful religious and political figures. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreAs head of policy for the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, Edmund had spent countless hours in the past two years briefing evangelicals on how to share their concerns with their members of Parliament (MPs) and coordinating campaign efforts with other Christian groups to defeat the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. (Davies, Christianity Today)
Read MoreForty-three percent of Americans now have a positive view of socialism, marking the first time this figure has exceeded 39% in Gallup’s trend since 2010. Socialism still trails capitalism and free enterprise in public favorability but now ranks ahead of big business. Small business remains the clear leader among the five economic concepts tested, with 95% viewing it positively. (Saad, Gallup)
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