Mark Tooley

Op-ed contributor

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Jul 28, 2022
John Brown no model for Christian engagement
Christians should, amid our own sins and limitations, seek wisdom and knowledge for advancing approximate justice whenever possible through providentially patient and peaceful collaboration. John Brown only models what to avoid: violent and zealous self-assurance.
Jul 1, 2022
Abortion and Methodist split
Official United Methodism’s unserious reaction to the overthrow of Roe v. Wade will help Methodists find clarity for the days of choosing ahead.
Jun 15, 2022
Polls and God’s elect
Whatever the questions, no poll can accurately tell us how many faithful people God has in America or anywhere. But Barna does remind us that the Church’s teaching office must always strive harder. And we all are called to know and witness to Him better.
May 17, 2022
Tim Keller: Right or wrong?
God has powerfully used Tim Keller, just as He used Billy Graham, and millions of others who were incomplete as individuals but who collectively comprise God’s Church across time and culture. Whom will He use next? Of course, all of us are chiefly called to ask ourselves: How is He using me?
Apr 29, 2022
Don’t celebrate the decline of mainline churches
The whole world, to the extent it benefits from America’s political and economic capital, can thank, at least partly, Mainline Protestantism. Its failures and decline of the last half century don’t negate its unprecedented accomplishments of the previous three centuries.
Mar 4, 2022
Vacuous prayers for Ukraine
U.S. church pronouncements about international affairs often are detached, anodyne, and sometimes surreal.
Feb 15, 2022
The New York Times' Evangelicals
The Times has long had totemic status often beyond reality. So there’s no surprise that David Brooks’ recent Times piece on reformers within Evangelicalism got wide response.
Jan 11, 2022
10 influential Protestants for me
These ten Protestants have influenced me. Who’s influenced you?
Dec 29, 2021
Bishop Tutu, God and democracy
Bishop Tutu believed in and witnessed to that Creator in his struggle against Apartheid and for a just and merciful transracial South Africa. All who hope for a more decent world, where liberty is cherished more than control, should always recall his message of truth and forgiveness.
Dec 9, 2021
Christianity and Christian nationalism
Denouncing Christian nationalism is de rigueur. But what is it? Originally it was understood as a conflation of Christian faith with national identity. But then it was expanded to include generic conservative religious political activism.