by Melody Tan  |  8 January 2025  |   Created more than 10 years ago, the subreddit abbreviated to AITA has some 23 million members at the time of writing. I won’t explain precisely what AITA stands for, due to its questionable language, but it could be paraphrased to say, “Am I The Jerk?” The AITA […] Source: https://atoday.org/is-my-child-a-jerk/

8 January 2025  | As Christian nationalism gains momentum, competing groups claim Dietrich Bonhoeffer as their champion. Yet the real Bonhoeffer story offers a striking warning about how faith becomes entangled with nationalism that many seem to miss. I will seek to cut through the mythology—from Hollywood films to politicized biographies—to examine how Bonhoeffer witnessed […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-jeffrey-gang-dietrich-bonhoeffer-the-rise-of-christian-nationalism/

Collegedale, Tennessee — Brad Thompson is demanding a medal and formal recognition from his church board after volunteering to teach the Cradle Roll Sabbath School class last week. Thompson, a 42-year-old accountant and father of three, claims his heroic act of leading a group of toddlers through a 30-minute lesson on Noah’s Ark deserves nothing […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-grown-adventist-man-demands-medal-after-teaching-cradleroll-sabbath-school/

by Robert Crux  |  7 January 2025  |   Throughout history people of faith have been conflicted by their moral imperative to be the church militant, while at the same time abiding by a moral imperative not to impose Christianity on people by force. Christianity in the United States has long been rooted in voluntary evangelism […] Source: https://atoday.org/confusing-revenge-with-justice/