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W. Scott Lamb

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W. Scott Lamb is an author of biographies, literary agent and Baptist preacher. A native of St. Louis (go Cardinals!), he lives on a Tennessee hill outside of Nashville with his wife and six kids. Readers may email him at wscottlamb@gmail.com.

Articles by W. Scott Lamb

Wearing an Iron Man costume, Max Vertin, 7, from Hastings, Neb., floats in a wind tunnel simulating free fall during a day hosted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation at SkyVenture Colorado in Lone Tree, Colo., south of Denver, on Tuesday April 15, 2014. Vertin and his two brothers have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare disease which causes their muscles to slowly deteriorate. Despite his medical condition, his parents say he is a regular kid who likes the color orange, pizza, collecting bugs, and his favorite superhero, Iron Man. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

W. SCOTT LAMB: 5 religion news items of the day

Do pastors burn out and leave the ministry as much as we've been told? What will Pope Francis' legacy be? With Labor Day coming up, what is the interaction between faith and work? Should school's ban superhero lunchboxes because they promote violence?

September 4, 2015
In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

W. SCOTT LAMB: Trump, power of positive thinking, evangelicalism

Donald Trump has said that he's winning support from Evangelical Christians who he describes as ""incredible people who are really smart, and they want to see our country thrive." But exactly who is he talking about? The Tea-vangelicals? The social-justice evangelicals? Trump's "Evangelical" supporters are the Christmas-church-going, Protestant work-ethic, Manifest Destiny believing, can-do capitalists. They are in every denomination and none. They think of themselves as Christians but they see no real need to have every aspect of their lives aligned with an arcane morality.

August 27, 2015
In this Aug. 29, 2014, file photo, Josh Duggar, executive director of FRC Action, speaks in favor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Days after he confessed to cheating on his wife and a pornography addiction, the ex-reality star checked into a long-term treatment center, his parents said Wednesday, Aug.26, 2015, on the family's website. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

W. SCOTT LAMB: 5 religion news items of the day

America is a profusely religious nation, a fact proven by the daily headlines. We post 5 quick news stories on religion here each day, briefly annotated, to keep you up on a small slice of what is happening in the world of religious news.

August 27, 2015
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the murder of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till, a crime that helped set in motion the Civil Rights era.

W. SCOTT LAMB: 5 religion news items of the day

America is a profusely religious nation, a fact proven by the daily headlines. We post 5 quick news stories on religion here each day, briefly annotated, to keep you up on a small slice of what is happening in the world of religious news.

August 26, 2015
Image of actor Jeff Bridges, from the movie "True Grit." Image created by W. Scott Lamb.

W. SCOTT LAMB: Got grit? Can it be taught in the classroom?

I take the idea that God calls us to live in community pretty seriously so I have a no man left behind policy. If a student can explain a concept to another student, they have not only helped a fellow student but they have also expanded their own mastery. Win-Win! Everyone feels like part of the body of my classroom with the added benefit of crossing racial and cultural divides and encouraging friendships with people who may not think or look like you.

August 21, 2015
Evangelist James Robison and Ronald Reagan, August 21, 1980, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Image is from a screenshot of the video, also used in the PBS documentary "With God on Our Side."

W. SCOTT LAMB: This day in U.S. history - Reagan’s endorsement of evangelicalism

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the day GOP candidate Ronald Reagan stood before 15,000 Evangelicals and uttered the sentence that one historian called "the most famous lines of the Age of Evangelicalism." Reagan told the crowd: 'I know this is nonpartisan so you can't endorse me. But I want you to know . . . I endorse you and what you're doing

August 21, 2015
The cover of Billy Graham's next, and reported to be final, book. Image courtesy of Thomas Nelson.

W. SCOTT LAMB: 5 quick reads on religion to start your day

America is a profusely religious nation, a fact proven by the daily headlines. We post 5 quick reads on religion here each day, briefly annotated, to keep you up on a small slice of what is happening in the world of religious news.

August 21, 2015