How attached are you to what your church teaches you? Many Christians are committed to doctrinal...
For the past six years as pastor at Keller Park Church in South Bend, Indiana, I’ve spent almost...
Quick Answer: Should a believer pursue a special anointing? Many teach the importance of a second...
Hi! I am a cultural sociologist on a tour of Texas Megachurches. Check out my first post here!...
Before entering the promised land, Moses gave four warnings to Israel. Christians engaged in...
AI will almost certainly unwind what semblance of moral and cultural wisdom we have remaining. As...
Frank Herbert began writing his group of books in 1965. Another group of books was written long...
Until we commit to love first and to truly understand others, civil discourse will not exist
Imprisonment without trial for a "hate crime" before it's committed, the UK bans puberty blockers,...
I have good news! When I wrote Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous,...
Philosopher, theologian, writer, and speaker Bill Watkins has 8 books, 30 study guides, and more...
The message I shared in the Ministry Leadership Conference last year, THE TWO ANOINTINGS continues...
Do you sometimes wonder if your life can make a real difference in a world like ours? If so,...
Though I and many others questioned the assertion that the principles of the “Just War Theory”...
It’s Christmastime. On my list of things to do – after getting all my grades submitted and between...
Are you a parent, Sunday School teacher, or children’s ministry leader looking to engage children...
The Rich Man and Lazarus is often used to argue that Jesus believed in Hell. If we look more...
I saw an icon weep. I did. I can use a search engine and so know what the explanations might be,...
When we do theology in community, we mitigate these biases. Yet a community bias might emerge out...
Christmas is coming up soon! Are you ready -- both physically and spiritually? Remember the true...
The purpose of Lent is for believers to reflect on their own mortality, sin, and need for saving.
Giving is choosing to part with something, while leaving is simply controlling the destination of...
The Iranian Christian church is the fastest-growing church in the world. However, due to local...
Elliot isn’t someone for women to emulate in marriage, at least not in her later years. Rather,...
What if the first Christmas, the story of the birth of Jesus, was pitched to the executives who...
My husband is no Shakespeare, but I love his poetry because it is original, corny, and...
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry gave the world her passion, her experience, her creativity, and her...
A type foreshadows a person later revealed in Scripture. In the love story found in Genesis 24,...
Gather, Grow, Go - is a vision sermon for the church to reach the local community. The three words...
Bart Barber and the SBC Abuse Scandal
I pray you and your family have a joy-filled Christmas, and may the blessings of the Holy Trinity...
I never imagined having to deal with grief during the holidays. Grief is complicated and when the...
In the history of the world, a small group of women have witnessed their husbands do something...
In our moments of greatest need each of us needs to be infused with the knowledge of who God is...
I began this commitment on August 16, 1989, and I fulfilled this commitment on February 27, 2024....
Commentators often bemoan the attention that’s paid to Harvard in our cultural discourse. Harvard,...
As many of you know, I’ve been irritated by Glennon Doyle’s mischaracterization of the concept of...
Every quarter I like to share quotes that I have encountered in my reading and research that...
In the same way that marijuana is the gateway drug to more dangerous drug use, inviting...
Tinder: The Prophetic Stance These are some of my thoughts about this week’s portion of The...
Here are 10 ways that honor and shame manifest in America. Some are these dynamics are often...
I think that most people would agree that “baggage” is something that should be left out of most...
taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble....
Is it time for a spiritual spring cleaning? The daylight is starting to last longer and the days...
We must work together as a society to reenchant the universe of patient care. Not in the sense...
All too often, I need to remind myself that God is with me, and that He knows every tiny detail of...
Part 19 of The Anointed, a faith-based serial about John's journey from a passionate young...
Hit-making Christian band We Are Messengers is supporting mission agency GFA World's annual...
This just in: Sovereign Grace music is gay now. Thus declares Pastor Armen Thomassian, who I'd...