Michael Craven

After more than eight years of writing, teaching, and speaking on the subject of Christian worldview from an academic level, I now feel it is time...

A poll by the Pew Research Center reveals that 81% of 18-25-year-olds said getting rich is their generation's most important goal. Runner-up is...

The wound apparent in the American Church is indeed serious and our natures are such that we tend to minimize the spiritual complacency present in...

The Christmas season is once again upon us and with it, overwhelming encouragement from Madison Avenue to spend what we have not earned to buy what...

In an outrageous series of events, this gentle thirty-year-old Christ-follower, wife, and homeschooling mother of five was sentenced to life...

There are many factors that contribute to the demise of marriages within the church, but there is one in particular whose virulence and force is...

It is not enough to respond to the marriage crisis within the church by saying, “My marriage is fine!” If we abide together in Christ, then we...

It has become all too easy for Christians to fall into a state of pessimism—even despair—over the state of our culture today. This is...

Despite the ample and never-ending evidence that fame, fortune, and beauty fail to bring lasting peace and satisfaction—in fact, often quite the...

In my last commentary, I argued that the prevailing lack of distinction between Christian and non-Christian marriage serves as a barometer...

The state of marriage reveals a gaping chasm between biblical Christianity and cultural Christianity that must be closed if the church wants to be...

Years ago, a family therapist was asked, “What are the top three causes of divorce?” to which he replied, “Selfishness, selfishness, selfishness!”...

There is much consternation over the state of marriage today. The institution itself has suffered serious social diminution—so much so that...

This past week, I awoke one evening and in almost Wilberforce fashion, the Lord seemed to set before me this “one great object”: the abolition of...

In conclusion of my series, Reevangelizing the Church, I now turn to the third and final aspect: proclamation of the gospel. How and what do we...

In response to my article regarding my son's departure for the Marine Corps, I heard from service members who were grateful for my article...

The day I have long dreaded has finally arrived. My oldest and only son, Tyler, left for the Marine Corps this morning. For the next thirteen...

The second way in which the church bears witness to the gospel is through serving the world and loving those outside the church. No longer being...