Timothy D Padgett

Pain is never the point of God’s plans, any more than it is the purpose of physical exercise. Never pushing ourselves to the point that it hurts...

How can these dual loyalties, to Christ and to nation, blend? How does our earthly citizenship interact with our heavenly citizenship?

Depending on who you ask, Christian nationalism is either a grave threat to the nation and the Church or is nothing more than a label used to...

Known as “deaths of despair,” both the Rust Belt and Appalachia have seen incredible spikes in rates of addiction, overdoses, violence, and...

Having reached the end of her era, it’s difficult to imagine what the monarchy will become. As Jake Meador from Mere Orthodoxy observed,...

Without any first-hand knowledge about the intricacies of Christian culture, or at times, having an axe to grind for being raised evangelical, too...

We don’t know if our moment is one where the enduring faithfulness of God’s people standing athwart the tides of history will push this world back...

Despite the painful reality of sin’s enduring power in its members, the Church is essential, not only for Christians but for the entire world.

According to NBC News, Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) plans a vote on the misleadingly named “Respect for Marriage Act” as soon as the next two weeks....

Today, there is a clear and growing undercurrent of hostility toward Christians that often resembles the tropes used in ancient days. Christians...

When religion is seen as non-essential, religious freedom is limited to “religious” activities like private prayer, church attendance, and personal...

The ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey doesn’t end abortion in America, nor does it legally ban abortion. It means that...

Fifty years after Watergate, headlines are still telling of government corruption and political abuse. Among the lessons we can learn from...

n any context, because it always involves fallen human beings, forgiveness isn’t easy. In this cultural moment, so deeply divided at such...

The Apostle Paul gives us something to do at times like this: “Mourn with those who mourn.” This instruction matches the incarnational way that...

 Sexual abuse is just as horrible and evil within the Church as without, yet we are more guilty because we should know better. We know where...

As the Apostle Peter claimed, Christianity is not rooted in “cleverly devised myths,” but in the real account of actions in the real world. Bits of...

In the last 50 years, over 60 million Americans have been killed through abortion. In China, where the myth of the population bomb led to the...