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An announcement about the celebration of the Lord's Supper made someone wonder if they needed to bring coleslaw. Awesome. But this is not a...

What exactly is it that we know now that necessitates a change in the hard won wisdom of nearly every ancient culture?

You do want your church to be pleasing to the Lord, don't you? Of course we come quickly to the understanding that we can't easily change our...

Turning around the sagging fortunes of mainline Protestant churches isn't rocket science; we just can't find the will to do what needs to be done....

How do you fail at failing? According to a recent article in Time magazine, all you have to do is study the recent collapse of Blockbuster. “Yes,...

One of the things I enjoy telling people about Bible study is that "if it's weird, it's important." Numbers 5:11-31 certainly qualifies in both...

At best, Halloween's an excuse to ask strangers for candy. At worst, it's mindless paganism our ancestors turned their backs on. I would like...

Newman is preeminently a saint for our era. Christianity—including evangelical Christianity—is mired in the same relativistic mud 130 years after...

How do you respond to slave discipleship? Probably through protest, much as Peter did when Jesus tried to wash his feet.

There is a trend of declining evening attendance in evangelical denominations that long have cherished a heritage of worshiping twice on Sunday....

We do like our leaders to be human and to show their humanity from time to time.

For the past several weeks I have been attempting to outline a Christian response to Islam, Muslims, and the politically contentious issue of the...

Christians are commonly told to "have faith" in our spiritual lives, but can those very words serve as a stumbling block in our walk with Christ?...

Driven by population shifts, immigration, and human reproduction, massive new cities are springing up all over the globe. Will the church rise to...

At first glance—and probably, at second—this passage from chapter three of the book of Judges does not seem like a promising source of humor. And...