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The Islamic worldview fails to correspond with reality at every point. Why does this matter? And, what is the Christian response?

Some people think pastors should endorse candidates from the pulpit. That doesn't strike me as a good idea, and here's why.

For those of us in ministry, what is the truth about homosexuality and other moral failure?

Every girl has at least one female nemesis in life. Mean girls exist everywhere, and the church is not exempt. Here are some steps I have taken to...

Families affected by sexual addiction are a growing demographic. This is a problem too big to ignore and too delicate to address without a deeper...

Ralph Douglas West is the founding pastor of The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church) in Houston.

In a new report, Ellison Research found that 36 percent of all adult Americans say they have “no idea” what characterizes an evangelical. Even...

The “Preach the Word” Conference begins tomorrow in Columbia, South Carolina. Some of the speakers include Alistair Begg, Ligon Duncan, and...

Through Modern Parables, Thomas Purifoy uses film to bring modern contextualization to Jesus’ words. He hopes these “sometimes radical” accounts...

Over at "On Faith," a debate is raging over this question: Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a nation and not a congregation? That...

At the risk of gross over-simplification, there are three primary ways of looking at reality, at least among those of us who reside in the West. ...

Among the persistent themes in this season of campaign rhetoric is jobs. Americans have a curious love/hate relationship with work. In the Book of...

"I will try any vehicles I can think of to get folk's attention... I try to find ways visually, try to find stories, try to have people tell...

The young man was alone in his room, smoking cigarette after cigarette. He knew he had a big decision to make. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been a...

The Archbishop of Armagh asserted not too long ago that “reason” may be applied to Scripture texts that seem to condemn homosexuality so that a...