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Megachurch pastor Rick Warren called off plans for a presidential forum that he said was scheduled to include both major party candidates, but...

There’s an old line that goes, "It’s like saying you want to marry someone, but still date around." Who would think of marrying someone, and then...

Great preachers are the ones who preach really bad sermons. The difference is that they preach really bad sermons when they’re young, and are...

What may have hurt Todd Akin's candidacy also hurts Christian leadership, at times.

The measure of the Christian life is growth in holiness. We grow in holiness, at least in part, by putting sin to death. We put sin to death by...

I want to make sure that churches understand their models. And specifically, that if you want to be a church for the unchurched, you understand...

According to a recent article in The New York Times, more and more couples are bringing their friends and even their parents on their honeymoon. In...

"Snarky" is a relatively new, mostly British slang adjective that means "critical," "cutting" or "testy." It can refer to a person, or mood. Or, in...

Special passions, callings, and emphases are good, but when they get out of balance, they become dangerous to gospel proclamation

Help children grieve and re-enter life after loss.

The latest edition of The New York Times Magazine features a cover photo of a young girl with long hair in a long, flowing pink dress decorated...

The National Association of Evangelicals recently polled its leadership as to whether they felt the United States was a Christian nation. The...

Almighty God desires simply to be known as the giver of the gift of absolute grace. To this we say “no”. Then the relationship is destroyed [by our...

Whether its Chick-Fil-A or a mosque in Murfreesboro, I think religious freedom is a fight worth waging.

A “healthy” skepticism is simply an inquiring mind that demands sufficient evidence before it believes anything.