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I plan to say much more on our subject tomorrow, but for today I want to make this emphatic point: mental illness is illness. It is like cancer, heart disease, or any other disease. However, it is unlike other diseases in that its causes and...

So long as we separate Sunday from Monday and the spiritual from the secular, we isolate ourselves from God’s power to transform us into Christlike disciples (Romans 8:29) who love others as we are loved (John 13:34-35). We privatize our faith...

Every person will be one kind of fool or the other. We are going to be one variety of fool--the fool who rejects the knowledge of God--or the other kind of fool, who is foolish before the world because of allegiance to the cross of the Lord Jesus...

As early as 1553, Calvin began sending missionaries to France. In April of 1555 the Register of the Company of Pastors in Geneva for the first time began to officially list men who were sent out from Geneva to “evangelize foreign parts.” Due to...

“Marriage is not fifty-fifty,” I heard Dr. Phil announce on national television. “It’s one-hundred and one-hundred.”

Think the Christmas Tree is pagan? It is more likely that the modern Christmas Tree has its beginning in Christian practices.

If I asked you for the central symbol of the Christian faith, you would understandably say, “the cross.” And perhaps today it is. It wasn’t to the first and earliest Christians.

My friend John Armstrong is the leader of Reformation and Revival Ministries. Each week he sends out an email update in which he discusses a important spiritual, theological or cultural issue. The current email discusses the question of whether or...

While many people today take the constant barrage of media-produced images for granted, one Christian author is concerned that the postmodern obsession with images is pushing words out of place at the heart of civilized culture.

Dr. Arthur W. Hunt has written a book called "The Vanishing Word: The Veneration of Visual Imagery in the Postmodern World," which asks some important questions about the effect visual culture is having on people's spiritual lives.

Throughout the biblical texts, music is also connected to prophecy and to dealing with evil spirits. Jesus and the apostles sang a hymn after the Last Supper, according to two of the Gospels. The Apostle Paul specifically associates singing with...

Every year, a pile of Christmas cards fills my mailbox with tales of extraordinary lives.

He helped to change the mindset of generations with his challenge to live free, but above all, his life reflected the power to overcome...

The question remains, what does preaching look like in the secular city?

Winners, losers, and more: The aftermath of a sell-out.

When we recognize our questionable choices and use them to serve others, our humility earns us the right to share a positive message. If we follow Jesus, such compassion born from his grace enables and empowers us to share that grace with the...

Taking dominion over email can be one of the most frustrating tasks there is. Because email can flood our inbox and consume our time, people tend to respond in one of three ways.

More traditional branches of Christianity such as Catholics, Lutherans, and Episcopalians will often hold a Shrove Tuesday dinner prior to Ash Wednesday. But other denominations may take part in some form of a celebration.