Search

I’ve found that whenever I come across “issue Christians” – whether they be Calvinist, anti-Calvinist, church growth, anti-church growth, Dispensationalist, or charismatic – I ought to hear their story.

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of humanitarian aid organization World Vision to hire only Christian staff.

A Christian moral vision does not reduce humanity or humans to a math equation. As ethicist and theologian Oliver O’Donovan has put it, “to love everybody in the world equally is to love nobody very much.” Rather, as Paul instructed the church at...

Jesus himself said that he was the way, the truth and the life. If we really believe it and really proclaim it, then we will face persecution.

Beginning tonight people all over the world will intensify their celebration of newness. Here's a brief meditation from my book "Do I Know God?" on why Christians are the ones who should be celebrating newness louder than anybody.

Get the Prozac. It's time for...Ecclesiastics! Woohoo! Everyone needs a day or two of melancholy in their lives. Also check out MK prophetic Psalms!

I have everything I need as a follower of Christ to be content. Yet I wander looking for something new or the latest trend in the church.

First, an admission--I am an unapologetic Anglophile. I love British history, celebrate our common roots, and would live in England if I could not live in America. Similarly, I am conservative enough to admit that I am sometimes given to romantic...

U.S. captain Curtis Strange had just finished telling his players the Ryder Cup had been postponed when he started looking ahead to the rescheduled event next September.

Last Friday I encouraged you not to take your iPod to church. Not surprisingly, this generated a bit of discussion both at the blog and across some other social media (Twitter, Facebook, and so on). It’s a good discussion to have, I think. I...

Christians typically respond to tragedy in one of two ways: Either they see them as God's judgment and punishment, or they rush to deliver aid to hurting people. Is there another response to tragedy that we should express in times of destruction,...

I think the most important thing that we can know about the drama played out yesterday in Washington, D.C. is that it featured immortals.

In "Duped at Notre Dame," historian Paul Kengor observes that Barack Obama says he wants abortion to be safe, legal, and rare, while doing everything in his power to advance it. How long will the pro-life Obama supporters buy it?

A scarcely-noticed event of some cultural significance took place a couple of weeks ago with the conclusion of the final America’s Junior Miss pageant. History demonstrates that it is but one more example of a culture given over to meaningless...

How can those of us who share his beliefs make a transformational impact on our broken culture?