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Sometimes people think that Christians who advocate for religious liberty do so at the cost of their Christian witness. They assume that defending religious freedom is motivated by fear, and distracts from the Gospel. Since Christians are supposed...

The new Focus Features film "Harriet" follows Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad’s most famous conductor, who, after escaping to freedom herself, returns again and again, in order to bring other slaves to freedom.

You might think my purpose is to encourage us to embrace optimism and believe in ourselves as the twin pathways to empowering hope. The opposite is actually the case...

Unfortunately, godly, committed fathers are the exception in today’s culture rather than the rule, but I was blessed by God’s mercy to be raised by one.

The most important inheritance I have received, and the best thing I will leave behind is my testimony. My faith. My most treasured possession is not an item to hold, but a belief. A certainty. It’s my faith in Christ; that he is who he says he is...

When every part of a human is working as it was designed to work by God, then a man is happy.

You may remember from grade school being taught that Christopher Columbus also wanted to prove the earth was round. We were told that people back then thought you could "fall off the edge of the earth" if you sailed too far in any direction....

If I were to chronicle and categorize the hours of my adult life, the majority of my time would have surely been devoted to pastoral counseling. And there is no busier time of the year for pastoral counseling than the weeks following the new year....

“I want to destroy the influence of the Christian cliché ‘the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God,’” says Erwin McManus, a Hollywood-based pastor, author and “cultural architect” of one of the most innovative congregations in...

Seeking God with all your heart and then sharing the rewards of that faith with others pleases God. Let's look at what this verse means in the book of Hebrews.

How can we guard our motives, live above reproach, and minister faithfully? We do this by keeping our eyes, minds, and hearts focused on Christ. When we put God first, everything else will fall into place.

We need to believe God. More than anything, we need to stop looking at our circumstances and believe God regardless of what the "natural" tells us.

I don't advocate studying what false prophets teach. That would be a foolish waste of time for most, and a dangerous path for many. However, we can still learn important lessons from popular false teaching.

"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

We should rejoice in the safe return of the three Americans while praying for the millions who are victims of this cruel regime.