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This weekend the Keep Believing board meets for a planning and prayer retreat. Here are some thoughts I sent to the board in preparation for the retreat, including a phrase that keeps ringing in my head.

While I will never enjoy death threats and vulgar accusations, I know they can, at times, be the natural response of evil to truth. Committed Christ-followers for centuries gave their lives rather than be silenced. Can we not bear these...

When you’re tasked with shepherding souls in our gravely fallen world, pastors and leaders naturally face days, or seasons, of discouragement. Even though you know you’re meant to serve in this way, some days can feel like your last. If you still...

Prayer is our gateway to God, the way in which we can connect with Him best. Just as connecting with another person daily will help us know that person better, so is prayer with God.

When the Rev. Emmy Kegler heard her friend Rachel Held Evans had died earlier this month after a sudden illness, she offered a prayer. Then Kegler got together with other friends who had known Evans, a popular progressive Christian writer and...

Today is the annual “Bring Your Bible to School Day.” Supported by Focus on the Family, the day is intended to empower students and their families to live their faith boldly on campus and in society.

God lovingly prepares and assures us as well. He answers our questions, strengthens our hearts, and ignites our passions so that we can more boldly follow Him. Our callings? They won’t always be easy. Life this side of heaven rarely is. But we can...

Several years ago, Russell Jacoby wrote a provocative book titled "The Last Intellectuals." If you have heard the phrase “public intellectual,” this is where it comes from. His lament was how younger intellectuals had given themselves over to...

This week we’ve been discussing redemptive ways Christians can relate to a culture that is, in New York Times columnist David Brooks’ assessment, “falling apart at the seams.” As we have explored ways we can share with our fellow sinners the good...

How we view the sanctity of human life is foundational to the society we create.

Truth is truth, but our world and our enemy would love for us to believe it's relative and optionally applicable.

Why must we have faith in Christ to experience fully his help in facing the storms of life? If he loves us unconditionally, why doesn’t he meet our needs whether we trust them to him or not?James explained that “the testing of your faith produces...

In his Breakpoint article yesterday, Colson Center President John Stonestreet highlights a remarkable initiative by Princeton professor Robert George. John describes Dr. George as “perhaps the leading Christian legal thinker of our lifetime.” He...

Warren Buffett is chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns dozens of companies. He has been extremely benevolent over the years, donating hundreds of millions of dollars to charitable causes. Forbes estimates his net worth at $1141...

In her new book, Jeannie Clarkson reveals practices that help weary leaders recover a sense of balance and joy. Almost like a vaccine, they've been shown to protect pastors against burnout and pave the way to transformational leadership.

As you enjoy the festivities of the 4th of July and celebrate our nation's freedom, say a prayer of thanks to God not only for America's freedom but for the freedom from sin He has given you and for the new life we have in Him - for today and...