1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (395+ words) What is God like? Is he a harmless grandfatherly figure, comfortably reclining on a cloud? A bohemian shouting about love (or wrath) through a megaphone on a street corner? An enigmatic entity who wound up the universe like a clock…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (911+ words) An excerpt from Resisting Therapy Culture: The Dangers of Pop Psychology and How the Church Can Respond. All of us are experiencing our lives through what we already know. That may seem like a simple statement, but once you start…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) Last year, I found myself making the rounds of Christian podcasts to publicize a couple of new books I’d written. Most of these conversations were similar, but one ended with an exchange that caught us both off guard. The interviewer…...

4+ day, 54+ min ago   (513+ words) Support for the programs is high in minority communities—and among the hundreds of church leaders I’ve met. Several bishops used a popular phrase that I often hear from pastors nationwide—the school-to-prison pipeline. They’re sick of seeing young lives…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1192+ words) My state of Texas is far from alone in struggling to attract and retain educators. Something has to change. My eldest daughter wanted to be a teacher. She admires her own instructors, and she thought she could build a meaningful…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1304+ words) Churches welcome protective intervention but still suffer mass kidnappings and violence. A Nigerian soldier on duty at a police roadblock in Lagos. Around 5:30 p.m. on February 3, Joel Adisa, a 27-year-old Christian resident of Kaiama, a town in Nigeria’s Kwara State, received…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1714+ words) Brian Simmons’ popular Bible version has endured allegations of inaccuracy and plagiarism for years. The latest controversy may finally be too much. On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (657+ words) India's new parliament building in New Delhi on July 22, 2024. Amid sustained pressure by Christian groups, the Indian government decided not to bring before Parliament a controversial bill that would have led to Christian organizations losing their properties. Instead, the Hindu…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1070+ words) In the midst of the housing crisis, Christians should open our homes to longer-term lodgers. Hannah Marie needed a place to live. Soon she’d be able to share a home with her new husband in Pennsylvania, where she was moving…...

1+ week, 3+ min ago   (745+ words) A HUD count of America’s homeless population is far lower than the Education Department’s measure would say. Here’s why it matters. One number I haven’t dealt with in this series on homelessness in America: How many homeless people does the…...