As a small non-profit, every subscription matters. As our way of saying thank you please download this free gift. thank you for your subscription support. “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD.” These familiar words from John 10:14 have been a comfort to Christians since they were first spoken by Jesus to his disciples. Our prayer with […]
As a small non-profit every subscription matters. As our way of saying thank you please download this free gift. thank you for your subscription support. “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD.” These familiar words from John 10:14 have been a comfort to Christians since they were first spoken by Jesus to his disciples. Our prayer with […]
Every spring the Lent debate erupts anew in Protestant circles, and we go another round arguing about the church calendar and the utility of spiritual disciplines.[1] The Daniel Fast, and Rick Warren’s looser Daniel Plan for dieting, are regular guests in the fasting discourse as well.[2] More recently, intermittent fasting diets have entered the public […]
What influences our children’s lives the most? As Christian parents we would all like the answer to be that we are the main influence in our children’s lives. We know that is how it should be. Parents are the source from which children ought to be learning their values, beliefs, and Christian faith. However, that […]
Following what turned out to be a momentary respite, recent spikes in COVID-19 cases have reminded us that we are not yet in a post-pandemic world, and it’s not so certain that such a thing will ever exist. Either way, “life after the virus” musings abound, most of which will have a short shelf life. […]
The last few years have seen a global pandemic, civil unrest, and increased political division. These miasmas of polarization, alienation, and apathy have been accompanied by stranger trends, such as declining birth and sex rates, record levels of depression, anxiety, mental health issues,[1] loneliness, spiritual deconstruction, and an overall decline in church attendance and profession […]
When you walk into almost any store, you’re immediately overloaded with sights, sounds, smells, and various things to touch. This barrage on your senses is hand-picked for one goal: to make you spend more. Here’s what’s going on. No matter what type of store you walk into’from the Apple store to Wal-Mart’you’ll find all types […]
Mixed-gender theology classes should be taught by men. It is illogical to say a woman should train men to be Bible teachers and pastors when she shouldn’t be one herself. If women shouldn’t be pastors or elders in churches, then they should also not have that role in other contexts.[1] Should women teach theology to […]
The other night, I called my sixth-grade son from work to check up on him. "Um, actually I'm chatting on Skype right now," he confessed, "with one of your Albanian friends, Marko." Knowing fifteen-year-old Marko, I realized he was probably witnessing to my son. Nevertheless, maternal concern won out: "Miro, it's midnight in Albania. Marko […]
Introduction to the Conversation The question ‘Who am I?’ is deceptively simple. On the surface, we think we can immediately answer the question, but upon further reflection we discover we actually need a tremendous amount of help to understand our ‘selves.’ We need each other. Not just in order for our communities to function well, […]
Three decades of data have revealed a near-systemic evangelical ignorance of the Scriptures, theology, church history, Christian art, architecture, and iconography and, correspondingly, of Christian deportment, both social and practical.1 Somehow, despite the information superhighway literally at our fingertips and Kindles glutted with books, ignorance abounds. This ignorance has little to do with intelligence or ability, […]
Three decades of data have revealed near systemic evangelical ignorance of the Scriptures, ignorance of theology, church history, Christian art, architecture, and iconography and, correspondingly, ignorance of Christian deportment, both social and practical. (1) Ignorance abounds with the information superhighway literally at our fingertips and Kindles glutted with books. This ignorance, however, has little to […]