Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, fewer born-again Christians now say that Jesus lived a sinless life during his time on Earth, and church attendance has dropped by some 15 million people weekly, a new study from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows. The findings came from The American Worldview InventoryContinue reading “Doubting the Sinless Life of Christ”
Category Archives: Faith
When Your Child Is Addicted to Video Games
We were on the road, driving our oldest son home from his freshman year in college, when the moment of clarity hit. “Mom, I’ve been in bed for the past week,” Adam said. “I didn’t leave my dorm room. I didn’t finish my classes. That video game did something to me.” I’ll never forget theContinue reading “When Your Child Is Addicted to Video Games”
The Annulment of Condemnation
We sometimes fail to meditate deeply enough on all that the resurrection of Jesus means for believers. The resurrection was not simply the evidence that the sacrifice of Christ was accepted by God–though it certainly bears witness to that truth. The resurrection was also not merely the prefiguration of the resurrection of those savingly unitedContinue reading “The Annulment of Condemnation”
When You Don’t Know Right from Wrong
I wasn’t the only college freshman to enjoy his sudden freedoms. I’m not sure everyone wondered about it the same way I did, though. It’s been a long time ago now, but the memory remains vivid. I was off at school, living my own life now, not my parents’. My decisions were mine to make.Continue reading “When You Don’t Know Right from Wrong”
Wisdom Is Still Wisdom
So Many?
We must remember throughout our lives that in God’s sight there are no little people and no little places. (The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way & No Little People, 90) So counseled Francis Schaeffer, twentieth-century American pastor and theologian. Perhaps no one needs the reminder more than moms, whose lives center, most literally, onContinue reading “So Many?”
When Children Bloom
Those who explore the vast boreal forests of Canada are rarely far from a bunchberry dogwood, a plant so common that some have suggested it ought to be Canada’s national plant. The cornus canadensis is a little shrub that often carpets the floors of the great fir and spruce forests. A perennial, its shoots riseContinue reading “When Children Bloom”
An Open Letter to My Unbelieving Family
Dear Dan, I agree; any view that has God as the foundation of morality — like the Christian view I described in my last letter — will have further, serious issues to address. In fact, your two objections get at the most central ones. Let me respond to both. What Makes God’s Laws Good? YourContinue reading “An Open Letter to My Unbelieving Family”
We Still Need Stories
Fresh off a frustrating experience navigating COVID-related policies that stood in the way of his daughter’s health care, a friend recently asked me to explain “how you economists calculate all the costs and benefits of these policies.” From his vantage point, policymakers seemed unable or unwilling to see the real-world consequences of their actions. AsContinue reading “We Still Need Stories”
What Grief Taught Me About Love
Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. (John 11:21, 32) To me, this passage from John 11 is one of the most poignant in all the Gospels. It reflects the heartbreak of sisters who had been sure Jesus would save their brother — women who loved Jesus and sacrificed forContinue reading “What Grief Taught Me About Love”
Intentional Faith 