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Being a disciple of Christ means doing the work of evangelism. Too often, people view the connection between discipleship and evangelism in one of two ways: either they inseparably lump them into one category, or one gets relegated to the wastelands of our faith life. If we are honest, usually evangelism gets the short endContinue reading “Moving Our Congregations to More Effective Evangelism”

Showing hospitality to strangers is an important biblical value. What about showing hospitality to God? For as long as I can remember, my wife and I hosted dinners—birthday parties for congregants, baby showers, Thanksgiving dinners for displaced New Yorkers, dinners to honor people, and many others. In 2005, I hosted a man I barely knew.Continue reading “Entertaining More Than Angels”

Therapist Hermeisha Hopson offers a clinically informed, scripturally sound approach to treating #MeToo victims and other survivors. At times, the magnitude of suffering in the world can seem too much. In the past year alone, we’ve been confronted by headlines of gunmen massacring concert-goers, church members, and children; entertainment executives preying upon women; a sexualContinue reading “Interview: Q&A: We Need a Christ-Centered Theology of Trauma”

Leaders have a unique role to play in creating the environments where diversity can be a benefit rather than a cause for division. Every day, the world gets a little more connected. In 2010, about 1.9 billion people were using the internet; just 6 years later that number grew by 60% to 3.2 billion (itu.int).Continue reading “Leading in a Diverse World”

How American evangelicals became major players in the work of global charity. Throughout my teenage years, a photograph of a young Honduran boy was as much a fixture of my family’s stuccoed Southern California home as the old refrigerator on which it hung. I had never met this child, whose smiling face greeted me anyContinue reading “A Preacher, a Businessman, and Their ‘Crusade of Mercy’”

Showing hospitality to strangers is an in important biblical value. What about showing hospitality to God? For as long as I can remember, my wife and I hosted dinners—birthday parties for congregants, baby showers, Thanksgiving dinners for displaced New Yorkers, dinners to honor people, and many others. In 2005, I hosted a man I barelyContinue reading “Entertaining More Than Angels”

Former CEO spent decades building up company’s offerings of Bibles and bestsellers. Longtime Thomas Nelson Publishers CEO Sam Moore, who went from selling Bibles door-to-door to running one of the biggest Bible businesses in the world, died Friday at age 88. Moore led Thomas Nelson—now a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing—for 47 years, expanding itContinue reading “Died: Sam Moore, Who Made Thomas Nelson a Top Christian Publisher”

Masterpiece Cakeshop case tests religious and LGBT rights, but justices choose the narrow way. The case of a Christian baker refusing to design a cake for a same-sex wedding became, in the eyes of many, the most-anticipated Supreme Court decision of the year because justices had a chance to finally resolve America’s ongoing struggle toContinue reading “Will Supreme Court Cake Ruling Actually Help Christian Businesses?”

Jack Phillips scores a major religious freedom victory in ongoing legal debate over LGBT accommodations. In the biggest religious liberty case of the year, the US Supreme Court sided 7–2 with a Christian cake decorator who declined to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. The high court ruled that state penalties levied against JackContinue reading “Christian Baker Masterpiece Cakeshop Wins at Supreme Court”

What my recent accident taught me about repentance. Sin is like getting hit by a bus. Surviving it requires the divine intervention of the creator. Even when it doesn’t kill you, it causes needless pain. And we can’t get out of its horrible consequences on our own. I was away from home for work, onContinue reading “Karen Swallow Prior: Sin Is Like Walking in Front of a Bus”