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To paint any people with a broad brush is not to see them for who they truly are. We live in a world of paradoxes. As in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, it is the best of times and somehow also the worst of times. It appears to be the age of informationContinue reading “Reaching and Revitalizing Rural America: Overcoming Misconceptions, and Answering the Call (Part 1)”

As Christian Zionism influences US policy in Israel, Palestinian evangelicals seek greater acceptance from the American church. Fares Abraham grew up in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where tradition says the angels sang “Peace on Earth” to the startled shepherds. But his clearest memory is of his mother shot in the back byContinue reading “Christ at the Checkpoint in the Age of Trump”

Whether we wear a uniform or not, we all have sacrificial service to offer. Memorial Day likely conjures up memories for all of us. Mine start from when I was too young to know what the day meant. When I was a young boy, it was a family time, a holiday from school or otherContinue reading “Memorial Day: For What Shall We Live?”

The life the Bible offers is not one that is safe from the tragedies of the world, but one in which God suffers with us and accompanies us through our hardships. 1. Secularism denies real transcendence. It might allow for the possibility of the experience of transcendence, but it must explain it via these materialContinue reading “20 Truths from Faith Among the Faithless”

A rap artist reflects on her latest album and what it means to walk away from the “vultures of culture.” Jackie Hill Perry describes herself as a “rapper, writer, teacher, and poet.” On May 11, just days before the birth of her second child, she released her newest album, Crescendo (Humble Beast Records), a followContinue reading “Interview: Q&A: Jackie Hill Perry on ‘Bending Myself to Jesus’”

Huckabee is far from the only Christian Zionist to appropriate the ancient ritual horn. Mike Huckabee, one of several American Christians in Jerusalem for the opening of the US embassy last week, announced that he planned to commemorate the occasion on live TV with a Hebrew greeting and by blowing a shofar. The shofar, anContinue reading “Why So Many Christians Sound the Jewish Shofar in Israel”

Learning how to navigate through failure is a crucial element of success. Learning how to navigate through failure is a crucial element of success. We know this to be true in the business world, in ministry, in our family relationships, and in pretty much every arena of our lives. This same principle is also trueContinue reading “Three Ways to Successfully Navigate Failure in Evangelism”

What dissecting bodies taught me about the passion story and life after death. I sigh and look at the remains on the table in front of me: a pile of bones, muscles, ligaments, and organs. They are signs of dissecting, learning, and integrating knowledge. At the end of the semester, the cadaver still looks likeContinue reading “Jesus Showed Up in My Anatomy Lab”

Evangelicals, we can no longer say sexual misconduct is just a Roman Catholic problem. The last few weeks have been excruciating for the Southern Baptist Convention and for the larger evangelical movement. It is as if bombs are dropping and God alone knows how many will fall and where they will land. America’s largest evangelicalContinue reading “Al Mohler: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention”

Hard times require honest conversations. Three weeks ago, I published a post that called on Paige Patterson to do the right thing for the Southern Baptist Convention and retire. Between that article, and last night’s events, much has happened. Beth Moore wrote in response about how she has been treated. Then, a group of SBCContinue reading “On the Removal of Patterson and Next Steps for the SBC”