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Insights from some of her heroes, like John Calvin and the Puritans, would help round out the picture. Marilynne Robinson is in awe of humanity. “Properly speaking, we are the stuff of myth,” she enthuses in her fourth essay collection, What Are We Doing Here? Open the book to almost any page, and your eyeContinue reading “Marilynne Robinson’s Celebration of Humanity Is Brilliant but Incomplete”

As atheist government pledges to promote “Chinese-style Christianity and theology,” move may revive debate over Bible access. Last week, Chinese social media users began noticing that they couldn’t find Bibles listed on some of their nation’s most popular e-commerce platforms. Shoppers who searched the word Bible on retailers such as Taobao, Jingdong, Dang Dang, andContinue reading “China Bans Bibles from Online Sellers Like Amazon”

40,000 African migrants—many of whom are Christians fleeing Eritrea or Sudan—considered “infiltrators” in need of urgent deportation. The fate of thousands of African Christians living in Israel is uncertain. The government intends to expel them, but questions remain over where the migrants will go and how the Jewish state will make it happen. Amid theContinue reading “Created for Asylum Seekers, Israel Intends to Deport Thousands”

Jesus constantly and seamlessly integrated evangelism and discipleship into his everyday actions and into the way he spiritually formed and shaped the 12 disciples. I have often seen a false dichotomy emerge between evangelism and discipleship in many churches and with many Christians. Some individuals who emphasize evangelism seem to say things like, “If youContinue reading “The Divorce & Remarriage of Evangelism and Discipleship”

The civil rights hero delivers his “final manifesto” on race and the church’s call to unity. In this 50th year since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., some argue that our nation is more racially divided than it has been in decades. Others are quick to suggest the divisions are merely being exposed: TheyContinue reading “John Perkins Has Hope for Racial Reconciliation. Do We?”

The fact is, we are all called into ministry. It is easy within the culture of the church for many people to feel the call to full-time vocational ministry at some point. It’s almost a right of passage— someone gets serious about their faith and asks, “Should I be a pastor?” And, most of theContinue reading “Encouraging People To Not Enter Vocational Ministry”

AI may be familiar with all our ways, but God created our face for much more. I love my wife's elbows. And my kids’ little toes. But when I have been away on travel for a week and return home, it is not their elbows and toes that makes me feel at home. It isContinue reading “You Have Searched Me, Oh Apple Face ID, and You Know Me”

AI may be familiar with all our ways, but God created our face for much more. I love my wife's elbows. And my kids’ little toes. But when I have been away on travel for a week and return home, it is not their elbows and toes that makes me feel at home. It isContinue reading “You Have Searched Me, Oh Apple Face ID, and You Know Me”

According to sociology’s top survey, black and white evangelicals have more in common than politics conveys. One of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most enduring statements regarding the church was his observation that “the most segregated hour of the week” was 11 a.m. on Sunday. King’s commentary on how the modern church had failed to raciallyContinue reading “50 Years After MLK, Sunday Segregation Isn’t Theological”

Dream Forward initiative by Wheaton, Gordon, SBC seminaries, and others builds on Martin Luther King Jr. commemorations in Memphis. Twenty Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries have raised more than $1.5 million in scholarships to offer minority students in Memphis as part of a new initiative in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinatedContinue reading “For #MLK50, Christian Schools Launch $1.5 Million in Minority Scholarships”