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John and Nancy Ortberg, others confront megachurch with its own #MeToo moment. “The charges against me are false,” says Hybels of former friends’ “collusion.” When the #MeToo movement arose this past fall, Willow Creek Community Church sprang into action. “If you’ve been sexually harassed or harmed, your pain matters—to us and to God,” the suburbanContinue reading “Bill Hybels Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Former Willow Creek Leaders”

Being known by God brings significance, humility, comfort, and direction. Ed: How did you get interested in the topic of personal identity? Brian: It was for very personal reasons. Back in the 1990s I had my own crisis of identity of sorts. Some big changes happened in my life and I found myself asking someContinue reading “One-on-One with Brian Rosner on Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Personal Identity”

Allegations of child sexual abuse and staff cover-up continue to swirl. Let’s set an example for all churches to follow, bringing healing to victims and churches alike. For nearly six years now, an open wound has been festering in the evangelical community. It’s time for healing to begin. But that healing cannot begin until weContinue reading “Sovereign Grace Ministries: We Need an Independent Investigation”

Annunciation Day invites us to be vessels of Christ in the world. This Sunday marks the Feast of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel came to Mary with an outrageous announcement: that she would carry a human child who would also be the child of God. For many Christians, Annunciation Day—which lands exactly nine monthsContinue reading “Mother Mary Is a Sanctuary—and So Are We”

Billy Graham restored a sense of goodness about the Good News. The fundamentalist church of my youth viewed the upstart evangelist Billy Graham with deep suspicion. He invited members of the National Council of Churches—and Roman Catholics!—to sit on his crusade platforms. He seemed soft on communism, especially in his comments about the church behindContinue reading “The Evangel-ist”

Empathizing with others leads to greater effectiveness in evangelism. In his bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey explains that empathy is a key to effectiveness. He exhorts us to “seek first to understand, then to be understood.” It’s so easy to jump right into the point that we want toContinue reading “Empathy & Evangelism”

Though evangelicals’ freedom has worsened, Putin remains their best, or only, option. Even as persecution climbs for Protestants in Russia, most of its evangelicals continue to support President Vladimir Putin, who won his fourth six-year term in last week’s election. Given Putin’s stronghold in the former Soviet state, they don’t really have another choice. TheContinue reading “Why Russian Protestants Voted for President Putin”

Dr. David Setran is Price-LeBar Chair of Christian Formation & Ministry at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood In this episode of Theology for Life, Ed and Lynn discuss with Dr. David Setran about this generation of emerging adults and how they view life and spirituality, and what this means forContinue reading “Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood [Theology for Life Podcast]”

The President should go through with his talks—for the sake of three Americans and millions of North Koreans. If President Donald Trump meets with Kim Jong-un, he will be the first sitting US president to confer with the head of the North Korean regime. The historic summit would give the President a chance to confrontContinue reading “The Christian Case for Trump’s Meeting with Kim Jong-un”

His music inspired a generation of Jesus freaks, but he never shook the suspicion of being a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In 2014, John Darnielle, of the band the Mountain Goats, gave his first novel an obscure title—Wolf in White Van. In the book, the protagonist described watching the Trinity Broadcasting Network many years before.Continue reading “How Larry Norman Became the Elvis Presley of Christian Rock”