9+ hour, 5+ min ago   (288+ words) A bold vision became a movement of faithful generosity—and its impact will continue for years to come. When Christianity Today launched The One Kingdom Campaign, the Church was navigating deep division, cultural upheaval, political polarization, and spiritual uncertainty. We…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (925+ words) An excerpt from Happiness: What It Is, Where to Find It, and How to Make It Last Forever. In an art museum in the beautiful Tuscan city of Siena hangs a 500-year-old oil painting that captures nearly everything that is…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (886+ words) The World Vision leader and Fuller professor developed a concept of poverty rooted in relationships. He was also my friend. Bryant Myers passed away on August 15 after many years of helping Christian relief and development organizations, seminaries, churches, and practitioners…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (787+ words) Theology is not just for ministers and academics. It’s for every believer—and it’s easy to start. “I’m not an intellectual—theology isn’t for me,” replied my friend from church when I invited her to join a theology reading group....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (761+ words) Aaron Earls - Lifeway Research The largest share was among those 30 and older, according to new research, while the number of child baptisms was among the lowest recorded. As baptisms in Southern Baptist congregations increase, a growing percentage of those entering…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (550+ words) As countless philosophers have taught us over the centuries, our most dangerous moral problems often come not from valuing some vice but from having a misordered value for some virtue. People who grapple with forgiveness often do this not because…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (607+ words) Freedom of worship is a foundational American right with sound scriptural support. Meddling with it is wrong—and shortsighted. The State Capitol in Austin, Texas. A proposal like this would raise some hackles under any circumstances, but in this case,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (572+ words) The church father encouraged Christians to grapple with the story of the witch of Endor. King Saul famously courts a medium in 1 Samuel 28, summoning the ghostly figure of the departed Samuel in a moment of distress and disconnection with God....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (395+ words) What is God like? Is he a harmless grandfatherly figure, comfortably reclining on a cloud? A bohemian shouting about love (or wrath) through a megaphone on a street corner? An enigmatic entity who wound up the universe like a clock…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (911+ words) An excerpt from Resisting Therapy Culture: The Dangers of Pop Psychology and How the Church Can Respond. All of us are experiencing our lives through what we already know. That may seem like a simple statement, but once you start…...