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ParaNorman and the Fear of a Christian America
I think this movie might be one more window on how the people we are called to love view us. The movie itself veers at times toward empathy. If there's any group easier to be demonized by Hollywood, one would think it would be undead Religious Right activists.
Christian Rapper Swoope Releases 'Sinema': A Journey Through The Stages of Struggling With Sin
"Sinema," the follow up to 2012's "Wake Up" and released on Aug. 5, is a story about addiction and dealing with its consequences. From top to bottom, it is a solid effort in storytelling and conveying the struggle all believers have with sin.
China sentences Christian bookseller to 7 years in prison, destroys thousands of 'illegal' books
A Chinese Christian online bookstore owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined nearly $30,000 for engaging in what the regime deems as “illegal business operations."
The Economics of Abortion
Americans would do well to consider the consequences of embracing political leaders who view certain segments of society as disposable
Mike Huckabee Supports Josh Duggar, Family Amid Molestation Scandal; Russell Moore Asks Churches to Address Abuse in 'Churched' Contexts
Days after "19 Kids and Counting" star Josh Duggar publicly confessed to and asked forgiveness for molesting five girls when he was 14, GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said he stands by the evangelical family. Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, also responded.
Let Us Alone
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.'
Abortion Recovery Belongs in Church, but First the Church Must Care Enough to Listen
Staying silent on abortion silences the healing power of confession and fosters shame, isolation and despair.
'Get Low' and the Gospel
As the closing credits of Get Low filed by, I realized I hadn\'t expected a near encounter with the gospel.
How do you deal with your guilt?
Judgment Day will be a literal event, and every hour brings you a step closer to your appointment in God’s courtroom.
Is It Right for a Christian to Take Anti-Depressants?
Depression is not just unpleasant; it can be debilitating and dangerous, and it signals that something has gone wrong somewhere. God created us as whole persons, with body and psyche together.
What Should the Duggar Scandal Teach the Church?
I'm not interested in litigating the specifics of this case—the civil authorities and the relevant employers are now alerted to the situation. I'm more concerned that we see that this story is one more in what has been an endless cycle of stories of sexual abuse in "churched" contexts. We cannot assume that we can avoid this topic simply by making sure our doctrines are right, our values conservative, and our people sheltered from the world. If we are not addressing this issue, it is only becaus
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson thinks he redeemed himself. He’s wrong.
Good works don’t cover our sins in the slightest. A multimillionaire giving $500 to a store may impress the media, but it doesn’t impress God.
The Greatest Untapped Evangelistic Opportunity Before the Modern Church
There are many mission fields, but family presents what may be the greatest untapped evangelistic opportunity before the church today. What is at stake is the salvation of millions of children under the evangelistic and discipleship ministry of fathers and mothers in the home. This is not the only mission field, to be sure, but it is perhaps the most neglected mission field before the church in our time.
Building Intimacy With Christ
It is altogether too easy to find ourselves filling life with times of Christian songs, Bible readings and even prayer, while missing true communion with Himself. God can be missed in these things when He is not sought for Himself, but only treated as a means to an end.
7 Deadly Worldviews That Threaten Christianity
To take out progressivism you must know and work hard to knock out the seven legs of the modern day progressive table. Here are those seven deadly worldviews that make up progressivism.
Jon Steingard and the contagious drift away from Christianity
There is another invisible enemy, one more formidable than COVID-19 that has wreaked havoc on millions of lives for centuries. It is the always-lurking disease of bad ideas.
Revelation 19: Homesick for Heaven, lessons about the power of praise and worship
The worship of Heaven is our model and the praises of God should be the whole tone of our lives.
