6 ways any church can reach young adults
The news about young adults and churches is often discouraging But a study of more than 11,000 congregations shows that churches of almost any size can take practical steps to reach them
Opinion
Unanswered prayer isn't proof of weak faith
When our prayers go unanswered, we often search for what went wrong weak faith, hidden sin, doubt But like Job s friends, we risk mistaking our grasp of God s justice for knowledge of His purposes,
When forgiveness feels like the problem, not the solution
Telling a hurting person to forgive can sound less like an invitation to freedom and more like a demand to ignore their pain The problem may not be forgiveness itself, but how we ve come to
3 Myths About Christian Nationalism
Racist theocrats do exist in America. But most conservative Christians—even those who want a “Christian nation”—don’t share their beliefs or goals.
What we learn from the scary Jesus of Revelation
In Revelation 2 and 3, the gentle and lowly Jesus speaks to seven churches with both praise and severe warning He knows their works, their compromises and what they can t see about themselves He
Holy Post swings at Christian Post on Christian nationalism, but misses
When The Holy Post highlighted my article on Christian nationalism, it presented it as proof that conservative Christian publications are finally willing to criticize the Right There s one problem
Christa Pike survived her execution. The double standard no one is talking about
When Tennessee s execution of Christa Pike failed, she was rushed to the hospital for life-saving care, and the nation erupted in debate But for babies who survive abortion, there s no outrage, no
Pro-life infighting helps no preborn child
A preborn child s right to live should never depend on whether that child is wanted in the moment
Dear Christian creators, use metrics without serving them
Christian creators are surrounded by numbers Those numbers can help us communicate better, or they can quietly become a spiritual scoreboard
I spent 21 days all alone with no phone. It nearly broke me
No phone No books No internet Almost no human contact For 21 days, John Mark Comer sat alone in a cabin above Puget Sound and discovered what he d been running from
