An interview with N.T. Wright on how Christ bridges ethnic, gender, class divisions
We, in the last four or five hundred years, have colluded with division down ethnic lines without even realizing just how unbiblical we were being.
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Colin Powell, The Art Institute of Chicago, and opportunity in America
According to General Powell, Prime Minister Yew replied, “Mr. President…you don’t understand. It’s not reversible. There is no other place where you can take a foreigner and plop them in and…five years later out pops an American of hyphenated background who can go as far as his talents will take him. It can’t happen anywhere else.”
If prophecy predicts things will get worse, why engage the culture?
In other words, everything that God's Word predicts will come to pass. But exactly when or how these prophecies will pan out is not always so clear. What is abundantly clear, however, is that what God's people do and the way the world responds is factored into it.
The sneakier side of suffering
We are called to pursue good things and, ultimately, to pursue Christ regardless of what trials we do or don’t face along the way. To that end, may we hold our lives in open hands, ready to accept whatever the Father places into them or removes from them.
Dear lukewarm Christians: Do you have less zeal than an addict?
Only preaching the truth under a heartbroken and prayerful disposition will open the eyes of the unconverted, that they might repent and truly be saved
FIRST PERSON: Who will lead the SBC forward? The messengers. They already are. | Baptist Press
“Since 2018, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost a series of high-profile leaders whose tenures ended due to controversy or misconduct,” began the recent RNS article, “Can anyone lead the Southern Baptist Convention forward?” by Bob Smietana. But maybe the author is looking for leaders in all the wrong places.
Should Christians surrender American public schools?
Thousands of Christians in China, Iran, and Africa still pay the ultimate price to preach the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. How then can we justify a total surrender of American public schools?
The primary stakeholder in schools: Parents or educrats?
But the Left is pushing back. Perhaps the most galling thing about this debate is the arrogance of the educrats who think they are the ones who should be responsible for the education of the children—not the parents.
How Christians are stepping up to welcome Afghan refugees
Even as Afghanistan has faded from the headlines, the work of welcoming and supporting those refugees continues in earnest. Christians and churches have been on the frontlines of welcoming brave Afghans, perhaps up to 95,000, who have risked everything for a new life here.
The Southwest saga: A serious blow to vaccine mandates
Sometimes we just need someone to help show us the way, to inspire us to take action. That someone were our pilot friends at Southwest Airlines, who just happened to have their moral compasses pointing due North.
