Beyond Church In-Fighting
The more passionately you believe in something, the more tempting it is to behave badly in its defense.
How Biology (and the Bible) Breaks the Binary of Human Sexuality
Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God.
Male and Female: One Image, One Purpose
MAR 26, 2014 | BY: MIMI HADDAD -- Have you ever wondered why, when a friend announces they’re expecting a child, your first thought is...
Alexia Salvatierra Dishes on “The Big Lie” and Peter Heltzel Sings Songs of Freedom
JAN 13, 2014 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK -- As a Christian who, for decades, has loved Jesus and loved justice, it struck me as odd that Faith...
A Year of Biblical Womanhood: Playful, Earnest God-Wrestling with Rachel Held Evans
BY: MORGAN GUYTON -- As an evangelical Christian growing up in the deep South, Rachel Held Evans was surrounded...
Why Gender Hierarchy Makes No Biblical Sense to Me
My wife and I decided to do something bold for our wedding. Each of us preached while the other person washed our feet, rotating halfway through the sermon. The text we preached on was the controversial Ephesi...
Bible Translation Debates: The Challenge of Changing Language
Have you ever noticed how every day language is used to manipulate and shape rather than describe reality? Here is one example. I used to swim several mornings a week, and as I walked from the locker room to...
Hipster Pharisees
Here in the suburban South, new churches sometimes seem like a dime a dozen with many church plants meeting anywhere from shopping centers and warehouse buildings to schools and homes. Often these pastors s...
Does God Really Prefer Men?
cialis online without prescription"131" height="203" />Two-thirds of all Bible believing Christians are women. And women have always been on the forefront of Christian missions. In fact, the ratio of women ...
Ideas Have Consequences
Plato said ideas rule the world. All action begins with an idea. Paul said, "Take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). "Ideas have consequences and some ideas can lead to brutal outcomes. For example,...