On Super Bowl Sunday, 3 in 10 Americans believe God will play a role in determing which team wins
Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday, a new survey found that 3 in 10 Americans (27%) believe that God plays a role in determining which team
Louis C.K. on Our Neighbor’s Bowl and What “Fair” Is
BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- One unlikely wonderful source for material as of late for me has been the show “Louie, ” by comedian...
Kingdom Politics: Sewing the Great Commandment Back Together
BY: MORGAN GUYTON -- The challenge of Christians who want to see kingdom values reflected in our society’s politics...
Healing Toxic Faith: Did Jesus die to save us from God?
Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God's demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever ...
Who am I to Think that I Could Stand in God's Way?
I’ve had a scenario playing in my head over the past few days. It hasn’t happened but I’m wondering how I would respond if it did.
In it, a couple of friends, John and Kelly, arrive at my house one evening ...
God Doesn’t Need our Political Endorsement
One of the most disappointing political events I have witnessed this year as a Christian was the clumsy maneuvering two days ago by the Democratic National Convention to put “God and Jerusalem” back in their po...
10 Days to Make Love Practical
Have you ever felt moved to put it all on the line?
Have you ever felt called to risk it all for the love we undergo when we open to God?
The community that I was a part of founding where I have spent the las...
God Did Not Write the Bible…
. . . and that doesn’t hurt its holiness or its validity!
When I was a child my Sunday School teachers used to say that God whispered the words of the Bible, and someone wrote them down. There is some level o...
Why singing “Our God is Greater” *might* make our God seem less great
There’s a song that has made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit called “Our God Is Greater.” This song is commendable on many levels. First, the melody is catchy. If you haven’t listened to or sung...
Speaking Out Is Complicated (And So Is Staying Silent)
For 24 years of my life, I was a church planter and pastor. At the beginning of those years, I would have gladly called myself an Evangelical. But those years coincided with the rise of the Religious Right...