It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage...
Maybe our more usual careless naiveté about the similarities in the addictions and the differences in our response is a symptom of an even more insidious sickness.
Most churches do a decent job responding to physical illness by visiting the hospital, bringing casseroles and praying. But few churches know what to do about spiritual sickness, when neither a hospital visit nor a casserole fills the bill.
As a black scholar of race and a minister who is committed to social justice, I can no longer be part of an organization that is complicit in the disturbing rise of the so-called alt-right. Related opinion: Donald Trump stole…
One pastor said the group prayed for supernatural wisdom and guidance for the president.
The latest from our readers: That intriguing St. Augustine quote, by Robert Nystrom
A divided federal appeals court said a North Carolina county violated the U.S. Constitution by letting elected officials open meetings with Christian prayer and asking audience members to participate.
Eugene Peterson’s initial response and his reversal a day later both generated criticism from fans of his many books, including his idiomatic translation of the Bible called “The Message.”
In a retraction, the popular author said he affirms “a biblical view of everything” — including marriage. Related story: LifeWay accepts Eugene Peterson’s retraction
In a video of an interview with Peterson three years ago, the author said he “started to change my mind” on LGBTQ issues. Related story: LifeWay accepts Eugene Peterson’s retraction
God is waiting outside the banquet hall to catch the poor soul who is about to be thrown out for being so real and refusing to play the game. God is waiting for the brave souls that refuse to put on the costumes that hide who they truly are.
Three weeks after I first moved to the U.S. with my family, and one week into our American public school adventures, my daughter asked me, “Mummy, did you know that we pray to the flag every morning at school?”
It’s been nearly a hundred years since The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, but for many, science (or the Bible — depending on your perspective) remain on trial.
