By Christy Barritt Prayer, The Bible, and Mental Illness Lifeway Research posed the question: Can prayer and the Bible alone help someone overcome a serious mental illness? Their findings showed that nearly half of evangelicals, born-again Christians, and fundamentalists believe that the Bible and prayer alone can help people overcome these issues. Forty-seven percent […]
By Sam E. Stone When Mary was visited by the angel Gabriel, she learned that God had selected her to be the mother of his Son. After receiving this message she traveled to see her relative Elizabeth who lived many miles away from Nazareth, down in Judea. Elizabeth had also received a message from […]
By David Faust It’s one of the best-known verses in the New Testament. But to postmodern ears, John 14:6 sounds narrow and uncompromising. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” It would be the height of egotism to insist that […]
By David Faust Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? “Father, save me from this hour”? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name (John 12:27, 28). It’s one of the shortest prayers recorded in Scripture: “Father, glorify your name.” Yet, we […]
By Christy Barritt Americans’ View on Same-Sex Marriage Shifts In 2006, sociologists at Rice University polled 1,300 adults randomly, asking them, “The only legal marriage should be between one man and one woman. Do you agree, neither agree nor disagree, or disagree?” Six years later, researchers conducted the same poll among a similar group […]
