By Jacqueline J. Holness While going to the movies is one of my favorite pastimes year-round, it is especially fun to escape the heat for a bit in the cool caverns of movie theaters in the thick of summer. Thankfully one of the fun ways that Christianity, or faith in general, can impact American culture […]
By Melissa Wuske Following Christ Without the Church Ten percent of Americans say they are Christians who love Jesus but don’t attend church, according to a Barna Research study. These believers have attended church in the past but haven’t been in six months. This group is largely white, female, and part of the Generation X […]
By Dr. Mark Scott It would seem that when God wants to make a prophet, he first takes him to the desert and crushes him. Tears make a prophet better than laughter does. The crucible of suffering is the best birthing room of a prophet. Jeremiah would have been glad to continue the family business […]
By David Faust On the day after my new granddaughter was born earlier this year, I cradled her in my arms with happy tears in my eyes, overwhelmed with gratitude for this precious new life. A baby makes us think about the future. Assuming my granddaughter lives into the twenty-second century, what kind of world […]
By Brian Jennings My life is panning out differently than I expected. How should I react to the place I’m in right now? Her shoulders slumped from the weight of her bags and grief. The moment she knocked on our door was the moment Raynisha Robinson (Ray Ray) morphed from friend and youth group kid […]
