Alumnus Dondi E. Costin steps in to lead years after Jerry Falwell Jr.’s scandal. Two and a half years after Jerry Falwell Jr. stepped down in scandal, Liberty University named its new president on Friday: Dondi E. Costin, the outgoing president at Charleston Southern University and a retired US Air Force major general and chaplain…
As a Black pastor, I appreciate how the diverse campaign helps my congregation reach our neighbors. If you’re on Twitter, you’re used to seeing hot topics trend for a few days and eventually fade into Twittersphere history. But there’s one recent cultural moment that continues to elicit discussion and opinions from across the board—the He…
For his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus picked a symbol of lowliness rather than military might. Christian churches throughout the world will begin our holiest week of the year on what is popularly known as Palm Sunday. It commemorates one of the few events in the life of Jesus recorded in all four gospel stories: his…
Shootings have become normal to the American public. But as Christians, we know better. Over the past few days, my city, Nashville, has been grieving and suffering after a terroristic murderer attacked a Christian school and slaughtered six people—including three children. Whenever a school shooting happens in America, our country is shocked and pays attention…
In Lent, we realign our identity in Christ and recover our sense of being loved into existence by our Creator. As a Singaporean, I grew up immersed in a national culture defined by stress. These instincts were arguably more learned than anything else—my Malaysian father and South Korean mother moved to the country from the…
In the face of tragedy, Christ welcomes our confusion and anger. Just a few days ago, parents were dropping their children off at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, anticipating a day of love, friendship, and learning for their sons and daughters. No one could fathom what would happen soon after, when a 28-year-old shooter…
Victims include the head of school and the 9-year-old daughter of the church’s lead pastor. Parents were invited into the chapel at The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday morning, as they are every school-day morning. They sang and prayed with the roughly 200 elementary students and 40 or 50 staff at the Presbyterian Church…
That means dropping the façade and admitting their own struggles. As Generation Z teens grow up, many are moving further away from Christian faith and challenging church leaders to adapt to new expectations from the youngest in their flocks. Last month, Barna Research reported that young adults aged 18 to 22 are half as likely…
Meet an early evangelist, an education reformer, and a preacher who held Bible studies with the royal family. Christianity arrived in Japan in 1549 through Jesuit missionaries and challenged the dominant Confucian view on the hierarchical position of women in society. The Confucian instructional book Onna Daigaku (School of Women) instructed parents to raise their…
The former president’s potential arrest shows that character does matter. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. As I write this, I have no idea if or when we will see something no generation of Americans has ever witnessed: a mug shot of a former president of the United States. What I…
