On the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Christians are reminded of how much further we must go. On Good Friday in 1963, eight white Alabama clergymen published an open letter in Birmingham calling for the Black community to cease their civil rights demonstrations. These church leaders—from Methodist, Episcopal,…
During Songkran, Christians find parallels in honoring their elders but point to the living water. This is the third article in the Engaging Buddhism series, which explores different facets of Buddhism and how Christians can engage with and minister to Buddhists. For the first time since the pandemic began, the massive water fights of Songkran…
“If you have ever felt like most worship music sounds the same, it may be because the worship music … is written by just a handful of songwriters.” On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the service with “This Is Amazing Grace,” a 2012 hit that has remained…
Today’s groups are becoming more integrated with the rest of the church. In the 1990s and early 2000s, youth group culture relied on delivering fun and entertainment by any means possible: gross-out games, Christian rock concerts, hip hangout rooms, and pizza-party blowouts. The activities were seen as vehicles to get kids in the door before…
Popular portrayals of the God-Man can draw admiring crowds, but they can’t create imitating disciples. In the past couple of weeks, people have been talking once again about Jesus Christ Superstar. Not only did a recent Ted Lasso episode feature a song from the 1970s musical, but the original film is airing on BBC—prompting countless…
A Christian who wants to see God’s will done “on earth as it is in heaven” is piloting the first lunar flight in more than 50 years. Victor Glover will pray his way to the moon. When the Artemis 2 takes off sometime late next year, four astronauts will strap into a gumdrop-shaped capsule atop…
Christian parents need to be prepared, more than ever, to discuss this difficult topic with our children. Where I live in Nashville, it has been a dark time of unspeakable tragedy. Six lives were lost: three wonderful children and three amazing adults. Nashville is a very small big town. We’re all connected, one way or…
We owe to Scripture something we don’t owe any other book: our obedience. I grew up in a home that prioritized reading. My father was a first-generation college student, and he majored in business to support his family. He allocated a portion of his monthly wages to the Book of the Month club through Easton…
