The early church elevated females for their faith witness, not their fertility. We should do the same today. Single women are having a rough go of it lately. Their growing numbers are blamed for the rise of “woke” politics, millennial selfishness, and even incel culture. In some Christian circles, single women are reminded (in case…
Their faith unrecognized by the government, local believers serve displaced neighbors seeking shelter and the will of God. Local and foreign Christians have joined in relief efforts following last week’s massive earthquake in Morocco. Nearly 3,000 people have died, with more than 5,000 injured. Registering 6.8 on the Richter scale, it is the North African…
Task force and trustees call for community repentance, starting with a change to the name of the library. Wheaton College embraced racist attitudes that “created an inhospitable and sometimes hostile campus environment for persons of color,” according to a 122-page review of the school’s history released by trustees today. Though the flagship evangelical institution was…
But then my path to preaching took an unexpected turn. My sophomore year of high school, I met a girl at a party. We talked on the phone for a few weeks before finally setting a date to meet up again. She lived in the Lincoln Park projects in Huntsville, Alabama. I relied on her…
The abrupt departure of Alliance University and The King’s College leaves a hole in an influential city. Don’t you love New York in the fall?” says Joe Fox in the classic romantic movie You’ve Got Mail. “It makes me want to buy school supplies.” But students seeking a New York City fall at an evangelical…
3 tools to help us develop empathy. Eight years ago, my younger brother, Timothy D. Kim, was murdered. Tim and I didn’t always get along or agree on everything; we were very different. But Tim had so many good qualities. We shared lots of laughs and love. My heart grieves whenever I hear that siblings…
The theologian set aside his nearly finished magnum opus while in prison, investing instead in creative writing. “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” “A Christian’s secular vocation receives new recognition from the gospel only to the extent that it is carried on while following Jesus.” You may have heard these…
Our ideological opponents are not the enemy. Someone who grew up in a more liberal religious tradition than mine once told me the sermons in his church were always boring, especially on Easter Sunday. “That was the day the pastor had to deal with the Resurrection,” a doctrine about which he was at best squeamish…
Theologian Michelle Lee-Barnewall reflects on her ethnic identity and her identity in Christ. We live in a world where race relations receive near-constant attention. Conversations about race permeate our politics, schools, universities, sporting events, concerts, health services—and our churches as well. And yet in public discourse, complex and wide-reaching issues of race are often reduced…
Despite their crucial role in congregational life, 83 percent of women’s ministry leaders remain unpaid. I want to tell you about a church leader I know. He heads up a ministry at his local church that provides spiritual formation for more than half its adult population—imagine him leading a Korean American ministry in a majority…
