For Amos, it depends on whether the God we worship demands justice. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has been formational in their own discipleship and continues to speak to them today. My mother was Guatemalan, and she went to great lengths to make…
Chosen by Sarah J. Hauser, author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry.” The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy Timothy Keller When we connect every experience and interaction with ourselves, constantly overanalyzing what we’ve said or what people…
The Duggar documentary shows how the fundamentalist movement got parenting and children wrong. Families can be pernicious places for children. Theologian Adrian Thatcher notes this in his book Theology and Families, which I read over a decade ago. Thatcher’s words were a steady refrain in my mind as I watched the new Amazon Prime docuseries…
Top issues at the annual meeting in New Orleans include Saddleback, female pastors, abuse reform, and entity finances. Long before the 10,000-plus messengers show up in a massive conference hall each June, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has already begun debating the issues at stake at its annual meeting. Southern Baptists have come to expect…
Presbyterians expect less fight and more fatigue as they gather following the Covenant shooting and the deaths of Harry Reeder and Tim Keller. In his first sermon since the death of his daughter and five others at The Covenant School in Nashville, Chad Scruggs, senior pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, referenced Isaiah 40 to describe…
With CBN, “The 700 Club,” Regent, the Christian Coalition, and a run for president, he changed evangelicals’ place in public life. Across six decades in front of the camera, Pat Robertson brought his Pentecostal sensibilities and conservative politics into millions of living rooms as the pioneer of Christian television and the leader of the Christian…
“She knew how to tell a story with power.” Few evangelicals know Elizabeth Sherrill’s name. But because of her, they know David Wilkerson, Brother Andrew, Corrie ten Boom, and dozens of other modern men and women who overcame by faith. Working closely with her husband John, she reported, wrote, and edited some of the most…
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Cut off from the world, Cambodian churches emerged with new opportunities and challenges. When the world locked down in early 2020, orders to Cambodia’s thriving garment factories dropped, shutting down factories and leaving more than 50,000 people jobless. The Cambodian government’s quick action kept COVID-19 at bay that year, yet the economic impact was devastating…
Kids’ addictions to their phones isn’t a legislative issue. It’s a discipleship one. As summer fast approaches, likely so will increased screen time as school lets out. But new data and a bipartisan consensus that phones are bad for kids may give parents pause. A growing body of research, though certainly not indisputable, has pointed…
