The Spirit is at work, but so are the mechanisms around high-production sets. “Bigger!” said the voice in my in-ear monitor. I was on stage in a dark room, nearly blinded by spotlights. It was my first time leading worship at a big regional conference for college students, and one of the production managers in…

The Spirit’s descent at Pentecost is a model for diverse and distributed leadership. The modern church in the West has a suspicious relationship with power. When it serves our interests or protects our privilege, we justify evil in many forms—from denying racism to protecting sexual predators. The problem is not new, nor is it distinctly…

Two Chinese Christian women ministered to their cellmates and prison guards with stories, prayers, and hymns. “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were all listening to them” (Acts 16:25). This happened in a jail cell in Macedonia about 2,000 years ago. Many years later in a…

Despite what Chinese religions and pop culture might suggest, they stay human—and that’s a good thing. On May 14, 2023, Taiwanese media reported on the first TV appearance of the famous singer couple Yu Tian and Li Yaping since their daughter died of cancer. In the TV program, the couple talked about their mourning and…

In the ring and life, he was a “heel” who wanted to be a “babyface.” Wayne Coleman, a teenage Pentecostal preacher who became a professional wrestler and took the name of the world’s most famous evangelist to perform as Superstar Billy Graham, died on Wednesday at age 79. Coleman was a charming, flamboyant, and braggadocious…

A collection of articles by and about the late pastor theologian. Timothy Keller’s influence can be seen and felt across evangelicalism today. He inspired many Christians to reengage with cities, put energy and resources into church planting, and find ways to communicate the gospel clearly and kindly. Keller was a model of winsome apologetics. He…

“We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” Tim Keller, a New York City pastor who ministered to young urban professionals and in the process became a leading example for…

In an increasingly divisive world, the pastor theologian’s legacy was walking the higher road—the one less traveled. Hardly anyone could be more qualified than Timothy Keller to receive the Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Witness. It should have been the culmination of a remarkable career. Keller applied Reformed theology to the…