From the Archives

Living Consciously: Surrender Control and Experience a New Year of Freedom in Christ

God loves me. That is good doctrine, and I subscribe to it. I would affix my signature to a Christian organization's statement of faith that has "God loves me" as one of its tenets. I have subscribed for decades—and been a wreck. What is the problem? Read the Article.

Atheist and PCA Pastor to Debate in Beaverton

This Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. the Beaverton Religion Forum returns to Evergreen. Tom Gebhardt of the Center for Inquiry Portland and Keith Thomas, Assistant Pastor of Evergreen Presbyterian Church will answer the question, “Do you need God to be a genuinely moral person?” Read the Article.

The God of Tiny Details

God treasures the great things His children do for the kingdom: the martyrs, the pastors, the missionaries who give up everything. But He also treasures the little things that often go unnoticed, at least by us. Read the Article.

Simple Equation, Profound Implications: Our Conversation with Tullian Tchividjian

In 2009, the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian transitioned from pastor of a church plant in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian, a church whose only other pastor had been Dr . D. James Kennedy. The task proved challenging. Not long after his arrival, Tchividjian encountered opposition. Read the Article.

Perseverance of the Saints

Perseverance of the Saints cannot be reduced to “once saved, always saved.” That phrase does not tell the whole Story of the biblical doctrine. Read the Article.

The Spiritual Costs of the Missing Family

“If policy makers are concerned about poverty, crime, child well-being, rising economic inequality, and the fiscal limits of the contemporary welfare state, they should recognize that the nation’s retreat from marriage is closely connected to all of these issues.” Read the Article.

When Bedford Falls Becomes Pottersville

My favorite Christmas movie is, unquestionably, Frank Capra’s 1946 feel-good flick "It’s a Wonderful Life." Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed play George and Mary Bailey, a happy couple living a life of genteel poverty in the small American town of Bedford Falls. Read the Article.

The Gaping Hole: A New Year’s resolution to trust Jesus in the now and the not yet

I was sitting down to write a column about something or other when I noticed a vague gnawing at my insides. It had been going on for some time, and I had been trying to ignore it—or to live with it. Read the Article.