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Dr. AL Mohler responds to the assertion by Ann Coulter that missionaries are Christian narcissists who “slink off” to Third World counties to avoid the culture war in America.
As pastor of Redeemer Church in Mason, Ohio, Marc Champagne accepted the challenge not only of planting a church, but also of reaching the nations with the Gospel.
Downwardly mobile for Jesus
By Lawrence Lanahan
For his neighbors, Matthew Loftus is hard to miss, no matter their eyesight. He is white in a nearly all-black neighborhood. He doesn’t fit into the typical narratives about changing American communities. For people like Loftus, it’s not coffee shops or home values drawing them to places like Sandtown. It’s Jesus. Shortly after Loftus started medical school in Baltimore in 2007, he began worshipping at New Song Community Church, a racially diverse congregation in Sandtown.
Is Evangelical Morality Still Acceptable in America?
By Alan Noble
People who disagree with same-sex marriage and birth-control use have been met with accusations of bigotry. Are some Christians being unfairly shamed out of the public sphere?
What if Your Child Is Gay?
By Russell D. Moore
You will, without a doubt, have someone close to you in your family come out as gay or lesbian. How should a Christian parent or grandparent respond?
The ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties underscores religious liberty as our “first freedom.”
Tim Keller: Emotion Isn’t the Caboose to Faith
By Owen Strachan
Tim Keller says Christianity needs make emotional sense before it can make rational sense.
Wisdom and Sabbath Rest
By Tim Keller
Leadership is stewardship—the cultivation of the resources God has entrusted to us for his glory. The Sabbath gives us both theological and practical help in managing one of our primary resources —our time. In Ephesians 5, Paul invokes the biblical concept of wisdom: “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,…
Heaven Is for Real, the Movie
By Randy Alcorn
The phenomenally popular book Heaven Is for Real has now been made into a major movie by Sony Pictures. Randy Alcorn, who has written a book on what the Bible says about Heaven, provides his evaluation of the movie.
The State of the Bible: 6 Trends for 2014
By The Barna Group
Each year, Barna Group partners with the American Bible Society on State of the Bible, a comprehensive study of Americans’ attitudes and behaviors toward the Bible. Asking a national representative sample of adults the same questions year after year allows us to track the country’s shifting perceptions of Scriptures. This year’s research reveals six trends in Bible engagement: from the Bible’s continued role as a cultural icon, to increased digital Bible reading, to a rise in skepticism toward Scripture, particularly among Millennials.