Of the 60 billion people who have lived on our planet … comparatively few have left a truly major mark on history. In this elite group one person towers above all the others—Jesus of Nazareth, whose birth sparked off the annual celebration of Christmas on December 25 centuries later.

Despite demographic trends, the Lord tells us that children are a blessing.

Since The Intolerance of Tolerance was published, readers have been sending me new examples they have spotted-examples of egregious intolerance masquerading in the name of tolerance. Sometimes these examples have been accompanied with a plea to incorporate them in any revised edition that might be called for. Of course, I too have spotted a handful…

Holiday family gatherings are right ahead! Are you ready? Even those who anticipate them with uncomplicated joy still ponder the wrinkles involved in merging family units with unique habits and rhythms of life. Starting to navigate this sometimes complicated season, I wrote down my top five family-gathering aims, as a believer in Christ who is…

Does Monday morning excite you? If so, good for you(!), but that’s not where many of us live. Our jobs challenge and (threaten to) consume us. So what does devotion to Jesus Christ look like in competitive—and often cutthroat and insecure—workplace environments? How about in painfully mundane ones? In his new book, Every Good Endeavor:…

I have read the Word and preached the Word to young men who should have been working on their daddy’s farm but who lay wounded in hospitals, or in coffins before me.

Halloween and Reformation Day, a secular and a religious holiday, exist uncomfortably side-by-side on the calendar.

In His infinite grace, God gives us a glimpse of the end to put away our fears as we look toward the future.

Prayer holds for us an adventure of communion with the eternal God and completion of His unfolding purpose.

Last year, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Cher, and Susan Sarandon turned 65, along with 7,000 people a day—the first members of the Baby Boom generation to hit the traditional “retirement age.” Will Boomers celebrate this milestone with the customary gold watch and office party, then move to Florida and play golf? Perhaps not.