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Going Dutch: Netherlands Imports Nashville Statement Controversy
Latest translation of US evangelical document on LGBT issues divides Dutch Bible Belt and leads to criminal threats against a Christian politician.
When the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) debuted its treatise on gender and sexuality at a Southern Baptist conference in 2017, the...
December 31, 1969
Preoccupied with Love: Lifting High Evangelism Again
An interview with Trillia Newbell.
Ed: It’s hard to deny that we are living in challenging times culturally. The church’s influence is fading and we are struggling to find answers to some hard questions. What’s your take on the health of the church today, especially as it...
December 31, 1969
Pastor Matt Chandler on Going Back to School at The Wheaton Grad School
At 45, Matt Chandler enrolled in the graduate program at Wheaton College. I asked him why.
Matt Chandler and I are both in class right now— finishing up his first week in our graduate program. Last night, I talked to Matt about why he decided to go back to school.
Now, I should note...
December 31, 1969
The Rise of Women’s Rights and Religious Liberties in the Muslim World
Tunisia is now the front runner in expanding women’s rights and religious liberties in the Muslim nations.
Tunisia is now the front runner in expanding women’s rights and religious liberties in the Muslim nations. And the world is watching. In 2017, Tunisia’s President Essibsi...
December 31, 1969
Spiritual Revolutionaries in an Age of Despair
These practices of Anna and Simeon kept them faithful in a time of seeming hopelessness.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. (Luke 2:25)
There was also a prophet, Anna, the...
December 31, 1969
Why I’m Optimistic Amidst a Cultural Crisis
Hope never emerges from easy answers to the questions of a broken world. Hope comes from a Person.
We are prone to naivety in regard to reading our current cultural moment. You’ve likely heard someone recently—either in person or online—decry the fact that “society has...
December 31, 1969
Abortion, Black Lives Matter, and Wheaton
Let me shed a little light on the situation with Wheaton College and Ryan Bomberger.
A tempest has arisen in the teacup that is the conservative blogosphere.
Let me try to shed a little light in the midst of the heat.
Last month, black pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger spoke on the Wheaton campus...
December 31, 1969
The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church
Even with 1 in 4 leaving over politics, college kids are more likely to return after a hiatus than leave for good.
Slightly fewer young adults are dropping out of church after high school, but those who do have more serious reasons for leaving than a decade ago.
In a 2017 LifeWay Research survey...
December 31, 1969
Preoccupied with Love: Lifting High Evangelism Again
"In Christ, we are never alone in an ultimate and enduring sense, and that is great news to the lonely."
Ed: It’s hard to deny that we are living in challenging times culturally. The church’s influence is fading, and we are struggling to find answers to some hard questions....
December 31, 1969
Running from the Light—and the Snakes
An opera heroine’s conflict with her faith and family has dangerously high stakes.
Serpent-handling churches are, for obvious reasons, perpetually fascinating to those outside them. They’ve been the subject of books, documentaries, songs, photography exhibits, and a reality show.
But...
December 31, 1969
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