How the church can best spiritually support the majority of American workers. Just over 100 years ago, churches and labor unions had a close relationship. From a Christian History piece: Some labor unions gathered members in their halls and marched together to church to hear the special messages. Newspapers reprinted the sermons the next day, …
The president of World Vision shares what led him from the CEO’s office to the front lines of humanitarian crisis. What’s it like to make a decision knowing that countless children may live or die based on what you decide? The question may sound impossibly weighty—but as president of the humanitarian relief organization World Vision, …
If He wants to have meaningful relationship with us, it will require dialogue. Why do children ask lots and lots of questions? Aren’t they capable of understanding the answer the first 15 times their parents respond? Why do people make statements about their views instead of asking each other questions? Shouldn’t we be quick to …
What can this medium—even its most violent expressions—teach us about our deepest aches and longings? I was born in 1982, the same year the Atari 2600 went on sale. My dad waited until I was older and could fully appreciate it before purchasing the system for me. That purchase would shape my life more than …
Why congregational worship is a feast we prepare all week long. The Christian musical landscape includes dozens of widely known worship leaders and recording artists but comparatively few hymn writers. Of these, Keith and Kristyn Getty are preeminent. Their songs are enormously popular (over 40 million people sing “In Christ Alone” in church services each …
Jesus was an immigrant and taught his followers to welcome and care for foreigners. My story is like many others. When my wife and I got married and came to the United States, we told our parents that we would be back in two years. Our plan was to study at a seminary in Dallas …
How the church can come to the aid of sufferers and their loved ones. In the era of modern medicine, a great many human afflictions can be treated, if not cured outright. Medicines easily defeat diseases that once would have killed us, while prosthetics and pain-relief drugs help us adapt to disabling symptoms and incurable …
In Christ I am more than the ‘crime’ I committed at age 5. As proud as I am of my Mexican heritage, there is only one place I can call home: the United States. I belong to the wave of immigrants who arrived in the country as children. All that remains from my early years …
A Los Angeles church seeks the good of its neighborhood by confronting crime and environmental distress. One of the first things that Richard Parks learned after moving into South Central Los Angeles is that Bible studies and liquor stores don’t mix. In 1992, Parks and a few friends moved to LA following the riots sparked …
We’re too quick to ignore one of Paul’s most persistent warnings. This is a good year to think about boasting. That’s true for at least three reasons. Trivially, because American public discourse involves an unusual amount of boasting. (We’ll fix health care for good, or crush ISIS, or “make America great again.”) Historically, because this …