Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. (Romans 12:14) Years ago, three thieves broke into my church. Our church’s radical response touched the hearts of strangers, but stirred up our community challenging me to question the integrity of my own faith and the mission …
It’s the most American of holidays and a rite of summer for so many of us. Barbecues, carnivals and—of course—fireworks. I grew up in New York City, in a building that overlooked the East River. Every year my family and I would go to the rooftop so that we could get as close as possible …
There is a fashionable indictment of Christian thought today given by its disgruntled critics: Christians are hypocritical and judgmental. The indictment arrives not only from critics but also Christianity’s constituents, and perhaps from there with more bluster. When will Christians learn to love the way Jesus did, exchange dogmatic rigidity and doctrinal correctness for a …
Have you ever had a knee-jerk negative reaction when your favorite television show displayed some overly sexualized content? What about the content offended you? I recently had a conversation with a teenager who was deeply offended by The Walking Dead’s inclusion of gay characters. He reeled at me asking, “Do you find you struggle with …
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