Texas Shooting Kills 26 at Southern Baptist Church— Christianity Today Sunday was the most deadly mass shooting at a church in US history. Here are a few worthy reads on the topic: How Common Are Church Shootings?— The Gospel Coalition Why church shootings don’t intimidate the church— Washington Post Darkness & light at Sutherland Springs— […]
Christians, have we forgotten who we worship and serve? Have we traded our distinctiveness as Christ followers for the sheen of political insiders? If so, we’ve betrayed our Savior and mislead our neighbors on what it looks like to be a Christian. When some self-identified evangelicals prove themselves willing to suppress the faith for politically […]
Today, we have a special Must Read Monday celebrating the 500th anniversary of The Reformation: 3 Things Every Christian Should Know About the Reformation— The Gospel Coalition Union Seminary President Michael Reeves helps every Christian understand why we celebrate the Reformation: because the gospel really is good news. Here We Stand— Al Mohler The Church […]
After considering how we speak the Truth of God’s Word into a confused culture, the board of the Presbyterian Lay Committee announces the renaming and reorganizing of the ministry as Reformation Press, a media ministry impressing the mind of Christ into the culture by informing and equipping Christians to speak the mind of Christ on […]
George W. Bush: Bigotry and white supremacy are ‘blasphemy’ against the American creed— CNN President Bush delivered a speech calling Americans to remember our identity and ideals. The most important line in the speech was not political or cultural— but theological. Bush calls each of us to see others as bearers of the Imago Dei […]
Harvey Weinstein did many terrible, awful, dreadful things. And for those sins he has lost his company, his wife, his membership in The Academy of Motion Pictures and maybe most importantly to a creature of Hollywood, he has lost his celebrity status. He is, officially, a pariah. But he is also Hollywood’s scapegoat. The announcement […]
Evangelical conservatives are proving their harshest critics right— Washington Post, Right Turn Blog What happens when the line between political allegiance and faith starts to blur? Things get really confusing really fast. The Values Voter Summit has traditionally been a gathering place for conservative and Christian individuals concerned about the political and public square. This […]
Hugh Hefner built the Playboy empire on the commodification of sex and the depiction of women as “bunnies.” Our President graced the cover of that same culture-changing magazine and called laughing about sexual assault “locker room talk.” A 2016 TIME cover story declared porn an epidemic debilitating an entire generation from having healthy relationships and […]
Your father, your husband, your son, your brother is arrested in a foreign country for a crime he did not commit. Nearly a year passes with no trial but mounting accusations that if he were convicted would result in multiple life sentences. Now consider the country where he is being held is a NATO ally. […]
‘It was a horror show’: Mass shooting leaves at least 58 dead, 515 wounded on Las Vegas Strip— Las Vegas Review-Journal Carey Nieuwhof: Thoughts on how to be the Church in an age of terror and tragedy What can we say in the face of such evil and tragedy? In a time when words fail […]