Ethics
“Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Christians and Social Justice
Social justice is not a conversation that anyone can opt out of: every day we are engaged in secular rituals that either support or threaten...
Bible
Did Martin Luther Invent "Justification" 500 Years Ago?
The doctrine of justification doesn’t rest simply on a verb here or there.
Church
Lord, When Will You Restore the Kingdom?
“Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Church
Why We Need to Rethink "In Essentials, Unity; In Nonessentials, Liberty"
It’s true that not everything in the Bible is of equal weight. But I am worried that we have drawn too stark a line between...
Life
What Happens When Christianity Doesn't Work
So often, when people come to Christ, they are promised "victory in Jesus," but what happens when Christianity doesn’t work?
God
Hell Is Not Separation From God
The problem here is that hell, rather than God, has become the object of fear.
Jesus Christ
The Gospel According to Mary
The glad tidings of Genesis 3:15—namely, that God will give Eve an offspring who will crush the serpent's head—creates faith. Yet it also initiates a...
Church
Why the Church Must Become a Cross-Cultural Community
Do we believe that the gospel really has the power to create not only saved individuals but also a saved culture? The Bible proclaims such...
God
How I Can Believe in a God Who Sends People to Hell
The other day, a skeptic asked me, “How can you believe in a God who would command the slaughter of innocent people in the Old...
Life
Should Christians Pray for God to Judge their Enemies?
One of the treasures of worship in the Christian church is the Psalter: one hundred and fifty inspired songs, many of them written by David....
