May (Web-only) 2024

Police Officers Are Burning Out. Can Chaplains Help?
Police Officers Are Burning Out. Can Chaplains Help?
Spiritual care is essential as stressors among law enforcement rise.
The Miracle of the Ear
The Miracle of the Ear
Speech was not God’s only miracle at Pentecost. The Spirit also gave the gift of understanding, overcoming division and contempt.
The Sustaining Breath of God
The Sustaining Breath of God
As a physician, I witness countless first and last breaths. As a Christian, I am constantly reminded of how God breathes life into us through his Spirit.
Would Tim Keller Care If We Weren’t Still Talking About Him? Probably Not.
Would Tim Keller Care If We Weren’t Still Talking About Him? Probably Not.
For all his greatness, we should most seek to imitate the late pastor’s humility and indifference to fame.
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Pascal Is More Than His Most Famous Argument
Pascal Is More Than His Most Famous Argument
The wager only scratches the surface of his relevance to a post-Christian era.
‘Young Sheldon’ Is Ending. So Is Its Idea of Science Versus Religion.
‘Young Sheldon’ Is Ending. So Is Its Idea of Science Versus Religion.
For seven seasons, the show has offered a clichéd (and nostalgic) vision of how atheists and believers relate to each other.
In the Beginning, Did God Make ‘Sky Father’ and ‘Earth Mother’?
In the Beginning, Did God Make ‘Sky Father’ and ‘Earth Mother’?
Māori Christians in New Zealand bristle at newly translated portions of the Bible that use the names of local deities.
Can You Serve Christ and Confucius?
Can You Serve Christ and Confucius?
Asian Christians must navigate ethical dilemmas in everyday life. This recent book can help.
Why the Pacific Islands Are 90 Percent Christian
Why the Pacific Islands Are 90 Percent Christian
It wasn’t only because of missionaries from the West, says a Tongan Australian theologian.
Rage Against the Apple Machine
Rage Against the Apple Machine
The controversial iPad ad proves that technology can indeed flatten—or crush—what is real.
Christians Shouldn’t Run from a ‘Negative World.’ But They Can Depend on It Less.
Christians Shouldn’t Run from a ‘Negative World.’ But They Can Depend on It Less.
Aaron Renn outlines individual, institutional, and missional strategies for adapting to a hostile culture.
Free Webinar: Peaceful Preaching in Polarized Times
Peaceful Preaching in Polarized Times
Learn how to navigate the divide in this free webinar from PreachingToday
‘I Knew I Would Pay a Price for My Faith’: China Releases Missionary After Seven Years
‘I Knew I Would Pay a Price for My Faith’: China Releases Missionary After Seven Years
John Sanqiang Cao shares how hand-copied Bible verses, prayers, and a mother’s love buoyed him during his imprisonment.
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Reality Is Now a Diss Track
Reality Is Now a Diss Track
Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s rivalry reveals our craving for controversy—and what’s lost when community is based on shared hatred, not love.
I Didn’t Want a Baby. I Wanted This Baby.
I Didn’t Want a Baby. I Wanted This Baby.
Mourning miscarriage means acknowledging the particular life that’s been lost.
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Train
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Train
I’m learning that motherhood is less about technique and more about wisdom and formation.
Bringing the City of God to the Cities of Earth
Bringing the City of God to the Cities of Earth
Christian urban designers and developers explain how their faith affects their work—and how their work affects your faith.
Digital Lectors for a Postliterate Age
Digital Lectors for a Postliterate Age
Postliterate people still need God’s Word, and online Bible ventures have found eager listeners.
Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis Without Anxiety
Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis Without Anxiety
Unperturbed by debates over the book’s relationship to modern thought, she helps us appreciate its marriage of literary structure and theological claims.
Yes, Paul Really Taught Mutual Submission
Yes, Paul Really Taught Mutual Submission
Why Wayne Grudem’s interpretation of Ephesians 5:21 is untenable.
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The Key to Fighting Sex Trafficking? Showing Up.
The Key to Fighting Sex Trafficking? Showing Up.
Indonesia's Compassion First isn’t knocking down doors, but caring for victims and tutoring at-risk youth living in cemeteries.
Let the Neurodivergent Children Come to Me
Let the Neurodivergent Children Come to Me
Gentle parenting is one tool to train up children who have disabilities with love and wisdom.
Chinese Christians Have Conflicted Feelings About ‘Saving Face’
Chinese Christians Have Conflicted Feelings About ‘Saving Face’
Though a significant part of their culture, not all feel like it best honors how God wants conflict dealt with.
Conservative Methodists, Unite
Conservative Methodists, Unite
After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.
Why Almost Nobody Likes a Politician Shooting Her Dog
Why Almost Nobody Likes a Politician Shooting Her Dog
The widespread outrage over Kristi Noem’s book should awaken moral responsibility—not just toward pets but for one another.
The Basketball Team Created to Represent God
The Basketball Team Created to Represent God
The Dallas Mavericks were intended to be the first Christian team in the NBA.
The Anxious Church
The Anxious Church
Why the church has struggled to address mental illness well and how we can care better.
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Finding a (Real) Christian College
Finding a (Real) Christian College
A professor explains why examining a school’s doctrinal statement isn’t enough.
Particular Wrongs Need Particular Remedies
Particular Wrongs Need Particular Remedies
Every sin requires Christ’s atonement. But the Bible shows God punishing—and repairing—different sins differently.

Top Story May 16, 2024

The Caregiving Boom Needs Spiritual Support
The Caregiving Boom Needs Spiritual Support
By calling or circumstance, millions in the “sandwich generation” feel the weight and cost of tending to aging relatives.

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