Theology+Spirituality

The Truth About Living with an Invisible Illness
God sees me and my pain even when others cannot.
Whom Should We Blame for the Violence?
Maybe someone we hadn't even considered.
The Lord's Supper Is a Rehearsal Dinner
When we partake in communion, we're practicing for something big.
Where Evangelicals Stand on Transgender Morality
LifeWay Research looks at how Americans feel about changing genders.
The Other Christian Nation
A cozy relationship between church and state has lasting implications.
How to Date When You’re Almost Middle-Aged
As I close in on 40, I’m learning how to live without marriage (even as I desire it).
The Burden and Promise of Racial Reconciliation
After Minnesota, Baton Rouge, and Dallas, can we transcend optimism or despair?
Come Out of Your Gender-Role Foxholes
How men and women can have better conversations about leadership, love, and life together.
Why Can’t We Christians Laugh Anymore?
At a time when evangelicals feel culturally embattled, it seems we’ve lost our ability to laugh.
When Tithing Comes With a Money-Back Guarantee
How did churches like NewSpring and Life.Church get thousands of Christians to start giving? By offering a refund if God isn't faithful.
Why Complementarian Men Need Complementarian Women
In the midst of our civil war on the Trinity, we need to put down our arms and remember that men and women are in this together.
Let Deuteronomy Awaken Your Inner Child
The Israelites needed a little less grown-up good sense, and a little more childlike wonder. So do we.
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How Neuroscience—and the Bible—Explain Shame
Psychiatrist Curt Thompson examines the complicated emotion.
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The Gift of My Anxiety
How persistent fear has kept me tethered to God.
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Professional Soccer Was My God
My sense of well-being depended entirely on my on-field performance.
Why Every Christian Should Be Ambitious
How drive and dogged pursuit are aspects of bearing God's image. An adapted excerpt from 'A Woman’s Place.'
Why Google and BuzzFeed Need the Church
When big corporations make big moral decisions, where is the church’s voice?
Timehop Helps Me See God’s Providence
How a social media app reminds me of God’s faithfulness in my life.
Orthodox Will Hold Humbled Yet Historic Council in Crete
Patriarchs disagree over how many disputes—out of centuries' worth—to tackle in 10 days.
Gender and the Trinity: From Proxy War to Civil War
An explainer: the latest complementarian debate isn't over women’s subordination—but Christ's.

Top Story April 24, 2024

Hold Your Clapbacks
Hold Your Clapbacks
C.S. Lewis recommended discernment over diatribes in exactly the moments we’re most eager to indulge in critique.

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