(UPDATED) The Devil is too distracting at baptisms, major denomination decides.

As it turns out, your success probably has little to do with you.

What three kids in between diapers and puberty has taught me about holding on and letting go.

It’s hard for the poor to see that we are not our poverty… but not for Jesus.

On loving dogs and being loved by God.

I thought a winsome faith would win Christians a place at Vanderbilt’s table. I was wrong.

Why one seminary thinks so and is sending an Old Testament scholar into early retirement.

Rather than forcing “elite” agendas upon grassroots believers, says Simon Chan, we need to take their concerns seriously.

A more intensive method of birth control reminded me that it’s God who’s in control.

An excerpt from 'A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness.'

Having the choice of taking Communion made it clear to me that I was hungry for Christ.

Tim Keesee reports from places where persecuted Christians live with suffering and joy.

How Jesus' most troubling parable finally made sense to me.

Will the body of Christ live up to its name to stem suicide?

Desire gets a bad rap in Christian circles. Jen Pollock Michel explains why it shouldn’t.

His famous 1975 homerun used to define my grief. Now it marks my longing for heaven.

The unexpected beauty I found amid the terrifying disease.

Introducing our new biweekly mix about a big God and his big world.

Our inability to have kids turned into an ability to do so much else.