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Addiction and Recovery

Divine Rehab

Whatever your addiction, God's grace is the only hope for a way out.

Ragamuffin

The patched-up life and unshabby message of Brennan Manning.

Salvation at the Storefront Church

How Peacemakers International is giving Detroit drug dealers and prostitutes a hope and a home.

Ministering on the Margins in Rural America

Tierra Nueva ministry reaches drug addicts, migrant workers, and other downtrodden people living in Washington State.

Is Megachurch Worship Addictive?

Scholars, including the coauthor of the recent study alleging that it creates a "high," weigh in.

The Confessions of Scott Stapp

New memoir addresses abusive childhood, a wild ride with Creed, a near suicide attempt, and, finally, getting right with God.

The Antidote to Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Why worship may help kick the habit. A review of 'Addiction and Virtue.'

Super Natural: Josh Hamilton's Comeback

The recovering crack addict and baseball superstar knows he's special, but it's a special that cuts two ways.

Should Christians Smoke Medical Marijuana?

Observers weigh in on pot morality.

Hardworking Sloths: Disguising Spiritual Laziness

The lazy culprit behind our busyness.

What's Wrong with Credit Card Debt?

Observers weigh in on debt's indication of lack of faith, danger, and potential immorality.

Nicky Cruz: David Wilkerson 'Never Lost His Heart'

Gang leader-turned-evangelist misses his spiritual father.

Remembering David Wilkerson

How the pastor/evangelist shaped the Pentecostal and evangelical movements—and the world.

Suspected Drug Traffickers Kidnap Pastor in Mexico

Michoacan state church leader abducted during Sunday service.

Rehab Revival: Evangelism Among Addicts Seeing Success

Efforts bear a mixed public blessing.

Sin in the Double Helix

Reports linking moral behavior to genetic traits actually prove Scripture's claims, not undermine them.

Can't Get No Satisfaction

Addiction is the spiritual disease of our time.

Pass the Casserole

Losing control over your eating—like, when you can’t cook after surgery for cancer—has a way of turning anxiety into gratitude.

Suicide Mission

Jamie Tworkowski’s nonprofit shows love to self-destructive teens.

A Feast Fit for the King

Returning the growing fields and kitchen table to God.

Q&A: Deanna Favre

The wife of NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks about her faith amid suffering.

An Equal-Opportunity Destroyer

How porn damages women—and what churches can do about it.

Sex Offenders in the Pew

How churches are ministering to society's most despised.

Female Sex Addict: Not an Oxymoron

Marnie Ferree's 'No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction' challenges easy assumptions about who gets addicted and why.

Not Just a Guy Issue

Crystal Renaud helps women addicted to pornography.

Transforming the Brain

In 'Wired for Intimacy,' William Struthers says there's a chemical reason why pornography is addicting.

How to Have a Merry Christmas

And it doesn't require you doing another blessed thing.

The Cleaner

A&E's 'The Cleaner' is about tough love and redemption.

Sin: The Rest of the Story

What the snark-infested news media just don't seem to understand.

Grace Amid the Vices

Exploring the seven deadly sins doesn’t have to be depressing. An interview with Glittering Vices author Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung.

Self-Examination Time

Lent reminds us that the main problem with us is not them.

The Benefits of Brokenness  Subscriber access only

Why I sometimes wish I was an alcoholic.

Gambling Opponents Say Moral Argument No Longer a Trump

As casinos and lotteries spread, two-thirds of Americans join in.

Porn's Stranglehold

'These Guys Are Really Screwed Up'

And the Samson Society is sort of proud of it.

Help for the Sexually Desperate

More and more, Christian men are admitting they've been caught in a vicious cycle.

Transformed by a Left Hook  Subscriber access only

For one Anglican priest, boxing is a means of grace.

Back From the Brothel  Subscriber access only

Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom.

A Bridge Over Troubled People  Subscriber access only

Sinners of all stripes find a church home under the I-35.

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