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Chased by Grace  Subscriber access only

After fleeing her own broken life, Sarah Thebarge learned to see God's image in her refugee neighbors.

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.

Yes, Justice Has Been Done in the Killing of Osama bin Laden

But our response as Christians must be marked by knowledge of our own depravity.

Mercifully Forsaken

There is a reason Good Friday is called good, and why we can be thankful when God forsakes us.

Idolatry, the Gospel, and the Imitation of God

Why evangelicals have taken such an interest in idols.

Broken But Hopeful

Many 2010 movies echo the recurrent theme of Scripture.

Conviction and Civility

We should not lose this moment for moral reflection and renewal.

Blessed Are the Poor in Virtue

Why some people may want to abandon New Year's resolutions as soon as possible.

How Far Should Forgiveness Go?

Seventy times seven? I can barely forgive some corrupt clergy once.

Q&A: Deanna Favre

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

In the Shadow of Mount Hood

Meeting God in the mystery of grief.

Mere Churchianity

Finding your way back to Jesus-shaped spirituality.

Saved by an Atheist

Christians gave Albert Camus good reasons not to believe. He gave me a reason to return to faith.

Abba Changes Everything

Why every Christian is called to rescue orphans.

The Cry of the Oil-Soaked Pelican

How the birds mired in the Gulf oil spill teach us to properly grieve.

Judgment in the Gulf

Woes and blessings of the oil spill.

Doug Coe's Vision for the Fellowship

The man behind the National Prayer Breakfast explains his original intent for his organization.

The Vertical Self

How biblical faith can help us discover who we are in an age of self obsession.

Allow for Space in the Music

Acknowledging the mystery of pain.

Asking the Right Question

Why neither worm theology nor worth theology will do.

Love Needs No Reason

One difference between the therapeutic gospel and the liberating gospel.

Oppression in the Home

A book helping churches respond to an issue we'd rather not think about.

Point of Crisis, Point of Grace

Why it's crucial to recognize how little we're being transformed.

Our Divine Distortion

We can't see God clearly without Jesus. O come, Emmanuel.

Intensive Care Week

Thoughts while sitting beside my brother as his brain and body failed.

We've Won the Lottery—Now What?

The meaning of evangelical scandals—including our own.

Holy Laughter

Remembering Haggard's sin — and ours.

The Only Hope for Monsters  Subscriber access only

We can't defeat evil in the world without facing the evil in ourselves.

Here's to All the Losers  Subscriber access only

Why defeat at the hands of God is magnificent.

The Benefits of Brokenness  Subscriber access only

Why I sometimes wish I was an alcoholic.

Help for the Sexually Desperate

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

Who Do People Say We Are?

It doesn't hurt to listen to what non-Christians think of us.

When the Lights Go Out

Assuming that things go wrong, even in the church.

Grace—That's So Sick

The church seems to be an embarrassment to everyone except its Lord.

A Community of the Broken

A young organization models what it might mean to be the church in a suffering world.

Bottom-Up Discipline

What do you do when your pastor--or your entire denomination--strays?

Despair Not  Subscriber access only

There is something worse than misery and death.

Opening Ceremony Blues  Subscriber access only

The Olympics is symbolic, but not of world peace.

Impractical Christianity  Subscriber access only

Faith really begins to make a difference when it stops 'working.'

ARTICLE: The Gift of Brokenness  Subscriber access only

The outrageously fruitful ministry of my father.

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War and Peace

Pastor Tullian Tchividjian survived a leadership coup by finding rest in the liberating power of the gospel.

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