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Faith and Practice
We Have to Touch the Problem
Discomfort is the price of making a difference in the world.
May 16, 2013
Why Tim Keller Wants You to Stay in That Job You Hate
The Redeemer pastor explains how he ministers to laypeople facing career confusion.
April 22, 2013
Finding Faith After Spiritual Indoctrination
The story of the girl who wouldn't stop asking questions.
April 8, 2013
Jesus Doesn't Need Help 
Well-intentioned impulses can lead to modeling ourselves after the wrong Christ.
March 4, 2013
Will America Keep the Faith?
Journalist David Aikman wonders whether our nation will squander its spiritual heritage.
September 20, 2012
The 'Just You Wait' Mantra: Is Marriage Really That Hard?
My husband and I have encountered much gloom and doom about marriage from older Christian couples. What gives?
August 17, 2012
Tackling Doubt after Divorce: Not Your Typical Chick-Lit Novel
Sarah Healy's 'Can I Get an Amen?' deals with faith and life in an honest, compelling way.
August 8, 2012
Why Christians Could Use a Little Adventure
What we can learn from Bob Goff's best-selling book, 'Love Does,' illustrating how to take "WWJD?" to new heights.
August 7, 2012
When Breast Cancer Leaves You Grasping for Words
As a religion professor, I can talk about the big questions of life. Until now.
July 25, 2012
The Religion of The Bachelorette and Reality TV: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Emily Maynard, who demonstrated a few evangelical signs, had a faith choice to make.
July 23, 2012
Jeremy Lin vs. the Cynics
When an athlete's life matches his professions of faith, even skeptical sportswriters and embittered young evangelicals take notice.
July 12, 2012
The Soul of Your Soles: Why Women Love Shoes
Celebrating those 'bursts of beauty that defy the mundane.'
July 10, 2012
Theology on a Tightrope: Nik Wallenda's High-Wire Walk and Our Longing for God
Why we can't get enough of death-defying feats.
June 22, 2012
Why We Should Reexamine the Faith of Barack Obama
How Christians might think about the Gospel and the President.
June 21, 2012
Choosing Life, When Cancer Fears Are Everywhere
How irrational fear can make us lose sight of God's sovereignty.
June 21, 2012
Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds
And why it's important to say so.
May 30, 2012
For the Love of Pinterest? A Her.meneutics Hangout with Rachel Held Evans, Sarah Bessey, & More
The bloggers join Her.meneutics regulars Laura Leonard, Rachel Marie Stone, and Sarah Pulliam Bailey.
May 18, 2012
How to Smartly Engage with the Young Doubters in Your Midst
Six ways to support those questioning the faith.
May 16, 2012
Q & A: Nikki Haley on Faith, the 'War on Women,' and Why She Would Say No to VP
The governor of South Carolina doesn't wear faith on her sleeve, but she's open about her Sikh to Christianity conversion.
April 26, 2012
Kony 2012 and the Golden Rule: How Do 'We' Tell 'Their' Story?
Six principles for communicating Christians.
April 24, 2012
Fool on a Tightrope
The once-wayward son of a famous evangelist recounts his precarious passage into adulthood.
April 19, 2012
Q & A: Andrew Palau on the Life of a Fool
In a prodigal son-like story, the son of famed evangelist Luis Palau explains how he went from apathy to doing evangelism with his father.
April 19, 2012
Jesus Disappoints Everyone
Our Savior has come, but we're often blind to his purposes.
April 5, 2012
You Don't Have to Quit to Find Life-Giving Work
Even if you don't like your job, you have a calling to serve God and others.
April 2, 2012
Creative Discipleship: Meet Richmond's Christians
Five Richmonders who transcend their city's cultural Christianity in unlikely ways.
April 1, 2012
The Church Is the Solution? Show Me the Stats
Why I haven't changed my mind on fighting poverty and the job of the church.
March 8, 2012
The Local Church's Neighbors Are Everywhere
The church isn't just a network of institutions trying to stretch across the globe.
March 8, 2012
Poverty Has Many Enemies
The solution does not require a choice between individuals and institutions.
March 8, 2012
The Biggest Poverty-Fighting Tool: Job Creation
Employment for the poor restores their dignity and keeps them off their knees.
March 8, 2012
We Can't Do Everything
But we can change systems to protect the poor, and that requires cooperation on all fronts.
March 8, 2012
What Do You Mean by Poverty?
Overcoming poverty is possible and proven. But superficiality has paralyzed the church.
March 8, 2012
Focus on Solving the Poverty of the Soul
Our aid to the poor should always address their area of greatest need.
March 8, 2012
Christians Really Do Reduce Poverty
Government change often can't get to the root of the problem of poverty. The church does.
March 8, 2012
Calling All Callings: Amy Sherman on 'Kingdom Calling'
Christians can build thriving communities by exercising their vocational gifts.
February 9, 2012
The Similarities and Differences in Eric Metaxas's and President Obama's Prayer Breakfast Addresses
The 'Bonhoeffer' biographer emphasized care for the unborn as the President emphasized care for the poor.
February 3, 2012
The Ironies of Obama's National Prayer Breakfast Speech
The President seems to be debating himself on religious motivations and the common good.
February 3, 2012
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